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Britain makes U-turn on ex-KGB agent Litvinenko murder inquiry

July 23, 2014 Reuters 0

Last year an inquiry into the killing of a former Russian spy in London was declined, partly because of Anglo-Russian relations. […]

Latvia’s airBaltic becomes world’s first airline to accept Bitcoins

July 23, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Latvian national airline AirBaltic has become the world’s first airline to accept Bitcoins as payment for its services, the company informs. […]

Linkevičius dismisses reports about Baltic mercenaries in Ukraine as nonsense

July 23, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has dismissed reports made by an Italian daily, which were commented on by Russia‘s administration, about alleged fighters from the Baltic states, Finland, Sweden and France in Eastern Ukraine. Minister Linkevičius says such allegations are “nonsense”. […]

“120s”: Ukraine separatists hand over MH17 black boxes while Vilnius prepares for invasion from Zagreb

July 23, 2014 DELFI EN 0

News in 120 seconds: Ukraine separatists hand over MH17 black boxes while Vilnius prepares for invasion from Zagreb […]

Norway’s Ambassador Leif Arne Ulland: Lithuania has grown more stable

July 23, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Norway‘s Ambassador Leif Arne Ulland is nearing the end of his four-year term in Vilnius and says that he is leaving with a very good feeling about the state of Norwegian-Lithuanian relations. […]

Russian jets and warships detected at Latvian borders

July 22, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

NATO patrol jets detected two Russian fighter jets “Su-24” near the territorial waters of Latvia in the Baltic Sea last weekend, informs LETA, quoting Latvia’s National Armed Forces. […]

Estonia’s IT talent quit Skype to set up their own companies

July 22, 2014 Baltic Business News 0

Skype, the symbol of Estonia’s information technology capacity, is losing its key employees who are leaving to set up their own companies, writes Eesti Päevaleht. […]

France wavers on selling Mistral warship to Russia

July 22, 2014 Reuters 0

A decision on whether to deliver a second Mistral helicopter carrier to Russia will depend on Moscow’s attitude over the Ukraine crisis, French President François Hollande said on Monday. […]

Emigrant voting rights stir debates in Europe

July 22, 2014 STRATFOR 0

In recent years, several European countries have made it easier for their citizens living abroad to vote. Some have even created electoral districts to represent emigrants. This is a controversial issue in the countries that grant these rights and in the countries where the immigrants reside, and accusations of foreign meddling in domestic issues abound. Expatriates are becoming an increasingly attractive electoral group for some countries as nationalist parties become more popular throughout the Continent. This will create tension between the countries that impose strict immigration policies and those that want to attract the votes of their citizens living abroad. […]

Protesting Russia’s response to MH17 crash, Latvia declares three pop singers personae non gratae

July 21, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkevics has banned three popular Russian musicians – Oleg Gazmanov, Joseph Kobzon and Alla Perfilova, also known as Valeriya – from travelling to Latvia, informs Press and Information Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

Latvia slowly climbing out of demographic hole

July 21, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

A total of 10,469 newborns were registered in Latvia over the first six months of 2014, which is 460 babies more than in the same period in 2013. In June, there were 1,813 newborns registered in Latvia – 98 more than in June 2013. […]

Ukraine’s Parliament Speaker Turchynov to come to Lithuania

July 21, 2014 BNS 0

The Speaker of Ukraine‘s Supreme Rada, Oleksandr Turchynov, is expect at the meeting of Baltic and Nordic parliamentary leaders in Lithuania’s seaside resort of Palanga in the second half of August. […]

Seven months with new currency, Latvians are still getting used to the euro

July 21, 2014 DELFI EN 0

On 1 January this year, Latvians switched from lats and santimus, that had been the national currency for the last 20 years, to euro banknotes and cents. DELFI interviewed a couple of traders in a local market at Ventspils and asked how they were getting used to the new currency. […]

Mikhail Khodorkovsky to establish new online media channel in Latvia

July 20, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Former head of the Russian oil company Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a known anti-Kremlin figure who was released from prison in late 2013, has revealed plans to establish a new online news site based in Latvia, Gazeta.ru reports. […]

Lithuanian businessman says there is no future for Nordic welfare model

July 20, 2014 Ziniu radijas 0

A recent survey, conducted in Lithuania, shows that, upon reaching 40 years of age, it is increasingly difficult to find a job, even for educated and experienced specialists. […]

Why does Lukashenko speak Belarusian on Independence Day?

July 19, 2014 Eurasia Daily Monitor 0

Belarus’s Independence Day is celebrated on 3 July. On that day, 70 years ago, Minsk was liberated from the Nazi occupiers. This 3 July, President Vladimir Putin of Russia participated in Minsk’s celebration. Two days prior to that event, during a grand ceremonial meeting devoted to the national holiday, President Alexander Lukashenko delivered part of his speech in Belarusian. […]

Ambassador to Ukraine says Malaysian crash is part of “Russian war on Ukraine”

July 18, 2014 BNS 0

The disaster of Malaysia Airlines jetliner is the consequence of Russia’s undeclared war on Ukraine, and “the plane that has been shot down is full responsibility of Russia,” says Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Petras Vaitiekūnas. […]

Latvia’s next leader? Riga mayor put forward as PM candidate

July 18, 2014 The Baltic Times 0

Mayor of Riga Nils Usakovs has been put forward as a Prime Ministerial candidate for Latvia‘s 12th elections this year. […]

Malaysia Airlines plane crash might prove a turning point in Ukrainian-Russian conflict

July 18, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says that the crash of the Malaysia Airlines plane over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine will be a breaking point in how Western states treat the bloody conflict that has been raging in the country for months. […]

Latvia’s Dombrovskis: euro in Lithuania is good news for all three Baltic States

July 17, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

“Euro in Lithuania is good news for the Baltic States – it will once again prove accomplishments of the Baltic States in securing financial stability and economic growth. It also demonstrates the attractiveness of this region for investments,” said Latvian MEP Valdis Dombrovskis, commenting the news about EP’s decision to let Lithuania join the euro zone. […]