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Crises in Ukraine and Iraq hang over NATO summit

September 5, 2014 Reuters 0

NATO leaders have a lot to talk about at this year’s summit in Wales, expected to be the toughest since the Cold War ended. […]

Lithuania to contribute EUR 50,000 to NATO’s Ukraine support fund

September 5, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania will contribute 50,000 euros to the NATO fund that will provide support to Ukraine‘s army, the defence minister’s spokesman Vaidotas Linkus confirmed to BNS on Friday. […]

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in Wales

Ukraine wants to draw closer to NATO

September 5, 2014 BNS 0

Ukraine has once again indicated it wants to become closer to NATO, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius after attending a meeting of the Alliance’s member-states with Ukraine’s leaders. […]

NATO to offer comprehensive support to Ukraine

September 5, 2014 DELFI EN 0

NATO has established “a comprehensive and tailored package of measures” to help Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday during the NATO summit in Wales. […]

Russian submarine observed near Latvian territorial waters

September 4, 2014 ELTA EN 0

On Thursday, the National Armed Forces of latvia observed a Russian submarine and support ship near Latvian territorial waters, LETA reports quoting the National Armed Forces. […]

Lithuanian president says Putin’s offer to Ukraine is ultimatum, not peace plan

September 4, 2014 BNS 0

The Russian proposal to Ukraine is an ultimatum, not a peace plan, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a NATO summit in Wales on Thursday afternoon. […]

Little chance of success for Putin’s peace plan, says Lithuanian foreign minister

September 4, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says it is difficult to expect that the peace plan proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin will be successful, because it refuses to admit the realities in eastern Ukraine. […]

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATO chief says Russia is attacking Ukraine

September 4, 2014 DELFI EN 0

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen accused Moscow outright on Thursday of attacking Ukraine as allied leaders gathered for a summit to buttress support for Kiev and bolster defences against Russia, Reuters reports. […]

Obama affirms “rock solid” support for Baltic states

September 4, 2014 Reuters 0

US President Barack Obama in Estonia reaffirms support for the Baltic states that fear Russia‘s undeclared war in Ukraine could be repeated at home. […]

Putin proposes Ukraine “ceasefire plan”

September 4, 2014 Reuters 0

Residents of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, flee into their basements, to escape the artillery shelling above. […]

Potential new dangers emerge in the US-Russian standoff

September 4, 2014 STRATFOR 0

The United States and Russia entered a new and more dangerous phase of their pseudo-Cold War this week. […]

What Angela Merkel doesn’t say about NATO-Russia agreement

September 4, 2014 DELFI EN 0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated on several occasions that stationing permanent NATO forces in Eastern Europe would be in breach of the 1997 NATO-Russia agreement. However, legal expert Erika Leonaitė, a lecturer at the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University, says the reality is more complicated than that. […]