Section: LSM.LV (Latvia)
Big day dawns at Riga Summit
European leaders met in the Latvian capital Riga Friday on the second day of a summit meeting designed to determine the shape of future relations between the 28 EU member states and six member of the bloc’s Eastern Partnership policy: Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus. …read more Source:...
EU promises investment for Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia
European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiation Johannes Hahn on Thursday announced a new investment of €200mn by the Commission for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. …read more Source:...
Official: Latvia should be ready to take in Ukraine refugees
Latvia must be ready for the arrival of large numbers of refugees from Ukraine, Edmunds Akitis, a representative of the Latvian Center for Crisis Control, said on public radio Friday. …read more Source:...
Illegal migration veering north
The war in eastern Ukraine has pushed a greater flow of illegal migrants across Latvia’s borders, most of them groups of Vietnamese persons trying to get through to Poland, State Border Guard representative Mareks Petrušins told Latvian Radio program Labrīt Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Latvian leaders pledge support for Ukraine
Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma and Latvia’s Vice President at the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, both pledged ongoing support to embattled Ukraine Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Machine plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass
The machine-building plant Jelgavas mašīnbūves rūpnīca (JMR) is facing a possible forced shut-down of production because the bulk of its orders from southeastern Ukraine’s coal mining fields and metallurgical plants have ceased due to the war-torn region’s shattered economy, where demand for the Jelgava-produced heavy equipment has...
Jelgava plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass
The machine-building plant Jelgavas mašīnbūves rūpnīca (JMR) is facing a possible forced shut-down of production because the bulk of its orders from southeastern Ukraine’s coal mining fields and metallurgical plants have ceased due to the war-torn region’s shattered economy, where demand for the Jelgava-produced heavy equipment has...
Security services wary of Russian interests in transit sector
For more than two decades now Russia has been Latvia’s top strategic partner in the transit sector, providing the bulk of cargo volumes and logically investing more and more in the companies that operate these conduits of trade. But since Russia has provoked a war in Ukraine, Latvia’s security services have been looking much more...
US envoy urges strong deterrence as Russia ‘whips up’ crisis
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller spoke at length with Imants Frederiks Ozols from LTV’s news program Panorāma about Russia’s relations with the United States and the NATO alliance amidst the Ukraine and mid-East crises. Watch the entire interview in English, or read the...
Top US arms envoy urges strong deterrence as Russia ‘whips up’ crisis
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller spoke at length with Imants Frederiks Ozols from LTV’s news program Panorāma about Russia’s relations with the United States and the NATO alliance amidst the Ukraine and mid-East crises. Watch the entire interview in English, or read the...
