Section: Latvia
Steelworks hosts symbolic relaunch
Production at the once-mothballed Liepajas metalurgs steel-making plant in the coastal Kurzeme port city was relaunched symbolically Friday by its new Ukrainian owners who have merged their corporate name to the former facility so that it is now called KVV Liepajas metalurgs (KVV LM). …read more Source:...
Forge hosts symbolic relaunch ceremony
Production at the once-mothballed Liepajas metalurgs steel-making plant in the coastal Kurzeme port city was relaunched symbolically by its new Ukrainian owners that merged thir corporate name to the former facility that is now called KVV Liepajas metalurgs (KVV LM). …read more Source:...
EU extend sanctions against ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich
This Friday, March 6th, the European Union decided to extend sanctions to ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich and 14 other officials, who are believed to have misappropriated state funds. Sanctions have been extended for an additional twelve months. …read more Source: Baltic News...
‘Large number’ of Russian troops dying in Ukraine says Vershbow
Alexander Vershbow, the second most senior figure in NATO as its deputy secretary general, took the opportunity of a conference in Riga Thursday to claim that large numbers of Russian soldiers are dying in fighting in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Saakashvili: Baltics do not have the strategic advantages Ukraine does
In an interview with the Lithuanian news portal Delfi.lt, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that, in the event of war, the Baltics lack the strategic advantages held by Ukraine, reports BNS/LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Kyiv increases interest rates to 30%
The National Bank of Ukraine on Wednesday, March 3, put in force a sharp increase in interest rates – from 19.5% to 30% – aimed at reducing inflation and strengthening the value of the national currency. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Russians bought by almost a third less real estate in Tallinn in 2014
The volume of real estate transactions conducted in 2014 by Russian citizens in Estonia’s capital Tallinn fell by 29% as compared to the previous year, while the volume of transactions conducted by Ukrainians rose six times, LETA/delfi.ee reports. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Saakashvili: Baltic States are not safe
Defence line of Baltic States is currently located in Ukraine. However, in the event of a war, Baltic States lack the strategic advantages held by Ukraine, believes ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. …read more Source: Baltic News...
Residence permit in Slovak Republic – the new area for Inlat Plus
Slovak Republic is a member of the EU, Eurozone, Schengen area, NATO etc. and has common borders with Poland and Ukraine. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Beness Aijo ‘on the front line’ in Ukraine
A month after he fled Latvia rather than face a court appearance on charges of plotting to overthrow the state, controversial Latvian ‘National Bolshevik’ Beness Aijo has reappeared in Eastern Ukraine where he claims there are dozens of other Latvian volunteers. …read more Source:...
