Section: Latvia
During protest to free Savchenko, eggs thrown at Russian embassy in Kyiv
Several thousand people in Kyiv on March 6 demanded Russia to free hunger-striking Ukrainian army pilot Nadja Savchenko tried in Russia for alleged killing of two Russian journalists. …read more Source: Baltic News...
«Normandy quartet» stuck on road to elections in Donbas
Ukrainian, Russian, French and German foreign ministers met on March 3 in Paris, to give impetus to fulfilling the conditions of Minsk ceasefire deal, but the Ukrainian side insists it will not pave way to elections in the part of country seized by pro-Kremlin separatists, while the ceasefire is being violated. …read more Source: Baltic...
Poland-Lithuania airspace block, with partners, seeks to render services to whole EU
Lithuania’s and Poland’s air traffic control services providers Oro Navigacija and PANSA, which have created the Baltic Functional Airspace Block (Baltic FAB), a common Poland-Lithuania airspace block, have teamed up with partners from Ukraine and Spain to bid in a tender to develop a centralized system for the European Union’s...
Latvian MFA: Ukraine must persist with reforms
The international community must continue to call upon Ukraine’s political elite to persist in the reform process, which is already underway despite the internal challenges, Zanda Kalnina-Lukasevica (Unity), the Latvian Foreign Ministry’s Parliamentary Secretary, said during the meeting with a delegation from the Romanian parliament,...
Latvian entrepreneur almost murdered in Ukraine
Businessman Andis Priednieks, who owns a woodworking company in Ukraine, was shot at, possibly due to his activities reporting corruption he faced there, reported Latvian Television (LTV) Sunday. …read more Source:...
Baltic think tank: Kremlin uses lies, intimidation to maintain dominance
The Kremlin has attempted to launch its regional globalization project whose political and economic interests would be represented by the Eurasian Economic Union, while ideology would manifest in the Eastern Orthodoxy-based “Russian world”, according to “Fortress Russia: Political, Economic, and Security Development in Russia...
PBK TV channel appeals EUR 10,000 fine imposed by Latvia’s broadcasting watchdog
Russian-language TV channel Pervyi Baltiiski Kanal (First Baltic Channel, PBK) has appealed the decision of the Latvian broadcasting watchdog, the National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP), on a EUR 10,000 fine for one-sided reporting on the Ukraine conflict, Gunta Krivma, a representative of PBK owner, Baltijas Mediju Alianse holding, told...
Usackas: Ukraine under double magnifying glass
The European Union’s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Usackas says that Ukraine’s procrastination of reforms may affect the EU decisions on extension of sanctions for Russia, informs LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Vilnius Book Fair 2016 to focus on Ukraine – The Baltic Times
2016 Vilnius Book Fair to focus on UkraineIn addition to focussing on writers and readers, the 2016 Vilnius Book Fair…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukraine in focus at Vilnius Book Fair 2016
The Vilnius Book Fair will this year focus not only on writers and readers but also on book characters. And the largest stand will be devoted to Ukraine, informs LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
