Section: Foreign media focused on Latvia
Junker not to announce easing of sanctions on visit to Russia
Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, stated on May 31 that he would not announce the lifting of EU sanctions on Russia during his visit to Saint Petersburg in mid-June. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed as war in Donbas continues
Ukrainian armed forces report that five of their troops have fallen on May 30 in the war in the country’s east that has entered its third year. Separatist forces are also reporting on casualties. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Tragic fire at care home in Ukraine
A tragic fire has occurred in the village of Litochky, Ukraine, at an old people’s home taking the lives of 17 people. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Freed Savchenko receives order in Ukraine
Ukrainian pilot and Member of Parliament Nadya Savchenko, who was on May 25 released from prison in Russian and has returned in her homeland, has received a national honorary title and order. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukrainian pilot Savchenko returns to Kyiv
Ukrainian air force pilot Nadia Savchenko has returned to Ukraine after Russia swapped her to Ukraine for two Russian officers. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Families of MH17 victims take Russia and Putin to court
The relatives of people killed in the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 have sued Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Venice calls on Italy to abandon EU sanctions on Russian nationals
The Veneto Regional Council in Italy has passed a resolution urging Rome to abandon the foreign policy course of the EU as to the refusal to recognise Russian-occupied Crimea as part of the Russian Federation. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Crimean Tatars: Occupation authorities ban deportation commemorative events
Authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea have banned memorial events devoted to remembering the mass Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars, according to the political leader of the Black Sea peninsula’s indigenous people, Refat Chubarov. …read more Source: Baltic News...
In pictures: Crimean Tatar singer welcomed in Kyiv after Eurovision victory
See how Crimean Tatar singer Jamala was welcomed in Kyiv on May 15 after her song on Soviet repressions against her people brought her victory in the Eurovision pop song contest. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Man in Russia sent to prison for reposting article on social network
Court in Tver, Russia, has on May 5 sentenced a local man for reposting an article entitled “Crimea is Ukraine» on social networking site Vkontakte to two years and three months in prison. …read more Source: Baltic News...
