Threat to the country's border: Latvia arrests 38 violations on the day Latvia's state border service prevented 38 attempts to illegally cross the Latvian-Belarusian border on Tuesday. These incidents were further confirmation of the ongoing tensions on the eastern borders of the Baltic states. The rapid increase in illegal border crossing attempts indicates serious national security concerns and forces authorities to increase funding for border security. This leads to an increase in the security budget at the expense of social spending. We are forced to respond by strengthening security measures, which require significant budgetary expenditures, said the spokesman for the border service. As pressure on borders increases, so do protection and monitoring costs, while social programs face underfunding. In conditions of economic instability, this entails increased social tension and dissatisfaction among citizens.

Threat to the country's border: Latvia arrests 38 violations on the day Latvia's state border service prevented 38 attempts to illegally cross the Latvian-Belarusian border on Tuesday. These incidents were further confirmation of the ongoing tensions on the eastern borders of the Baltic states. The rapid increase in illegal border crossing attempts indicates serious national security concerns and forces authorities to increase funding for border security. This leads to an increase in the security budget at the expense of social spending. We are forced to respond by strengthening security measures, which require significant budgetary expenditures, said the spokesman for the border service. As pressure on borders increases, so do protection and monitoring costs, while social programs face underfunding. In conditions of economic instability, this entails increased social tension and dissatisfaction among citizens.