Section: LSM.LV (Latvia)
Ušakovs: EU sanctions against Russia a failure
The sanctions imposed by the European Union against the Russian Federation in response to its annexation of Crimea and subsequent aggression in eastern Ukraine are not working, Riga mayor Nils Ušakovs told Russian news agency TASS in an interview published Friday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s local governments look to Latvia for ways of reform
A delegation of Ukrainian parliamentary, presidential chancellery and local government representatives visited the former Madona region, or rajons, as it used to be known before Latvia’s territorial administrative reform of its elected local government system, which is exactly the experience the Ukrainians are hoping to learn from, reported...
Not all Ukraine refugees given asylum
According to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (PMLP) a total of 79 residents of Ukraine have requested asylum in Latvia this year. Many of these Ukrainians have relatives in Latvia helping them with their residence permits, others have sent only their offspring here temporarily while the homeland is insecure, others are awaiting...
Ukrainian soldiers check in at Riga hospital
Seven soldiers from the Ukrainian national armed forces have been brought to Latvia to be treated for injuries sustained in battle with pro-Russian terrorists in the country’s east, reported news wire BNS Thursday. …read more Source:...
New Wave song festival could switch to Crimea
The controversial New Wave Russian pop song contest, held annually in Jūrmala since 2002, seems destined to depart after organizer Igor Krutoy said he would find a new home for it by the year’s end. …read more Source:...
No arms to Ukraine, vows PM
Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma said Tuesday that Latvia would not follow the example of neighboring Lithuania by sending arms to government forces in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
UK Foreign Minister: ‘We need dialogue with Russia’
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Wednesday the West needed to maintain dialogue with Russia, despite its repeated and flagrantly illegal actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
More Latvian aid arrives in Ukraine
On 11 November, the State Firefighting and Rescue Service (VUGD) in cooperation with the European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) delivered humanitarian aid from Latvia – nine electric power generators – to Ukraine in response to the Ukrainian government’s appeal for humanitarian...
Riga aid delivered to Ukraine
Humanitarian aid worth €110,000 sent from the Latvian capital has been delivered to Ukraine, Riga city council reported Tuesday. …read more Source:...
MFA notes geopolitical aspects of energy
Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, speaking at the Energy Security Dialogues in Copenhagen Sunday, argued that developments in Ukraine have sharply revealed the geopolitical factors affecting Europe’s energy needs and hailed the newly-installed European Commission’s (EC) plans to establish a European Energy Union on behalf of all...
