Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina resigns

Latvia's ​Prime Minister Evika Silina said ‌she would resign on Thursday, triggering the collapse of her coalition government ​just months before an ​election is due in October, Reuters reported. "I am ⁠resigning, but I am not ​giving up," Reuters quoted her as saying in ​a televised statement.

Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics, who is tasked by the constitution to ​select a leader of the ​government, will meet all parliamentary parties on ‌Friday.

Silina, ⁠of the center-right New Unity party, was left without a ruling majority in the parliament on ​Wednesday after ​the left-wing ⁠Progressives party said it was withdrawing its support.

The ​decision followed the firing at ​the ⁠weekend of Progressives' Defense Minister Andris Spruds over the handling of ⁠incidents ​involving stray Ukrainian ​drones flying into Latvia from Russia, according to Reuters.