Section: Foreign media focused on Latvia
Ukraine-EU summit to focus on corruption and Russia’s aggression
High European Union and Ukrainian officials are to meet on November 24 in Brussels, where the parties wish to concentrate on differing issues. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Putin: NATO objects that threaten Russia will be our missiles’ targets
Russia is worried by continued expansion of NATO, and it intends to perform counter-measures. This includes marking missile targets that create threats for the country, said Russian President Vladimir Putin in Oliver Stone’s documentary ‘Ukraine in fire’, which aired on REN TV on Monday, 21 November. …read more Source: Baltic...
Russia quits International Criminal Court
Russian President Vladimir Putin has this week signed a decree on Russia withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, after a number of African nations turned their back the court and following a UN panel discussed alleged rights abuses in Russia-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukrainian army reports receiving 35 attacks in Donbas war in last 24 hours
The Donbas war continues to rage in eastern Ukraine and Kyiv reports that its forces have been attacked 35 times in the 24 hours both with artillery and small arms. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukrainian President links Saakashvili’s stepping down to aspirations for politics in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has on November 8 commented on his appointed Odesa region head Mikheil Saakashvili’s resignation from office that the latter has reasoned with Poroshenko’s connections with reform-blocking “corrupt» clans in the strategic port city. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Former Georgian President Saakashivili resigns from post of Odessa governor
Gruzijas eksprezidents Mihails Saakašvili 7.novembrī atkāpies no Odesas apgabala gubernatora amata Ukrainā, skaļiem vārdiem vainojot reģiona ietekmīgās ekonomiskās aprindas un to saistību ar Ukrainas prezidentu Petro Porošenko. aakashvili accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of backing corrupt officials who, according to him, were...
Hackers allege Kremlin email breach revealing Moscow’s grip on Ukraine’s separatist regions
Two Ukrainians, who call themselves non-governmental hacktivists, claim that they have intercepted several thousand messages sent to and from the email accounts of senior Russian government officials. Their contents link Russian government to political control and financial support of Ukraine’s breakaway regions. …read more Source:...
Russian library director tried for inciting hatred by disseminating banned books
The head of Moscow Ukrainian Literature Library has stood on November 2 before court charged with fuelling hate against Russians and is facing prison sentence of over 10 years. The director of Moscow’s Library of Ukrainian Literature Natalia Sharina is accused of disseminating banned literature classed as extremist, but denied the charges...
Ukraine in joint declaration with Lithuania, Poland condemns WWII aggressors
The Vekhovna Rada of Ukraine has this week adopted a joint declaration with Lithuania and Poland attaching responsibility for World War II to Germany, the USSR and the international community’s “appeasement policy». …read more Source: Baltic News...
Rumours state Donetsk militant commander Motorola was killed by Latvian mercenary
On Wednesday, 19 October, rumours began surfacing on Ukrainian and Russian websites that Donetsk pro-Moscow militant commander Arseny Pavlov, aka Motorola, was possibly killed by Latvian mercenary named Marks Ozolins. …read more Source: Baltic News...
