After an outbreak of African swine fever in one of the largest pig farms in Lithuania, the Food and Veterinary Service of Latvia has halted the import of several pork product categories, including fresh pork meat, frozen pork, as well as various pork product – sausages, ground pork, packaged pork, etc., informs NOZARE.LV/LETA. […]
Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin are leaving London – a decision that was made after the British government’s requirements to punish the rich Russians. […]
Last year an inquiry into the killing of a former Russian spy in London was declined, partly because of Anglo-Russian relations. […]
Latvian national airline AirBaltic has become the world’s first airline to accept Bitcoins as payment for its services, the company informs. […]
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”. […]
News in 120 seconds: Ukraine separatists hand over MH17 black boxes while Vilnius prepares for invasion from Zagreb […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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