Section: Latvia
Deputy MFA of Lithuania, Ukraine discuss development of bilateral relations
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekesius in Kyiv met with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Nataliia Galibarenko. The meeting addressed implementation of the Minsk Agreement, preparation for Ukrainian local election of 25 October, prospects of bilateral relations between Lithuania and Ukraine, reports...
Two Lithuanian sailors abducted in Nigeria
On October 20th afternoon, it was announced that on Monday, at 8:30 p.m. local time, a Bahamas-registered ship flying the flag of the Comoro Islands was attacked in Port Harcourt’s port in Nigeria. Four members of the crew, two Lithuanian and two Ukrainian nationals, were abducted, informs LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
airBaltic to increase number of flights between Ukraine and Russia via Riga
Latvian national airline airBaltic already offers good deals on flights to and from the Ukrainian and Russian capitals, and points out that it is convenient to use Riga as a transit destination for flights between Riga and Kyiv, especially after both Ukraine and Russia closed their airspace for commercial airlines from the other country....
Ex-Polish President – Lithuania and Poland need to step up their defence capacities – The Baltic Times
According to former Polish President, Bronislaw Komorowski, in light of Russian aggression in Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland should continue step…… …read more Source: The Baltic...
Netherlands: Malaysian airplane shot down above Ukraine with Russian-made rocket
The Dutch Safety Board released on October 13 the conclusions of an international investigative commission, stating that the Malaysia Airlines passenger airplane was shot down above eastern Ukraine in July 2014 by a Russian-made Buk rocket. …read more Source: Baltic News...
EIB and World Bank join forces with new agreement to support Ukraine
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and World Bank (WB) yesterday signed an agreement under EU guarantee that aims to facilitate the purchase of gas by Ukraine’s national gas company, NJSC Naftogaz. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Rīga City Council calls to examine views of ‘Maidan’ exhibition organizers
The Riga City Council has called on the Security Police to assess the public statements made by organizers of The People of Maidan open-air photo exhibition on Ukraine in downtown Riga, the council told BNS. The news follows LSM’s Thursday story about the conflicting background and dodgy ties of Sergey Melnikoff, one of the people behind...
MFA: economic relations between Lithuania and Sweden continue to strengthen
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstrom to discuss bilateral partnership, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia, regional security, cooperation in the region and in the fields of strategic communication, energy and transport, reports BC...
With truce largely holding in Ukraine, pro-Kremlin militants consider Syria as next stop
Since warfare in eastern Ukraine has largely ceased, separatist militants are considering going to Syria, where the civil war has intensified with Russian air strikes. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Parties of war in Ukraine inform of withdrawing small arms from buffer zone
The sides warring in Ukraine’s east have announced on October 3 that they have commenced the withdrawal of small arms away from a bufferzone. Meanwhile, France has admitted that reaching a durable peace would not be accomplished this year. …read more Source: Baltic News...
