Section: LSM.LV (Latvia)
Man faces charges for participating in Ukraine conflict
Artjoms Skripniks, a man from the eastern Latvian city of Daugavpils, faces criminal charges for participation in the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, reported LETA Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Russian sanctions likely to be extended – Foreign Minister
Releasing Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko was a “sporadic act” by Russia, which still hasn’t taken the necessary steps to solve the conflict in Ukraine. That’s why it’s likely that the West will extend the anti-Russia sanctions in June, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs told Latvian Radio in a Thursday interview....
Latvia congratulates Ukraine on Savchenko release
Latvia on Wednesday joined most of the rest of the international community in congratulating Ukraine on the return from Russia of pilot Nadiya Savchenko. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Yanair launches Rīga-Kiev flights
Ukrainian airline Yanair launches flights from Riga to Kiev today, the Riga International Airport informed LETA Friday. …read more Source:...
Minister defends professional army
The “very bloody experience” of Ukraine, which has a conscript army, shows that a professional army is more effective, according to Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis (Greens). …read more Source:...
Saeima condemns Savchenko verdict
On Thursday members of the Latvian parliament adopted the Foreign Affairs Committee declaration condemning the verdict of the Ukrainian air force pilot and Verkhovna Rada deputy Nadiya Savchenko, reported LSM. …read more Source:...
Latvian officials condemn Savchenko verdict
Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics have condemned Tuesday’s Russian court ruling, which sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko to a 22-year prison sentence. …read more Source:...
Estonia could ban Russian officials from Schengen over pilot arrest
As the Estonian parliament on Tuesday voted ‘Yes’ to a petition in which Russia is called upon to release illegally imprisoned Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, it may impose a unilateral ban on 29 Russian officials tied to the case from entering the Schengen zone, reported EUobserver. …read more Source:...
Latvian troops begin training Ukrainian army
Soldiers from the Latvian Armed Forces together with soldiers from Canada, Great Britain, Lithuania and the USA have begun training troops from the Ukrainian armed forces reported official armed forces portal Sargs.lv Monday. …read more Source:...
Liepaja steelworks faces shutdown threat
The prospect of the Liepaja Metalurgs closing its doors and hundreds of workers being laid off loomed closer Thursday the plant’s Ukrainian owners threatening a shutdown unless the government helps bail it out of financial ruin. …read more Source:...
