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NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATO chief says Russia is attacking Ukraine

September 4, 2014 DELFI EN 0

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen accused Moscow outright on Thursday of attacking Ukraine as allied leaders gathered for a summit to buttress support for Kiev and bolster defences against Russia, Reuters reports. […]

Putin proposes Ukraine “ceasefire plan”

September 4, 2014 Reuters 0

Residents of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, flee into their basements, to escape the artillery shelling above. […]

What Angela Merkel doesn’t say about NATO-Russia agreement

September 4, 2014 DELFI EN 0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated on several occasions that stationing permanent NATO forces in Eastern Europe would be in breach of the 1997 NATO-Russia agreement. However, legal expert Erika Leonaitė, a lecturer at the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University, says the reality is more complicated than that. […]

Prezident Dalia Grybauskaitė at a press conference with the US President Barack Obama in Tallinn

Grybauskaitė: Ukraine fights for us all, we should help in any way possible

September 3, 2014 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said she values the US and NATO commitment to defend the countries in the Baltic region, stressing the need to help Ukraine in any way possible, as it is fighting for peace in Europe. […]

Lithuanian observer unpacks Obama’s statements in Tallinn: nothing new

September 3, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Even though US President Barack Obama has expressed strong support for the Baltic States in Tallinn, Lithuanian observers say his statements were cautious enough to leave open door for a dialogue with Moscow. […]

Kiev and Moscow agree on “ceasefire process” in eastern Ukraine

September 3, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko announced on Wednesday he agreed with Russia‘s Vladimir Putin on a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. However, he later modified his statement to say that Kiev and Moscow merely agreed on a process to end fighting. […]

Lithuanian parliament speaker: Sanctions had no effect on Russia

September 3, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says that sanctions taken against Russia in the wake of its incursions into Ukraine have not yielded any results and it is therefore vital to search for other diplomatic ways of influencing the situation. […]

Opinion: In Wales, NATO will have to decide what it is

September 3, 2014 Gerda Jakstaite 0

The NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales can be considered the most important meeting of NATO member state leaders since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America. Paradoxically enough, at the beginning of planning the meeting, it was not entirely clear what the leaders should discuss. […]

Kremlin said to be developing plan for partitioning Georgia

September 3, 2014 Paul Goble 0

Since the start of this year, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has invaded Ukraine, annexed Crimea and pushed for Ukraine’s “federalization.” The severe international concern caused by these actions was further compounded last month (August 2014) by Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s statement in Yalta that after Moscow subdues Ukraine, it will move against other post-Soviet countries in order to rebuild the Russian Empire. Not surprisingly, many countries in the region have thus been forced to consider where the Kremlin might move next and what means it might employ against them—from demands for “federalization” to open aggression. […]

Barack Obama to arrive in Tallinn Wednesday morning

September 2, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Even though US President Barack Obama was to arrive in Tallinn Tuesday night and spend a night there, the presidential jet will land in Estonia only on Wednesday morning, according to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

Lithuanian fire-fighters prepare humanitarian aid for Ukraine

September 2, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Fire-and-Rescue Department is preparing a second shipment of humanitarian aid for Ukraine and will bring along the items collected by public organizations. […]

President Joachim Gauck of Germany and President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland commemorate the start of World War Two

History lessons as Poland and Germany mark start of Second World War

September 2, 2014 Reuters 0

On 1 September, in 1939, without a declaration of war a German battleship opened fire on a Polish garrison. […]

Ukraine accuses Russia of “undisguised aggression”

September 2, 2014 Reuters 0

Local residents who live near the airport just outside Donetsk take shelter in a basement. This comes as Ukraine‘s military said Monday it pulled its forces back from defending the airport – the latest in a string of reverses for Ukrainian forces fighting pro-Russian separatists. […]

US President Barack Obama is visiting Estonia and attending a NATO summit in Wales this week. While in Europe, he is to send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning him against incursions into Ukraine laying his hands on the Baltic States. […]