By a margin of 66 deputies in the 100-seat assembly, lawmakers confirmed 47-year-old centrist Andris Kulbergs as prime minister, who will lead the nation until parliamentary elections on October 3.

Latvia is to install a new government on Thursday, weeks after the previous coalition collapsed in a row over stray Ukrainian drones.

Latvian lawmakers have approved a new coalition government that will lead the European Union and NATO member country in the coming months