The results of Latvia‘s general elections will not bring major political changes in the country, as the current ruling coalition will remain in power, says Professor Mindaugas Jurkynas of Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University. […]
With nearly 98% of votes in Latvia‘s general elections counted, the social-democratic party Harmony Centre, representing the country’s Russian-speaking minority, has received the largest support in the 12th Saeima elections. However, the ruling coalition – Unity, the Union of Greens and Farmers (UGF) and the National Alliance – has retained majority of votes in the Saeima, data published by the Central Election of Latvia show. […]
After Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov made allegations that Polish and Lithuanian mercenaries were fighting in Ukraine, the Russian media took upon itself to find proof for the minister’s claims. […]
The Association of German Magazine Publishers have awarded the Golden Victoria Prize to the three Baltic states for promoting and implementing pro-European ideas, the Lithuanian President’s Office said in a press release. […]
EU has rejected the proposal to finance the development of joint LNG terminal projects proposed by the Estonian company Alexela Energia and Finland‘s Gasum Oy, writes Eesti Päevaleht. […]
With the September 30 review of EU sanctions against Russia approaching, the Baltic states are among several countries interested in maintaining the pressure on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis. However, Baltic nations are also operating under significant constraints, including the region’s economic ties to Russia and the competing interests of larger EU countries that want to improve relations with Moscow. […]
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated that many Poles and Lithuanians are fighting in Ukrainian “battalions, created and financed by oligarchs”. […]
Tallinn University of Technology professor Rainer Kattel writes in Postimees that because of the European debt crisis and the Ukraine crisis, the outlook for the Estonian economy remains bleak. […]
An interview with Andras Racz, a Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs. […]
People in the Baltic states cannot feel secure. Russian President Vladimir Putin has a plan he has been working on for over a decade. So says former adviser to President Putin, Andrey Illarionov. […]
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has sent a letter to European Parliament Member from Latvia Tatjana Zdanoka (Latvian Union of Russians), telling her that he has immediately informed the proper authorities in Ukraine regarding her comments about Crimea, which are “in contradiction to the EU’s stance”. […]
It is too early to lift the existing sanctions on Russia, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]
According to the latest Prudentia M and A Folio study, local and foreign investors’ interest in investment opportunities offered by the Baltic countries is steady at the moment, the investment banking and financial advisory company Prudentia reports. […]
Throughout the conflict in Ukraine, Poland has tried to use competition between Russia and the West to advance its own interests, which include pulling Ukraine further into the Western camp and pushing for stronger NATO commitment to bolstering Poland against Russia. However, Poland will be limited in its ability to meet its objectives, especially because the next few months will likely see a de-escalation of the stand-off in Ukraine. For its part, Warsaw will continue to pursue regional cooperation initiatives to mitigate the threat from Moscow. […]
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