Eston Kohver
Uncategorized

Estonian consul met with abducted Security Police official in Moscow

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that the Estonian Security Police (KaPo) official Eston Kohver, who was detained by Russia‘s FSB last Friday, was allowed on Tuesday to meet with Estonian consul in Moscow, Public Broadcasting reports. […]

Foreign affairs

Lithuanian-Polish Parliamentary Assembly to meet in October

The meeting of the Lithuanian-Polish Parliamentary Assembly should take place in Warsaw in October, says Gediminas Kirkilas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee of European Affairs. […]

No Picture
Society

Almost 9 out of 10 Lithuanians say environmental problems directly affect their daily lives

Three years after the last Eurobarometer survey, it is clear that, despite the economic crisis, Europeans’ concern about the environment has not diminished. In an overwhelming consensus, 95 percent of the 28.000 interviewed citizens said that protecting the environment was important to them personally and many thought more could be done in this area, the European Commission said. […]

Mečys Laurinkus
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Russia has declared different war on Baltic states, says former State Security Department chief

The abduction of Estonian Security Police (KaPo) officer Eston Kohver last Friday was a message by Russia to the Baltic states and Poland timed to coincide with the NATO Summit, says Mečys Laurinkus, former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD). […]

Martin Schulz
European Union

EP President Schulz: New sanctions on Russia may slow down EU’s growth

The European Union (EU) must impose tougher sanctions against Russia but the Europeans should understand that those measures may also affect the Union, president of the European Parliament says. […]