Section: Latvia
Ukraine starts using mobile ID created in Estonia
Ukraine tested using on September 18th mobile-ID, created by Estonian company AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus, LETA/Postimees Online reports. …read more Source: The Baltic...
In Q2, rate accounts for 21 asylum applicants per million inhabitants in EU
In the second quarter of 2015, Lithuania received 60 first time asylum applicants, or by 42% more compared with the previous quarter (45). The Q2 rate accounts for 21 asylum applicants per million inhabitants, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said. Asylum applicants in Lithuania were mostly from Ukraine, Georgia, and...
MFA at Vilnius Democracy Forum: we must bring values back on European agenda
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius welcomed the first Vilnius Democracy Forum on 14-15 September, which explored challenges to security following Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. During the event, the Lithuanian foreign minister highlighted the importance of values to foreign policy and called for striking a balance...
Two Estonian journalists in Ukraine’s anti-Russian sanctions list
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko confirmed yesterday anti-Russian sanctions proposed by the National Security and Defence Council (SNBO) and a list of persons, against whom sanctions and restrictions are enforced in relation to the events in the Donbass and the Crimea; the list includes also two Estonian journalists, LETA/Public Broadcasting...
One journalist, three pen names banned from Ukraine
The latest list of persons barred from entry in Ukraine, released on Wednesday by the administration of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, includes a former Latvian MP now working as a reporter, along with three other journalists – or rather their pen names – from Latvia’s Vesti Segodnya Russian-language daily. …read...
Ukraine introduces new sanctions against Russia; 4 persons from Latvia also included
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on September 17th expanded a list of sanctions against Russian companies and individuals held responsible for the ex-Soviet state’s eastern uprising and for Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukraine introduces economic sanctions against Russia
With the order of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Ukraine put in place on September 16 economic sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Wizz Air based 4th aircraft in Vilnius
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, implements its further expansion plans in Lithuania: 4th Airbus A320 aircraft is added to its base in Vilnius airport and started 5 new routes to Billund, Munich-Memmingen, Stockholm, Glasgow and Kyiv, reported BC the Vilnius Airport. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Sanctions against Putin’s associates and pro-Russian militants in Ukraine to be extended
On Monday, 14 September, leaders of European Member states decided to extend sanctions against pro-Russian militants in Ukraine and people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin by six more months. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Photo: Latvian basketball team loses to Ukraine
With a score of 74:75 (21:14, 18:24, 23:22, 12:15) Latvia’s basketball team lost to Ukraine on Wednesday, 9 September. It is worth mentioning that this is the first achievement for Ukraine in the European Basketball Championship. …read more Source: Baltic News...
