Section: Foreign media focused on Latvia
Crimean Tatar assembly outlawed in Russia-land-grabbed Crimea
A court in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, has on April 26 outlawed the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, the assembly of Tatar community leaders. …read more Source: Baltic News...
30th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster marked in Ukraine
Commemorative events are being held in Ukraine on April 26 to mark the 30th anniversary of Chernobyl nuclear disaster – still the worst in the history of nuclear power plants. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Analysts: Lithuania with «Savchenko blacklist» urges other EU states to act
Pronouncing 46 Russian law enforcement officials, mostly prosecutors and judges, as personas non grata, or unwelcome persons, in the country, Lithuania was the first in the EU space to reaffirm its unconditional support for a Russian court- sentenced Ukrainian military pilot, Nadia Savchenko. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Groysman appointed Ukraine’s Prime Minister
Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada on April 14 backed parliamentary speaker Volodymyr Groysman as the head of the new government. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Lithuania bans 46 from entering country over Sanchenko trial
Lithuania has added to its “black list» 46 Russian and Ukrainian nationals for involvement in kidnapping, trying and convicting Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda Savchenko and two more Ukrainians. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine nearing government without foreign reformists
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada neared forming a new government, on April 12, that most likely would not comprise foreign reformists, who held ministerial posts under the resigned PM Arseny Yatseniuk. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Spruds: political instability and corruption will continue in Ukraine
Following the resignation of Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine has two possible development scenarios. Unfortunately, it is most likely that political instability and corruption will continue in the country, believes Director of Latvia’s Foreign Policy Institute Andris Spruds. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukrainian PM to step down
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who headed the government since former President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in 2014, has sated he would resign this week. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Crimean Tatars report of 22 people missing since land-grab
Since Russia occupied and annexed Crimea in 2014, at least 22 people have disappeared, according to a report by Ukraine’s MP and former Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Dutch voters reject EU’s partnership deal with Ukraine
The Netherlands have on April 6 held a consultation referendum, where, according to preliminary results, the European Union’s association agreement with Ukraine has been rejected. …read more Source: Baltic News...
