Section: The Baltic Course (Latvia)
Latvian MFA: Ukraine has to demonstrate its willingness to move forward with Minsk Process
It is important that Ukraine demonstrate its willingness to move ahead with the Minsk Process, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said during a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kiev today, informs LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
KVV Group: government has started destroying KVV Liepajas Metalurgs
Ukraine’s KVV Group has come to the conclusion that the Latvian government has started destroying KVV Liepajas Metalurgs metallurgical company as its claim to the financially troubled company has been increased on April 11th from EUR 61.869 million to EUR 66.273 million, the company said in a statement, cites LETA. …read more Source:...
Lithuania 1st in EU publishes Savchenko List
Lithuania is the first country in the European Union (EU) to ban entry of individuals involved in the conviction of Ukrainian war pilot Nadiya Savchenko in Russia, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius has confirmed, cites LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Latvia is interested in promoting economic cooperation with the Chernihiv Region
On 11 April, the State Secretary of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, Andrejs Pildegovics, met with a delegation from the Chernihiv Region in Ukraine, which is in Latvia to learn from Latvia’s experience with the implementation of administrative and territorial reforms, reports BC the Latvian MFA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuanian Seimas website under attack
The Lithuanian parliament’s website came under attack in the run-up to the event of Crimea’s Tatar community to prevent foreign users from observing the community’s global gathering online, informs LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Latvian PM reasserts support to Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity
Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis (Greens/Farmers) during his meeting with Ukrainian lawmakers reasserted Latvia’s support to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the prime minister’s spokesman Andrejs Vaivars told LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Mikhail Porechenkov chosen for crime series set on Narva bridge
The Russian actor Mikhail Porechenkov who is to play one of the lead roles in a version of the crime drama television series ‘The Bridge’ set on the Narva River bridge between Estonia and Russia, to be shot for the Russian television channel NTV, has been blacklisted in Latvia and Ukraine, informs LETA/BNS. …read more Source:...
Latvia to implement projects to help Ukraine in agriculture, fight against corruption
In 2016, EUR 451,400 have been earmarked in the Latvian Foreign Ministry’s budget for bilateral development cooperation, and the money will be used for new grants and long-term projects, including support to Ukraine in agriculture and the fight against corruption, informs LETA, according to the Development Cooperation Policy Plan for 2016...
KVV Liepajas Metalurgs to pay over EUR 800,000 to laid-off employees
Based on the shareholder decision about closing down and conservation of KVV Liepajas Metalurgs metallurgical plant, a personnel audit will be carried out at the company in the next few days to determine the minimum personnel required for infrastructure maintenance during the idle time, and over EUR 800,000 will be paid to the laid-off workers,...
Polva county in Estonia eyeing youth cooperation with Ukraine
The Polva county government in Estonia is planning to embark on a joint project with the small town of Kulikovka in northern Ukraine to promote democracy through international youth cooperation, informs LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
