Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday congratulated Laimdota Straujuma on her appointment to head the Latvian Cabinet for the second consecutive term. […]
Stratfor analyst Eugene Chausovsky reflects on the Baltic states’ recent announcement of a joint venture company for Rail Baltica and examines the project’s regional context and implications. […]
The launch of Lithuania’s new LNG Terminal Independence in Klaipėda is cause for celebration as a victory over Russian gas dominance. as well as neighbouring Latvia and Estonia. However, another Lithuanian energy sector dilemma remains unresolved despite efforts of the European Commission and Vilnius and Warsaw – the Russian eight year long oil ‘embargo’ against the Lithuanian oil refinery Orlen Lietuva (Mažeikių Nafta). […]
After several years of negotiations, the three Baltic countries on Tuesday established a joint venture that will carry out the European-standard gauge railway project Rail Baltica. […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin intends to blackmail the West with a nuclear weapon. So says Russian policy expert Andrey Piontkovsky. He reasons that if the “little green men” and Russian troops turn up in Estonia, for example, Vladimir Putin would warn NATO not to intervene because that would be a Russian World affair and he’d threaten to use nuclear weapons if the Alliance took military action against him. […]
A Russian sitcom actor, notorious for his anti-LGBT statements, was banned from entering Latvia for saying gay people should be burned alive, The St. Petersburg Times reports. […]
The European Commission recommends Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland to start preparing for an emergency situation immediately since if Russian gas taps were turned off, Estonia, for example, would run out of gas in 4-5 days, Eesti Paevaleht writes. […]
The decision to fund an alternative gas pipeline through Poland and Lithuania is enormously important for Latvia, as it will end the country’s energy dependence and create an actual alternative for gas supply, Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) said in a press release today. […]
Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas has set up a working group that will draft documents for the establishment of a pan-Baltic expert coordination committee. […]
The results of Latvia‘s general elections will not bring major political changes in the country, as the current ruling coalition will remain in power, says Professor Mindaugas Jurkynas of Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University. […]
With nearly 98% of votes in Latvia‘s general elections counted, the social-democratic party Harmony Centre, representing the country’s Russian-speaking minority, has received the largest support in the 12th Saeima elections. However, the ruling coalition – Unity, the Union of Greens and Farmers (UGF) and the National Alliance – has retained majority of votes in the Saeima, data published by the Central Election of Latvia show. […]
European Parliament President Martin Schulz has sent a letter to European Parliament Member from Latvia Tatjana Zdanoka (Latvian Union of Russians), telling her that he has immediately informed the proper authorities in Ukraine regarding her comments about Crimea, which are “in contradiction to the EU’s stance”. […]
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), has handed a symbolic “Euro Star” to Vitas Vasiliauskas, the governor of the central Bank of Lithuania, on the occasion of Lithuania’s upcoming accession to the euro area. […]
The Finnish–Lithuanian Trade Association celebrated its 20th anniversary of activities on 23 September 2014. […]
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