Section: The Baltic Course (Latvia)
Regional security – common interest of Lithuania and U.S.
President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite met with U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, who is of Lithuanian descent. The meeting focused on Lithuanian-U.S. cooperation in the fields of security and energy, as well as bilateral economic ties and possibilities to strengthen them. The security situation in our region and Ukraine was also discussed at the...
Eastern Partnership Summit declaration condemns the annexation of Crimea
The Eastern Partnership Summit’s declaration in Riga has condemned the annexation of Crimea. The summit’s declaration includes a reference to the ”illegal annexation of Crimea”, and confirms support towards ”Ukraine’s territorial integrity”, informs LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga ended with the Declaration
Today, the 4th Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit – a high-level meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the EU countries and six partner countries organised within the framework of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union – ended in Riga with the adoption of the Summit Declaration. This envisages ever-closer cooperation...
Implementation of free trade agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine tops the Eastern Partnership agenda
In Riga, President Dalia Grybauskaite together with other EU leaders and representatives of the Eastern Partnership countries outlined further guidelines for the EU’s Eastern Partnership policy. The participants underlined that this policy was based on common interests and obligations to strengthen democracy, reaffirm the rule of law...
Agreement on EUR 1.8 bln macro-financial aid to Ukraine signed in Riga
A memorandum of understanding and loan agreement on macro-financial aid to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 1.8 billion was signed during the Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga today, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Grybauskaite in Riga: stable Eastern neighbourhood means more secure Europe
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite is attending the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga. During the two-day event, the president together with other EU leaders and representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine will discuss the achievements within the framework of the EU’s Eastern Partnership programme and...
Human rights commissioner Muiznieks points out significant violations in Ukraine and Russia
Over the course of one year, Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks has visited Ukraine four times, and Russia once, establishing violations in both countries, reports LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Facts and figures about the Eastern Partners of the European Union
The Eastern Partnership was launched in 2009, as a joint initiative between the European Union (EU) and six Eastern European and South Caucasus partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, reports BC Eurostat Press Office. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Yuschenko: Ukraine needs military support, but not an expansion of the conflict
In an interview in today’s edition of the Diena newspaper, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko said that Ukraine needs military support – not for the expansion of the conflict, but for its own defense, so that the country could regain control of the situation. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Pentus-Rosimannus: Estonia supports Ukraine’s visa-free regime with EU
After meeting with the Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin in Brussels, Estonian Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus stressed that Estonia supports the visa-free regime between Ukraine and the European Union, foreign ministry press department reports BC. …read more Source: The Baltic...
