Section: Latvia
Lithuania urges closer US ties amid Russia, Ukraine tensions – The Baltic Times
A top Lithuanian official has called on the Baltic states and the US to strengthen ‘collective defense’ amid the Ukraine, Russia crisis. Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Af… …read more Source: The Baltic...
War in Ukraine: Donetsk schoolchildren killed in shelling
In war-torn eastern Ukraine, a shell has hit a school playground in the city of Donetsk killing two and wounding four pupils, who were playing football during a break. …read more Source: Baltic News...
A night to remember at the TBT gala: Supporting independent journalism in style at Riga’s Grand Palace – The Baltic Times
With Russia and the West still locked in an on-going information war as a result of the Ukraine Crisis, the continued existence of impartial and editorially independent journalism in the Baltics is… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Roll over, Goebbels! Kremlin propaganda and its meddling in the Baltics – The Baltic Times
The unprecedented deluge of deliberate disinformation and calculated outrageous lies that is belched out round-the-clock by Kremlin-controlled media outlets to justify its annexation of Crimea and … …read more Source: The Baltic...
EU foreign ministers set to review Russia sanctions amid Ukraine crisis – The Baltic Times
European Union foreign ministers will review sanctions against Russia during a meeting on November 17, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini a… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukraine’s President sends more troops to east, wants to remove special status for east
On Tuesday, November 4, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko urged the parliament and the National Security and Defence Council to revoke the law of granting a special status to eastern territories controlled by pro-Kremlin separatists. …read more Source: Baltic News...
More troops needed in E.Europe amid Ukraine threat, says NATO general – The Baltic Times
NATO should boost its presence in eastern Europe amid growing security challenges in the region, NATO general Philip Breedlove has said. Breedlove said he was askingthe Pentagon for more troops… …read more Source: The Baltic...
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:...
War in Ukraine: Poroshenko to review ceasefire agreement after separatist elections
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is meeting with Ukraine’s Security and Defence Council to discuss the truce agreed with Russia and pro- Kremlin separatists after the separatists, according to Kyiv, have breached the agreement by holding illegal elections. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Baltics condemn ’illegitimate’ elections in eastern Ukraine – The Baltic Times
Leaders in the Baltic states have strongly condemned Mondays elections in eastern Ukraine as illegal and illegitimate. Elections have been held in Donetsk and Luhansk amid crisis in the east of… …read more Source: The Baltic...
