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Maternity hospital turned into bomb shelter to protect babies in the midst of Ukraine’s battle

August 20, 2014 Reuters 0

The babies are blissfully unaware, but the basement of a maternity hospital in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk is now a bomb shelter for the newborns. […]

Zapad-2013: A view from Helsinki

August 19, 2014 The Jamestown Foundation 0

As a full-fledged war between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed irregulars rages on in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbas, Western defence experts are only now beginning to thoroughly assess the military lessons of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. […]

Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics

Latvia’s foreign minister: Russia cannot win economic war against West

August 19, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

The economic war between Russia and the West is and will be painful for both sides, but Russia cannot possibly win it, said Latvia‘s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics an interview to the Latvian Television show “Rita panorama”, informs LETA. […]

Latvia’s economy minister: Alternative gas pipeline project has begun showing signs of life

August 19, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators has decided to divide expenses among the member states of the project for the construction of an alternative gas pipeline through Poland and Lithuania. Latvia’s expenses are estimated at EUR 29.4 million. […]

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Estonia ready to build facilities for US troops, says defence minister

August 19, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Estonia‘s Defence Minister Sven Mikser said at the Festival of Opinion Culture, the Arvamusfestival, in Paide over the weekend that Estonia was ready to invest in military infrastructure if NATO decided to station more troops in the country. […]

Dmitry Rogozin’s clan: Visionaries and executors behind aggression towards Ukraine

August 19, 2014 Marius Laurinavicius 0

Researching the role, actions and interests of various most powerful officials of the Russian government can provide a gilmse into something more than just the state’s decision-making mechanism. […]

Turchynov: Europe should aid Ukraine with modern weaponry

August 18, 2014 BNS 0

Withstanding Russia‘s aggression, Ukraine is not only defending itself but is also defending the whole of Europe, therefore, the West should provide necessary military assistance, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday. […]

Turchynov: Ukraine will be ready to join EU in five years

August 18, 2014 BNS 0

Ukraine should be ready for full EU membership within five years, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday. […]

Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė

NB8 parliament speakers to discuss situation in Ukraine

August 18, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s seaside resort Palanga will host the annual Conference of the Parliament Speakers of the NB8 (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) on 18–20 August. […]

Baltic presidents to meet Barack Obama in Tallinn in September

August 16, 2014 BNS 0

The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian presidents are scheduled to meet with the President of the United States, Barack Obama, in Estonia’s capital Tallinn on 3 September, the Office of the President of Lithuania said on Friday. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister concerned about reports of arms movement from Russia to Ukraine

August 16, 2014 BNS 0

Russia continues escalating the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine while shifting focus to the so-called humanitarian aid convoy, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]

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Lithuanian political scientist says Belarus could be next victim or Russian aggression

August 15, 2014 Ziniu radijas 0

After a visit to Minsk, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said that Lithuania had to maintain a dialogue with the government of Belarus. The minister pointed out that despite events in Ukraine, Western leaders continue to meet with Vladimir Putin, so why the dialogue with Minsk would be impossible? […]

NB8 parliament speakers to meet in Palanga

August 14, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

On 18-20 August 2014, Lithuanian resort town Palanga will host the annual Conference of the Speakers of the NB8 (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) Parliaments, the press service of the Lithuanian Parliament informs. […]

Festival-goers enjoy sun and relaxed vibe at Hungary’s Sizget

August 14, 2014 Reuters 0

Hundreds of thousands of visitors from across Europe have flocked to the annual Sziget Festival in northern Budapest, one of Europe’s largest music fests. […]

Russian “humanitarian aid” convoy heads south

August 14, 2014 Reuters 0

A convoy of trucks carrying Russian aid sets off towards the border with Ukraine. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister: We cannot discount possibility of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine

August 14, 2014 BNS 0

There’s a real possibility of Russia‘s invasion into eastern Ukraine under the cover of alleged humanitarian aid, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]

Belarus and the “end of peace” in Europe

August 14, 2014 Eurasia Daily Monitor 0

On 31 July, the international Contact Group, which aims to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, met in Zaslavl, Belarus. It was attended by former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma, Russia’s ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, some representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, and Adelheid Tagliavini, the representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). […]

Edward Lucas: Lithuania will suffer most from Moscow’s embargo

August 13, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

Moscow’s sanctions will cause greatest problems to Lithuania, not Poland or other countries. This is because Lithuania’s business engine is based on exports to Russia, said Edward Lucas, editor of The Economist International Office, in an interview to Info TV. […]

Food Union to reduce prices for dairy products in Latvia

August 13, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

In wake of Russia‘s embargo on dairy imports from Europe, Latvia‘s Food Union food group will reduced the price of its dairy products for the local market by up to 30%, with the aim of selling more of its products in Latvia and supporting Latvian farmers, writes LETA. […]

Journalist says Estonia’s Russian-language media fairly unbiased on Ukraine coverage

August 13, 2014 News.err.ee 0

Estonia‘s Russian-language media provides diverse coverage of the Ukraine events, while Estonian journalists can be faulted “in a good way” for bias, says a journalist for one of ERR’s Russian-language services. […]