Section: Latvia
National Guard: Number of new volunteers still soaring
The number of new members of the National Guard (Zemessardze) has been continuously soaring since war began in Eastern Ukraine, Leonīds Kalniņš, the Brigadier General of the National Guard said in an interview to Latvian Radio on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Foreign Minister condemns ‘disgrace’ of French Crimea visit
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said Sunday he was unhappy about a visit of French members of parliament to Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source:...
Lithuania-Ukraine business cooperation discussed
A meeting of the Business Council for Economic and Trade Cooperation between Lithuania and Ukraine was held at the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK). The Business Council addressed business development potential in Ukraine and promotion of bilateral economic cooperation, informs LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
EC provides Ukraine a loan of EUR 600 million
On Wednesday, 22 July, European Commission provided Ukraine a loan of EUR 600 million on behalf of the European Union. This is the first payment in the new macro finance assistance programme that is set to provide a total of EUR 1.8 billion. …read more Source: Baltic News...
EU Commission disburses EUR 600 mln assistance to Ukraine
The European Commission today disbursed a loan of EUR 600 million to Ukraine. This corresponds to the first installment under the new Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) program for Ukraine, which amounts to a total of EUR 1.8 billion, LETA found out from the European Commission. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukrainian ambassador encourages Latvia to increase fish export
Latvia could increase its fish export to Ukraine, while Ukraine is being invited to consider working out a less encumbered procedure for import of this product. The above was recommended at a meeting of Ukrainian Ambassador Yevgen Perebyinis and Latvian Agriculture Minister Janis Duklavs (Greens/Farmers), reports LETA. …read more Source:...
Police in Latvia seize millions in laundered money owned by Ukrainian businessman Kurchenko
Following an investigation in collaboration with the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, the police in Latvia have frozen a large amount of funds in Latvian bank accounts that were laundered by Ukrainian businessman Serhiy Kurchenko, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his “Facebook” profile, cites LETA. …read more Source:...
$80 million tied to Yanukovych associate frozen in Latvian banks
In cooperation with their Latvian colleagues, Ukrainian investigators have uncovered and frozen more than USD 80 mln (EUR 73 mln) worth of funds in Latvian bank accounts. The funds were moved there by Serhiy Kurchenko, a well-known associate of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian LSM site reported yesterday via rbc.ru. …read...
USD 80 mln tied to Yanukovych associate arrested in Latvian banks
In cooperation with their Latvian colleagues, Ukrainian investigators have uncovered and arrested more than USD 80 mln (EUR 73 mln) worth of funds in Latvian bank accounts. The funds were moved there by Serhiy Kurchenko, a well-known associate of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian LSM site reported yesterday via rbc.ru. …read...
USD 80 mln funds of Yanukovych associate arrested in Latvian banks
In cooperation with their Latvian colleagues, Ukrainian investigators have uncovered and arrested more than USD 80 mln (EUR 73 mln) worth of funds in Latvian bank accounts. The funds were moved there by Serhiy Kurchenko, a well-known associate of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych, the Russian LSM site reported yesterday via rbc.ru. …read...
