Section: The Baltic Course (Latvia)
Nordica starts flying to summer destinations
he Estonian state owned airline Nordica this week started services to its six summer destinations in France, Croatia, Germany and Ukraine, informed LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Govt extends relocation of Lithuanian-origin people from Crime and Eastern Ukraine
Lithuania’s government has agreed to extend the deadline for relocation applications of persons of Lithuanian origin from unsafe regions of Ukraine until the end of the year, reports LETA/BNS, …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuania joins Poland’s appeal in EU court over Nord Stream
Lithuania has joined Poland’s appeal against the European Commission’s decision to give Russia’s Gazprom more capacity on a branch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in Germany, with the government saying that Brussels’ move may increase Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and harm Ukraine, reported LETA/BNS. …read...
Presidents of Latvia and Ukraine call for continued sanctions on Russia
The sanctions that have been imposed on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine must continue until full implementation of the Minsk agreements and restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis said in a joint statement that has been released to...
Estonian businessman Tonis Palts wins legal dispute over land plot in Crimea
Estonian businessman Tonis Palts, former mayor of Tallinn, is defending real estate he owns on the Black Sea shore in Crimea and recently defeated the Russian defense ministry in court, reported LETA/BNS according to Postimees information. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukraine’s Sberbank to be renamed Norvik Bank
Russian businessman Grigory Guselnikov said in the interview with Echo Moskvy radio station that after the acquisition of the Ukrainian subsidiary of Russia’s Sberbank it will be renamed as Norvik Bank, according to UNN news portal writes LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Russian Sberbank to sell its Ukrainian subsidiary to consortium of investors that includes Latvia’s Norvik Banka
Latvia’s Norvik Banka and its major shareholder Grigory Guselnikov on March 27 signed an agreement on joining a consortium of investors that will acquire Ukrainian Sberbank from its parent company, Russian Sberbank. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Lithuania to continue lower-level representation at Moscow security conference
Lithuania intends to continue the practice started after the annexation of Crimea to send lower-level officials to the Moscow International Security Conference, writes LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Skano finalizes sale of Ukrainian retail subsidiary
The listed Estonian furniture and fiberboard maker Skano Group announced on Friday that it has finalized the sale of its Ukrainian retail subsidiary TOV Skano Ukraina to a company with Estonian capital operating in Ukraine, writes LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Ukrainian owner of LVV Liepajas Metalurgs takes dispute with Latvia to international arbitration institution
Yevgeny Kazmin, a co-owner of Ukraine’s KVV Group, which owns Latvia’s insolvent steel company KVV Liepajas Metalurgs, has filed a lawsuit against Latvia with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), information on the center’s official website suggests LETA. …read more Source: The Baltic...
