Section: Latvia
Ukraine accuses Russia of looting oil rigs off coast of Crimea
Ukraine blamed Russia on December 16 of looting two Ukrainian oil rigs after Crimea-based oil and gas firm Chornomornaftogaz moved them to from off the coast of the annexed peninsula into Russian territorial waters. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Latvian regulator hits Privatbank with record fine for Moldova bank fund laundering – The Baltic Times
RIGA – The Latvian Financial and Capital Markets Commission (FCMC) on Dec. 11 imposed a record 2-million-euro fine on Ukrainian-owned A/S Privat…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Latvian DefMin hails competitiveness of Ukrainian Army – The Baltic Times
In an interview with Latvian television on December 16, Latvia’s Defence Minister Raimonds Bergmanis stated that the Ukrainian army now ha…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukrainian Interior Minister throws glass at Saakashvili
During a Ukrainian National Reform Council meeting late on December 14, the country’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov threw a glass of water at the reformist Governor Odessa and former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who accused both Avakov and Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk of having links to corruption schemes. …read more...
Program may bring 400 foreign IT specialists to work in Estonia
As a result of the information campaign conducted by Enterprise Estonia in the framework of its Work in Estonia program, more than 400 IT specialists in Ukraine and Finland wish to come to Estonia to work here, Enterprise Estonia said on December 15th, cites LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Baltics pledge support to developing Ukraine’s armed forces
The defense ministers of the three Baltic states have pledged further practical assistance to Ukraine in reforming and developing its armed forces, reported LETA news agency on Tuesday, referring to a statement by the Latvian Defense Ministry. …read more Source:...
Regulator piles on punishment for PrivatBank
The regulator of Latvia’s financial system, the Financial and Capital Markets Commission (FKTK), on Monday announced additional punishments for the local operation of Ukraine’s PrivatBank for failing to take proper precautions against massive money-laundering. …read more Source:...
Linkevicius to attend UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine – The Baltic Times
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius will attend a United Nations Security Council meeting about Ukraine in New York on Friday, De…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Latvia signs an agreement with the Council of Europe on support for Ukraine
On 9 December in Strasbourg, the Ambassador of Latvia to the Council of Europe (CoE), Rolands Lappuke signed on behalf of Latvia an agreement with the Council of Europe on Latvia’s contribution of EUR 15 000 to the CoE Action Plan for Ukraine 2015-2017, informed BC the Latvian MFA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
UN: Militants, ammunition and arms continue to enter Ukraine from Russia
Weaponry and militants – including in some cases retired or former servicemen of the Russian Federation – continue to flow into rebel-seized areas of eastern Ukraine from Russia, a United Nations report stated on December 9. …read more Source: Baltic News...
