Section: Latvia
EU Foreign Affairs Council confirms inclusion of additional Russian, Ukrainian citizens in EU sanctions list
During the European Union Foreign Affairs Council’s meeting in Brussels on Monday, a decision was made on the inclusion of additional Russian and Ukrainian citizens in the list of EU sanctions, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (Unity) wrote in his “Twitter” profile last night, cites LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Estonian president: arming Ukraine is a difficult dilemma
The interest of the USA to solve the crisis in Ukraine is big, but giving arms to Kiev will not necessarily have a positive outcome, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said in an interview to public television ETV, cites LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Rinkevics: EU agrees adding multiple Russian and Ukrainian citizens to the list of sanctions
European Union Foreign Affairs Council has agreed to add multiple Russian and Ukrainian citizens to the list of EU sanctions, as confirmed by Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics on his Twitter page. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Grybauskaite in Munich: Ukraine needs wide-ranging assistance
President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite, currently attending the international Munich Security Conference, met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. During their bilateral meeting, the Presidents discussed the situation in Ukraine and EU support for this country, reports BC presidential press service. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuania to advise Ukraine on railroad, sea transport, mail
Ukraine has asked Lithuania to provide practical expertise solving concrete euro-integration issues in railway, sea transport and mail sectors, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
War in Ukraine: Presidents aim to meet this week in Minsk
Ukrainian, Russian and French presidents, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Sunday, February 8, to meet on Wednesday, February 11, in Minsk in a bid to stop warfare in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Former NATO chief warns of Russian intent in Baltics
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who until last September was NATO Secretary General, warned Thursday that Russia was likely to attempt a Ukraine-style provocation in the Baltic states. …read more Source:...
Latvian banks one haven for Ukraine’s kleptocrats: researcher
The European Union can and must do more to help Ukraine fight its own corrupt oligarchs, whose money keeps being bled out to safe haven banks in London, Cyprus, Austria and Latvia, British journalist Oliver Bullough, an expert observer on Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus region told Latvian Radio correspondent Ina Strazdiņa in Brussels Friday....
War in Ukraine: Warring sides organise evacuation of civilians from centre of battles – Debaltseve
Both pro-Kremlin separatists and the Ukrainian army have on Friday, February 6, sent bus convoys to the recent epicentre of fighting – the town of Debaltseve to evacuate civilians, amid a temporaty truce in the war. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Ukraine’s deputy AgriMin values Lithuania’s experience
Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Vilius Martusevicius discussed cooperation opportunities in the area of agriculture with Vladyslava Rutytska, Deputy Minister on European Integration of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
