Section: Latvia
Minister Pavlenko: agriculture can save Ukraine from crisis
The war has hardly affected Ukraine’s agricultural sector, thus agriculture is an industry which can pull Ukraine out of its current problems, Ukrainian Minister of Agriculture and Food Alex Pavlenko says in an interview with LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuanian and German MFA discussed bilateral partnership, response to new threats in Europe
On 16 April in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius in a meeting with German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed strengthening bilateral partnership, armed aggression against Ukraine, relations with Russia, the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, energy and information security...
Lithuania considers aid for Ukraine’s railway transport
Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania, Rimantas Sinkevicius, and Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania, Valery Zhovtenko, met to discuss possible assistance to Ukraine’s railway sector. It would include transferring rolling stock that is no longer used by Lithuania: locomotives, electric trains and wagons, informs LETA/ELTA....
US envoy urges strong deterrence as Russia ‘whips up’ crisis
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller spoke at length with Imants Frederiks Ozols from LTV’s news program Panorāma about Russia’s relations with the United States and the NATO alliance amidst the Ukraine and mid-East crises. Watch the entire interview in English, or read the...
Yanukovych’s ally shot dead in Ukraine
Former Ukrainian MP Oleh Kalashnikov – also an ally of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych – has been found dead shot wounds in Kyiv on Wednesday, April 15. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Top US arms envoy urges strong deterrence as Russia ‘whips up’ crisis
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller spoke at length with Imants Frederiks Ozols from LTV’s news program Panorāma about Russia’s relations with the United States and the NATO alliance amidst the Ukraine and mid-East crises. Watch the entire interview in English, or read the...
EU and Eastern Partnership States will establish a closer cooperation in the agricultural advisory system
Strengthening of rural and agricultural advisory systems that are vitally important for economic development of every country, and establishing a closer cooperation with EU Member States in this area, are the topics of the joint declaration of individual Ministers (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), and Vice-Ministers (Armenia, Belarus) of Eastern...
Decision on additional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine takes effect
On April 15th in Brussels, the Latvian Foreign Ministry’s Parliamentary State Secretary for EU Affairs, Zanda Kalnina-Lukasevica, signed a decision on behalf of the Council of the European Union on providing additional micro-financial assistance to Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry informed LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Wizz Air to operate 3 new routes from Vilnius in autumn
Hungary’s low-cost airline Wizz Air on Wednesday announced that it is going to open three new routes in autumn 2015 from Vilnius International Airport – to Munich, Glasgow, and Kiev, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukraine and Russia agree on withdrawal of more weapon types from front line
In a situation, when the truce in the war in Ukraine is threatened by increased fighting, Ukraine and Russia have on Monday, April 13, agreed to call for more types of weapons to be moved away from the front line. …read more Source: Baltic News...
