Section: Latvia
Lithuania and U.S. discussed military, economic and energy cooperation
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite met with the U.S. House Armed Services Committee chairman and its members to discuss military, economic and energy cooperation between Lithuania and the United States, the current security situation in Europe as well as the situation in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Estonia is helping to alleviate the situation of internally displaced persons in Ukraine
Estonian Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus signed a directive confirming Estonia’s support for the alleviation of the situation of internally displaced persons in Ukraine with a total of 200,000 euros through the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), reported BC the foreign ministry press...
Latvian and Italian presidents discussed question of Ukraine and developments in Eastern Partnership countries
The question of Ukraine and developments in Eastern Partnership countries will always be important to Latvia, as President Andris Berzins said during a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in Rome yesterday, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
SEB: Ukraine faces acute economic crisis and is nearly out of reserves
Baltic and Central European countries continue demonstrating good resistance toward the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russian sanctions on imports of food products and the growing recession. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Gradual economic recovery continues in Central Europe and Baltic countries in 2015
Gradual economic recovery continues in Central European and Baltic countries despite the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2015, Russia’s food embargo, and the economic downturn in Russia, according to “Eastern European Outlook” published by SEB banka, informs LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Havas Europe in Riga adds SAS and Ukraine International Airlines to its service network
Ground handling service company Havas Europe added Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Ukraine International Airlines to its service network. Flight crews of SAS and Ukraine Airlines and their passengers were welcomed with flowers and treats as part of their first operations at Riga Airport, reports BC Linda Anaite. …read more Source: The...
Lithuania’s State Security Department announces annual threat assessment 2014
In its annual threat assessment for the year 2014, Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) stresses that the country’s security environment was most of all influenced by increasingly aggressive activities of Russian and Belarusian intelligence agencies, which were mainly triggered by Vilnius’ principled stance in respect of...
3 new airlines come to Riga Airport in the summer season
With the summer flight schedule setting in at Riga International Airport (from 29 March, 2015), the airline SAS will return to the airport and Ukraine International Airlines and Swiss International Air Lines will start operations. The national carrier airBaltic will open several new destinations, reports BC airport’s press service....
Baltic and Nordic businessmen are optimistic about Ukraine’s future
Ukraine has a large potential for economic growth, and Ukraine knows how to use it, said the head of the International Monetary Fund in Ukraine Jerome Vacher during the recent Nordic and Baltic business days conference in Kyiv. Representatives of other countries also said that Ukraine is on the right path for developing its business environment....
EP approves EUR 1.8 bln EU loan to Ukraine
The European Union (EU) plans to lend Ukraine EUR 1.8 billion to help plug its short-term balance of payments gap were approved by MEPs on Wednesday, reports LETA/ELTA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
