Section: Foreign media focused on Latvia
War in Ukraine: Kyiv starts new ceasefire attempt called «Day of silence»
In eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, December 9, Ukrainian forces are holding a “Day of silence», expressing determination to repeatedly reach a ceasefire. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Thousands of enterprises are nationalized in Crimea
Within eight months since the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula, thousands of enterprises present there have been nationalized. This process was not always carried out in accordance with the law, however. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Lithuanian and Georgian ministers approved in Ukraine’s new government
The Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv, approved on Tuesday, December 2, Ukraine’s new Cabinet of Ministers, in which two key posts have been assigned to non-Ukrainians. …read more Source: Baltic News...
EU adds people and organizations with ties to Eastern Ukrainian militants to its blacklist
This Thursday, November 27th, the European Union added 18 private and legal persons with ties to East Ukrainian militants to the union’s official blacklist, as confirmed by diplomats. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Experts: crisis in Ukraine is Russia’s previously planned hybrid war
The crisis in Ukraine is Russia’s previously planned hybrid war, in which armed clashes are accompanied by an intensive information campaign, as concluded in the report by NATO StratCom COE. …read more Source: Baltic News...
UN: Close to thousand people killed in Ukraine since September 5 ceasefire
In the eight weeks that have passed since the truce agreed by Ukraine, Russia and separatists came into force, battles in Ukraine’s east have claimed 957 lives. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Putin’s spokesperson discusses possibility of coup d’état in Latvia
During a discussion with BBC about the crisis in Ukraine and its impact on relations between the West and Moscow, Vladimir Putin’s Press-representative Dmitry Peskov discussed a theoretical possibility of a coup d’état in Latvia. …read more Source: Baltic News...
«You can’t have prosperity without security», G20 summit host Australia says prior to meeting
The G20 summit will start in Australia on Saturday, November 15, where discussions on strengthening of economic growth are set to be overshadowed by Western leaders meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid reports on renewed influx of Russian troops and arms in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Baltic News...
UN, EDSO warn of return of full-scale war in Ukraine
At an emergency session of the UN Security Council, concern has been raised on the possibility of a full-scale war returning to Ukraine’s east, where fighting and hostilities have not stopped since the Minsk peace agreement. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Latvia helps Ukraine with generators worth EUR 45,000
Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service in cooperation with European Union (EU) Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection General Directorate have sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine this week – nine generators worth more than EUR 45,000. …read more Source: Baltic News...
