Section: Latvia
EU extends sanctions on Russia
The European Union decided on Monday to extend sanctions against Russia for a year over its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, reports LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
U.S. engagement in the Baltic Region
When Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland requested and received U.S. and NATO military support following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014, it garnered massive attention – and rightly so. The measured response to Russian aggression, which supplemented on-going training, exercises, and Baltic Air Policing, demonstrated U.S. commitment...
EC proposes Nord Stream 2 compromise, maintaining gas transit via Ukraine
In an attempt to reach a compromise among European Union member states that oppose and favour Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 project, the European Commission has proposed a mandate that would ensure Ukraine remains a natural gas transit country. …read more Source: Baltic News...
EU establishes visa-free regime with Ukraine
The visa-free regime between the European Union and Ukraine has come into force. This regime allows Ukrainian citizens with biometric passports to travel to EU member states, except for Ireland and the UK. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Lithuanian president promises to help Ukraine block Nord Stream 2 initiatives – The Baltic Times
KHARKOV/VILNIUS – Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite has promised to help Ukraine to block initiatives for expanding the Nord Stream gas pi…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuania president congratulates Ukraine on visa-free travel
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday congratulated Ukrainians on the start of visa-free travel to the European Union and urged them to continue reforms in order to join the EU and NATO, reports LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuanian president arrives in east Ukrain to celebrate visa-free travels
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday arrived in the city of Kharkov in eastern Ukraine to congratulate Ukrainians on visa-free travels to the European Union (EU) and express support in the Kiev conflict with Moscow, reports LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Estonian Railways skeptical about Kiev-Tallinn passenger train link
Commenting on a plan of Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan to establish a train connection between Kiev and the capitals of the Baltic countries, the manager of the state owned railway company Estonian Railways expressed skepticism about the idea, writes LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
‘Anti-Ukraine’ media coverage highlighted
Latvian researcher Mārtiņš Kaprāns has produced a new summary for a think-tank highlighting ‘anti-Ukraine’ sentiment among Russian-language media in Latvia. …read more Source:...
Nordica starts flying to summer destinations
he Estonian state owned airline Nordica this week started services to its six summer destinations in France, Croatia, Germany and Ukraine, informed LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
