Section: The Baltic Course (Latvia)
Lithuanian, Estonian MFA discuss energy projects, security situation in Europe
On 22 April 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, who came to Lithuania for a working visit. The meeting focused on bilateral relations between Lithuania and Estonia, the security situation in Europe, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia,...
AHK Baltics: German entrepreneurs remain confident despite Ukraine crisis
Despite the Ukraine conflict, German companies continue to believe in the good prospects of the three Baltic markets. Nine out of ten German investors participating in the recent survey of the AHK Baltic States would re-invest in the region, reports BC Annika Bostelmann. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Rinkevics: the Riga Declaration should include proposals from all Eastern Partnership countries
On 20 April in Luxembourg, the Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics took part in the meeting of the Eastern Partnership Foreign Ministers (28 European Union Member States and six partner countries – Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus) where there was a discussion on the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga and...
MFA of Lithuania, Luxembourg discussed EU’s relations with Russia
On 17 April 2015, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius started paying a visit to Luxembourg. He met with Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, to discuss development of bilateral relations, aggression against Ukraine, the European Union’s relations with Russia, the issues of Eastern Neighbourhood and...
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....
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...
