Section: Latvia
Latvian leaders pledge support for Ukraine
Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma and Latvia’s Vice President at the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, both pledged ongoing support to embattled Ukraine Tuesday. …read more Source:...
German entrepreneurs anticipate good opportunities in Lithuania
Despite the Ukraine conflict, German companies continue to believe in the good prospects of the three Baltic markets. Nine out of ten German investors participating in the recent survey of the AHK Baltic States would re-invest in the region, reports BC Invest Lietuva. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuanian, Estonian MFA discuss energy projects, security situation in Europe
On 22 April 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, who came to Lithuania for a working visit. The meeting focused on bilateral relations between Lithuania and Estonia, the security situation in Europe, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia,...
U.S.: Russia deploys more air defence systems in Ukraine’s east
The U.S. has on Wednesday, April 22, accused Russia for deploying additional air defence systems in Ukraine’s east in breach of the current Minsk truce. …read more Source: Baltic News...
AHK Baltics: German entrepreneurs remain confident despite Ukraine crisis
Despite the Ukraine conflict, German companies continue to believe in the good prospects of the three Baltic markets. Nine out of ten German investors participating in the recent survey of the AHK Baltic States would re-invest in the region, reports BC Annika Bostelmann. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Rinkevics: the Riga Declaration should include proposals from all Eastern Partnership countries
On 20 April in Luxembourg, the Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics took part in the meeting of the Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers (28 European Union Member States and six partner countries – Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus) where there was a discussion on the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga and...
Machine plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass
The machine-building plant Jelgavas mašīnbūves rūpnīca (JMR) is facing a possible forced shut-down of production because the bulk of its orders from southeastern Ukraine’s coal mining fields and metallurgical plants have ceased due to the war-torn region’s shattered economy, where demand for the Jelgava-produced heavy equipment has...
Jelgava plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass
The machine-building plant Jelgavas mašīnbūves rūpnīca (JMR) is facing a possible forced shut-down of production because the bulk of its orders from southeastern Ukraine’s coal mining fields and metallurgical plants have ceased due to the war-torn region’s shattered economy, where demand for the Jelgava-produced heavy equipment has...
Security services wary of Russian interests in transit sector
For more than two decades now Russia has been Latvia’s top strategic partner in the transit sector, providing the bulk of cargo volumes and logically investing more and more in the companies that operate these conduits of trade. But since Russia has provoked a war in Ukraine, Latvia’s security services have been looking much more...
MFA of Lithuania, Luxembourg discussed EU’s relations with Russia
On 17 April 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius started paying a visit to Luxembourg. He met with Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, to discuss development of bilateral relations, aggression against Ukraine, the European Union’s relations with Russia, the issues of Eastern Neighbourhood and...
