Section: Foreign media focused on Latvia
Ukrainian presidential election led by political newcomer Zelenskiy
Partial results of the Sunday Ukrainian presidential election indicated that Volodymyr Zelenskiy was doing better than other 38 candidates, followed by Petro Poroshenko and ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Campaigns of Poroshenko, Tymoshenko blamed for paying voters before election
Days before the Ukrainian presidential election, the country’s interior minister has alleged that the campaigns of candidates President Petro Porosheko and ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko were offering money to voters. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Intergovernmental talks start with Russia about downing of MH17 in Ukraine
Seeking justice for the killing of 298 people, when the MH17 flight was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, Dutch and Australian government representatives have met with their Russian colleagues. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Russia commemorates annexation of Crimea with coin worth EUR 0.07
The Bank of Russia has issued a commemorative coin to mark five years since Russia staged a disputed referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea, which led to the illegal annexation of the territory and the partial international isolation of Russia. …read more Source: Baltic News...
NATO Europe Commander seeks to increase Ukraine’s defence capabilities
NATO Supreme Allied Commander of Europe has expressed willingness to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capabilities as he blamed Russia of still arming, training separatists in eastern Ukraine, as well as of fighting together with separatist forces. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Donbas war could be ended with U.N. peacekeepers, Ukraine believes
A peacekeeping mission with the mandate of the U.N. to Eastern Ukraine could bring the Donbas war to an end, but first Secretary-General Antonio Guterres should send an assessment delegation to evaluate the possible options, stated Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine peace agreement not fulfilled, UN finds
The Minsk peace accord of 2015 stands unimplemented in eastern Ukraine as over 3,300 people have been killed and 1.5 million people displaced in the five-year conflict, U.N. officials stated. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Netherlands pushing for talks with Russia on responsibility about MH17
Dutch diplomats have said they were in contact with Russian authorities to arrange formal talks concerning the finding of the Dutch government that Moscow is responsible for supplying the missile that was used to down a passenger airplane in Ukraine, killing 298 people. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine sentences ex-president Yanukovych for treason
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for inviting Russian troops in the wake of the Euromaidan upraising in 2013-2014. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Estonia urges EU to react with actions against Russia’s aggression
Dangerous behaviour by Russia in neighbouring countries must be met with concrete steps, Estonian Foreign Ministrer Sven Mikser has stated after a sitting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which included a meeting with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Pavlo Klimkin. …read more Source: Baltic News...
