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German-speaking experts sign petition on Ukraine: Securing peace instead of rewarding expansion
An appeal, by 142 German-speaking experts on Eastern Europe, calls for a reality-based and not illusions-guided Russia policy. […]
Estonia
Defence
Energy
Lithuanian LNG importer Litgas to supply gas to Estonia
Natural gas supply and trading company Litgas, part of Lietuvos Energija energy company group, will start supplying natural gas to Estonia from February. Litgas is the first company in Lithuania and one of the first in the Baltics which will supply natural gas to customers in other countries, the company said. […]
Energy
Lithuanian energy minister admits decisions on Visaginas NPP too slow
Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has admitted that talks with Latvia and Estonia on the multi-billion-euro project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas are proceeding too slowly and called for patience, saying that it will take more than a year until a final decision on the project is made. […]
Energy
Baltics still have no answer if Visaginas NPP competitive, deputy energy minister says
The Baltic countries still have no final answer to the question of whether the multi-billion-euro project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, in eastern Lithuania, would be sufficiently competitive, Lithuanian Deputy Energy Minister Aleksandras Spruogis said on Friday, adding that the partners remain interested in the project. […]
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3,000km optical fiber network connects Eastern and Western Europe
21 January 2015 marks an official launch of the Baltic Highway, a modern data transmission network, connecting Tallinn (Estonia) and Frankfurt (Germany) via Riga (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania), Warsaw (Poland) and Berlin (Germany). The 3,000km optical fiber network is distinguished for its reliability, low 35 milliseconds latency, capacity of 100G per channel and 9.6 Tbit/s total throughput. […]
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Baltic Assembly president outlines practical cooperation aspects
Baltic Assembly President Giedrė Purvaneckienė on Tuesday pinpointed practical priorities of the Baltic countries’ inter-parliamentary cooperation. […]
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Lithuanian businesses catch up with Estonians in innovation plans
Estonian and Lithuanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are planning to focus more on innovations in 2015, while the number of Latvian SMEs that are planning to invest in innovations has contracted by 9 percent, according to a study conducted by SEB Baltic. […]
Economy
Estonian Embassy in Vilnius to host M&A conference
Law Firm VARUL and Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania (in partnership with Estonian Embassy in Vilnius) are organizing the 4th mergers and acquisitions (M&A) conference on 28 January. […]
Foreign affairs
Estonia opens second honorary consulate in Lithuania
Estonian Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus opened Estonia’s second Honorary Consulate in Lithuania on Friday, in Kaunas, Postimees Online reports. […]
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Foreign affairs
Linkevičius discusses bilateral and regional cooperation with Latvian, Estonian and Slovakian foreign ministers
On 16 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Foreign Minister of Latvia, and Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Foreign Minister of Estonia, who are taking part in the Snow Meeting. […]
Baltic ministers sign Declaration on Energy Security of Supply
On January 14, in Riga, the ministers responsible for energy policy in the three Baltic states signed the Declaration on Energy Security of Supply of the Baltic States, the Ministry of Energy reports. […]
European Union
Russia pans Lithuania’s counter-propaganda initiative in EU
A Russian official has criticized suggestions by several European Union nations, including Lithuania, to form a consistent pan-EU effort to counter Russia’s propaganda campaign. […]
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Stratfor: Poland and Baltic states will continue to promote Ukraine’s Western ties
As the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine continues into 2015, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will come to play an increasingly important role. Even before the crisis, the three Baltic states — as well as neighboring Poland — were among the most active EU member states attempting to bring Ukraine closer to the West and to challenge Russia’s role in the former Soviet periphery. Their efforts along these lines will intensify this year. Ultimately, however, more powerful players in the standoff will limit the impacts of their efforts, particularly Germany and the United States. […]
European Union
Lithuania, UK, Denmark and Estonia call for EU plan against Russian propaganda
Lithuania, Great Britain, Denmark and Estonia have turned to the European Commission with a call to work out an action plan for fighting the Russian propaganda campaign, shows a copy of the letter obtained by BNS. […]
Economy
Lithuania expects economic and political stability in the euro zone
Lithuania’s government hopes that the euro adopted on Thursday will guarantee economic and political security for Lithuania, while the neighboring countries see the accession as an achievement of the entire euro zone. […]
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Estonian Security Police officer’s detention in Moscow extended until April
On Monday, a Moscow court extended the custody of Estonian Security Police (KaPo) official Eston Kohver until 5 April, Estonia’s Public Broadcasting reports. […]