Section: Foreign media focused on Latvia
Estonia’s Kallas evaluates why Russia is beyond the understanding of the West
Former Estonia’s eurocommissioner Siim Kallas considers that the Kremlin will use every trick possible to divide the EU until sanctions are reviewed and questions the influence of current sanctions on Russian society and politics. …read more Source: Baltic News...
War in Ukraine: Donetsk schoolchildren killed in shelling
In war-torn eastern Ukraine, a shell has hit a school playground in the city of Donetsk killing two and wounding four pupils, who were playing football during a break. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine’s President sends more troops to east, wants to remove special status for east
On Tuesday, November 4, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko urged the parliament and the National Security and Defence Council to revoke the law of granting a special status to eastern territories controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists. …read more Source: Baltic News...
War in Ukraine: Poroshenko to review ceasefire agreement after separatist elections
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is meeting with Ukraine’s Security and Defence Council to discuss the truce agreed with Russia and pro- Kremlin separatists after the separatists, according to Kyiv, have breached the agreement by holding illegal elections. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine and West condemn polls in Donbas separatist republics
Kyiv and the European Union have condemned the polls that took place on Sunday, November 2, in rebel-controlled territories in Ukraine’s east. Pro-Kremlin separatists call the vote “head of republic and parliamentary elections». …read more Source: Baltic News...
Russia-Ukraine gas deal reached
According to an agreement brokered by the EU, Russia has promised to renew gas supplies to Ukraine from November until March. The deal will also allow countries in Eastern and Central Europe to receive gas through the territory of Ukraine. …read more Source: Baltic News...
War in Ukraine: Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed
Although formally the war in Ukraine ended with the September 5 truce, reports on casualties in the war zone in Ukraine’s east are still coming almost two months after the agreement was signed. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukrainian parliamentary election: 90% of votes counted
With 90,29% of votes counted, the pro-European forces led by Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk and President Petro Poroshenko are leading the Ukrainian parliamentary election. …read more Source: Baltic News...
War in Ukraine: Results of separatist elections to be recognised by Russia
Russia has announced it would recognise results of separatist elections to be held in the rebel-controlled territory of Ukraine on November 2. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukrainian parliamentary election: Poroshenko intends to begin coalition talks
After Ukrainian parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, October 26, President Petro Poroshenko’s bloc intends to start coalition talks as the current leader of the election with 23% of votes, according to exit polls. …read more Source: Baltic News...
