Section: Latvia
Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga ended with the Declaration
Today, the 4th Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit – a high-level meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the EU countries and six partner countries organised within the framework of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union – ended in Riga with the adoption of the Summit Declaration. This envisages ever-closer cooperation...
Implementation of free trade agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine tops the Eastern Partnership agenda
In Riga, President Dalia Grybauskaite together with other EU leaders and representatives of the Eastern Partnership countries outlined further guidelines for the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy. The participants underlined that this policy was based on common interests and obligations to strengthen democracy, reaffirm the rule of law...
Agreement on EUR 1.8 bln macro-financial aid to Ukraine signed in Riga
A memorandum of understanding and loan agreement on macro-financial aid to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 1.8 billion was signed during the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga today, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Grybauskaite in Riga: stable Eastern neighbourhood means more secure Europe
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite is attending the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga. During the two-day event, the president together with other EU leaders and representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine will discuss the achievements within the framework of the EU’s Eastern Partnership programme and...
Human rights commissioner Muiznieks points out significant violations in Ukraine and Russia
Over the course of one year, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks has visited Ukraine four times, and Russia once, establishing violations in both countries, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Big day dawns at Riga Summit
European leaders met in the Latvian capital Riga Friday on the second day of a summit meeting designed to determine the shape of future relations between the 28 EU member states and six member of the bloc’s Eastern Partnership policy: Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus. …read more Source:...
EU promises investment for Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia
European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiation Johannes Hahn on Thursday announced a new investment of €200mn by the Commission for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. …read more Source:...
Facts and figures about the Eastern Partners of the European Union
The Eastern Partnership was launched in 2009, as a joint initiative between the European Union (EU) and six Eastern European and South Caucasus partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, reports BC Eurostat Press Office. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Yuschenko: Ukraine needs military support, but not an expansion of the conflict
In an interview in today’s edition of the Diena newspaper, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko said that Ukraine needs military support – not for the expansion of the conflict, but for its own defense, so that the country could regain control of the situation. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Russia: EU sanctions’ opponents first in line to lifting ban on food exports
Cyprus, Greece and Hungary – countries that have criticised the sanctions imposed on Russia – would be first in line to see Russia’s ban on food exports lifted against them if relations improve at the political level, head of food safety authority has said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Baltic News...
