Section: Latvia
Poroshenko defends decentralisation; Kyiv violence deathtoll rises
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on September 1 voiced strong support to controversial legislation giving more autonomy to pro-Russian rebels that sparked deadly street battles in Kyiv. Two more policemen died of injuries suffered during the clashes, rising the deathtoll to three victims after deadliest violence in post-Maidan Kyiv....
In pictures: September 1 in schools in Latvia and abroad
BNN offers you an insight into photo impressions from schools Latvia and abroad from Kyiv to New York. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Rinkevics compares Baltic and Crimean occupations
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said Tuesday that events in Ukraine were a “litmus test” of relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation, suggesting that the current worsening situation on the ground could lead to harsher sanctions. …read more Source:...
Violent protests in Kyiv against granting autonomy to separatist regions
Violent clashes erupted in Kyiv at Verhovna Rada on August 31 during which one person has been killed and more than a hundred have been hospitalised. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Court in Russia sentences Ukrainian film director to 20 years in prison
A court in Russia convicted on August 25 a Ukrainian film director to 20 years in prison over terrorism charges. The trial and the verdict have been condemned by Ukraine and human rights organisations. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Statement from Latvian MFA on the escalation of tension in the east of Ukraine
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Latvia considers that the recent escalation of tension in the conflict zone in Eastern Ukraine is seriously undermining the implementation of the Minsk agreements, reports BC ministry’s press service. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Latvia sends agriculture official to Ukraine instead of anti-corruption officer
Latvia is to send an official from the Agriculture Ministry to Ukraine to aid that country’s hefty reform process rather than the anti-corruption officer previously flagged for the mission, the BNS newswire reported Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Latvia worried about eastern Ukraine ‘tension’
Latvia expressed official concern Tuesday about the deteriorating security situation in eastern Ukraine where Russia-backed rebels and regular Russian units have been on the offensive. …read more Source:...
In Odessa, Lithuanian MFA discusses economic cooperation and implementation of reforms
On 14 August in Odessa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius held meetings to discuss economic cooperation, including with the Black Sea Ports of Odessa and Ilyichevsk, the implementation of reforms in the Ukrainian regions, as well as possibilities for civil society projects, reports BC the Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
Lithuanian MFA meets with Ukrainian PM and the president
On August 13th, Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevicius met with Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk. Linkevicius is currently in Ukraine on his a working visit, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
