The isi ihe mgbaru ọsọ nke Latvia na 1990s, isonyere NATO na European Union, na-enweta na 2004. The NATO Summit 2006 ẹkenịmde ke Riga.Language na ụmụ amaala iwu e emegidewo ọtụtụ Russophones. ụmụ amaala na-adịghị na-akpaghị aka gbasaa ka ndị bụbu Soviet ụmụ amaala biri n'oge Soviet ọrụ, ma ọ bụ ha ụmụ. Ụmụ amụrụ ndị na-abụghị ụmụ amaala mgbe mweghachi nke nnwere onwe na-akpaghị aka na-isiokwu ka ụmụ amaala. Ihe dị ka 72% nke Latvian bụ Latvian president, mgbe 20% bụ Russian; ihe na-erughị 1% nke ndị na-abụghị Russian ụmụ amaala bụ Latvian, mgbe 71% bụ Latvian.
isonye na NATO na European Union