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      Geopolitical tensions overshadow concerns of financial institutions about low interest rate risk in Lithuania
      May15

      Geopolitical tensions overshadow concerns of financial institutions about low interest rate risk in Lithuania

      Financial institutions operating in Lithuania consider the risk arising from the prolonged period of low interest rates as increasingly significant, although, with the persisting geopolitical tensions, the risk related to a likely exacerbation of Russia’s and Ukraine’s conflict and related consequences has been assessed as the major...

      US Senator McCain Declines Office of Ukraine President Adviser
      May15

      US Senator McCain Declines Office of Ukraine President Adviser

      US Republican Senator John McCain has turned down an invitation to be one of the advisors to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko.This was announced in a statement published on McCain’s page on the website of the US Senate, with the Republican citing “provisions of the US Constitution concerning the interaction of Members of...

      FM Schetyna in Turkey for NATO talks
      May15

      FM Schetyna in Turkey for NATO talks

      A group of NATO foreign ministers met in the Turkish city of Antalya to discuss security threats, and the crisis in Ukraine, among others. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      Foreign Minister Schetyna in Turkey
      May15

      Foreign Minister Schetyna in Turkey

      A group of NATO foreign ministers met in the Turkish city of Antalya to discuss security threats, and the crisis in Ukraine, among others. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      France offers Russia ‘deal to ditch Mistrals’
      May15

      France offers Russia ‘deal to ditch Mistrals’

      Paris has allegedly offered Moscow the sweet sum of €785 million to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warships that was suspended due to the Ukraine crisis, a Russian newspaper reported Friday. …read more Source: The Local...

      Thousands waiting for Bulgarian citizenship by descent
      May15

      Thousands waiting for Bulgarian citizenship by descent

      Some 15,000 applications for Bulgarian citizenship have piled up since 2013 for lack of the papers required, said Deputy Justice Minister Petko Petkov at the hearing of the parliamentary committee on policies towards Bulgarians living abroad. “This only concerns the procedure of acquiring Bulgarian citizenship by descent in those cases when the...

      France ‘to Terminate Contract’ with Russia on Mistrale Warships
      May15

      France ‘to Terminate Contract’ with Russia on Mistrale Warships

      France is about to ditch the deal on two Mistral-class warships whose delivery to Russia it suspended over the Ukraine crisis, a prominent Russian daily argues.Paris has already sent to Moscow documents that include a proposal for a EUR 785 M settlement to end contracts on the delivery, Kommersant reports, citing its own sources.Under the...

      Nemtsov report: Russia has spent over billion euros on Ukraine war
      May15

      Nemtsov report: Russia has spent over billion euros on Ukraine war

      Russian opposition activists have released a report, started by the late opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, detailing Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Official: Latvia should be ready to take in Ukraine refugees
      May15

      Official: Latvia should be ready to take in Ukraine refugees

      Latvia must be ready for the arrival of large numbers of refugees from Ukraine, Edmunds Akitis, a representative of the Latvian Center for Crisis Control, said on public radio Friday. …read more Source:...

      Researcher: EU is far less dependent on Russia than Russia is on the EU
      May15

      Researcher: EU is far less dependent on Russia than Russia is on the EU

      According to Andis Kudors, Director of Eastern Policy Research Centre, it is clear that Russia does not intend to change its position and withdraw its forces from Ukraine. With that, the European Union will have to work on this matter in the future as well, as reported by lsm.lv. …read more Source: Baltic News...