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The Baltic states and Russian compatriots

October 21, 2014 Agnia Grigas 0

Since Russian military incursions into Crimea and Eastern Ukraine to protect Russian “compatriots”, Latvia’s and Lithuania’s Russian and Russian-speaking populations have been much discussed and cited as reasons for concern among the Baltic states and their allies. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister calls for tougher, not softer sanctions on Russia

October 20, 2014 BNS 0

There are no reasons to soften the existing sanctions against Russia and the West must continue pressure on Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said on Monday ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg. […]

Vytautas Landsbergis: There are guys Putin is afraid of

October 18, 2014 www.lrt.lt 0

“Russia is an unreliable partner, irrespectively of what it says. The world is beginning to learn how to see what Russia actually does,” says Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis. […]

Estonia would run out of gas in 5 days in case of Russian embargo

October 17, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The European Commission recommends Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland to start preparing for an emergency situation immediately since if Russian gas taps were turned off, Estonia, for example, would run out of gas in 4-5 days, Eesti Paevaleht writes. […]

Lithuanian MEP initiates letter to Putin, urging to release Ukrainian pilot

October 17, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Liberal MEP Petras Auštrevičius has initiated a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling for release of Ukrainian military pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. […]

Lithuania appoints official to advise Ukraine on EU treaty

October 17, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s former senior economic adviser Nerijus Udrėnas has been appointed to assist Ukraine in the implementation of the association agreement with the European Union (EU). […]

Georgian leader in Vilnius: Georgia is already on the path towards EU membership

October 17, 2014 BNS 0

Georgia‘s Deputy Prime Minister Georgi Kvirikashvili, also the country’s economy minister, has said in Vilnius that the treaty proposed by Russia for Abkhazia resembles the annexation of Ukraine‘s Crimea region. […]

Ukraine plans to set up park for Soviet monuments

October 16, 2014 BNS 0

The Ukrainian authorities do not want Soviet monuments to be chaotically removed in the country and therefore plan to set up a special park of Soviet monuments, similar to the one existing in Lithuania, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Estonian and Finnish companies developing Ebola drug

October 16, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Estonian biotechnology company Icosagen will start developing a vaccine and a biological therapeutic against the Ebola virus together with the Finnish company FIT Biotech Oy, Eesti Paevaleht Online reports. […]

Ukrainian culture minister in Vilnius: We are dealing with massive propaganda from Russia

October 16, 2014 BNS 0

Mere censure will not help to deal with the Kremlin’s propaganda and people of culture who are seen as an authority should strengthen ethnic minorities’ ties with the county, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Putin backs down and… wins?

October 16, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Russian forces are withdrawing from the Ukrainian border. Pro-Russian separatists are putting down their arms. There are reports about Russia re-opening some of its markets to Western production. All this has sparked discussions about Moscow backing down from confrontation with the West. […]

US President Obama pledges continued support for Ukraine

October 16, 2014 Ludo Segers 0

On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama participated in a video conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President François Hollande of France, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy. They discussed the international response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, including steps that are being taken to counter the spread of the disease. […]

PM Dmitry Medvedev and President Vladimir Putin

Russia signals possible ease on food imports embargo?

October 14, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Reports in the Russian media that Moscow is deliberating to lift imports embargo on certain EU-made foodstuffs got Lithuanian producers on ears – could this be a sign of coming change? […]

Ex-Ukrainian president’s son approaches Lithuanian ministries over sanctions

October 13, 2014 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s ministries have received a letter from the lawyers of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych‘s son Oleksandr, inquiring about the sanctions he is being subjected to. […]

"Rail Baltica" construction work in Lithuania

Rail Baltica JV to be established in late October

October 13, 2014 BNS EN 0

A joint venture between the three Baltic states that will carry out the European-standard gauge railway project Rail Baltica, should be established on October 28. […]

Lithuania to send 15 MPs to observe elections in Ukraine

October 12, 2014 BNS EN 0

Lithuania will send 15 members of its parliament to observe the forthcoming general elections in Ukraine in late October, Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė said after meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev on Friday. […]

Gas pipeline via Poland, Lithuania will end Latvia’s energy dependence

October 10, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The decision to fund an alternative gas pipeline through Poland and Lithuania is enormously important for Latvia, as it will end the country’s energy dependence and create an actual alternative for gas supply, Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) said in a press release today. […]