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      Many MH17 passengers were headed to global AIDS conference
      Jul18

      Many MH17 passengers were headed to global AIDS conference

      As many as 100 passengers on the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed Thursday in eastern Ukraine were headed to Australia for the International AIDS Conference. …read more Source: France...

      In pictures: Scenes of devastation at MH17 crash site in Ukraine
      Jul18

      In pictures: Scenes of devastation at MH17 crash site in Ukraine

      Pro-Russian separatists holding the area of eastern Ukraine where Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashed on Thursday have vowed to allow international investigators free access to the crash site. …read more Source: France...

      Is Western media’s indifference to Ukraine dangerous for Lithuania?
      Jul18

      Is Western media’s indifference to Ukraine dangerous for Lithuania?

      LRT Major English-speaking TV channels do not devote enough attention to the events in Ukraine, even though the battles are more blood-stained than in other countries, notes philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis. According to him, it is an important lesson to learn for Lithuania and other Baltic …The post Is Western media’s...

      NATO officer: exercises in Lithuania will be expanded, Russia has triggered a “security paradigm shift”
      Jul18

      NATO officer: exercises in Lithuania will be expanded, Russia has triggered a “security paradigm shift”

      BNS Exercises in Lithuania and NATO’s other Eastern member-states will be expanded in response to Russian actions in Ukraine, NATO’s Joint Forces Headquarters officer Lieutenant Colonel Hans Houf said after his team inspected Lithuania’s military infrastructure in Vilnius Friday. Houf, the commander of NATO Forward …The...

      Putin Defensive Over Ukraine Plane Tragedy
      Jul18

      Putin Defensive Over Ukraine Plane Tragedy

      The Russian president says the “awful tragedy” would not have happened if military action had not resumed in southeast Ukraine. …read more Source: Sky...

      Plane crash in Ukraine puts focus on flight paths
      Jul18

      Plane crash in Ukraine puts focus on flight paths

      Airlines including Qantas Airways and Air Berlin altered their flight paths months ago to avoid Ukrainian air space after fighting flared up in the region, raising questions about why others did not do the same. …read more Source: RTÉ...

      Was MH17 flying through Ukraine warzone to save fuel?
      Jul18

      Was MH17 flying through Ukraine warzone to save fuel?

      Safety watchdogs will investigate the doomed passenger jet’s flight plan to see why the aircraft was flying through a warzone. …read more Source: Daily...

      Ambassador to Ukraine says Malaysian crash is part of “Russian war on Ukraine”
      Jul18

      Ambassador to Ukraine says Malaysian crash is part of “Russian war on Ukraine”

      BNS The disaster of Malaysia Airlines jetliner is the consequence of Russia’s undeclared war on Ukraine, and “the plane that has been shot down is full responsibility of Russia,” says Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas. “Ukraine’s administration views this unambiguously as a terrorist act...

      Planes departing Lithuania not crossing East Ukraine
      Jul18

      Planes departing Lithuania not crossing East Ukraine

      BNS There has been no need to revise flight routes for planes departing Lithuania to account for the closed air-space in Eastern Ukraine, says acting director of the Lithuanian Civil Aviation Administration Joris Gintilas. There are no air routes from Lithuania to the part of …The post Planes departing Lithuania not crossing East Ukraine...

      Malaysia Airlines plane crash might prove a turning point in Ukrainian-Russian conflict
      Jul18

      Malaysia Airlines plane crash might prove a turning point in Ukrainian-Russian conflict

      Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says that the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine will be a breaking point in how Western states treat the bloody conflict that has been raging in the country for months. DELFI reports. If …The post Malaysia Airlines plane crash...