The ambassadors of Baltic countries expressed their dissatisfaction to Poland over the ongoing blockade of the Ukrainian border, as it undermines Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russia, the Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Dec. 5….
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Latvia would face repercussions “inside their own country” due to Riga’s policies regarding the Russian-speaking minority. He made the statement at the meeting of the Council for the Development of Civil Society an…
The ambassadors of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in Warsaw have delivered a démarche against the Polish authorities over the hauliers’ blockade of Ukrainian border crossings, saying it is undermining Ukraine’s ability to resist the full-scale Russian i…
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has stated that Russia’s involvement in the influx of asylum seekers at the Finnish border has not been an operation against Finland but is rather “part of a broader context”.
Source: Finnish broadcasting company Yle wi…
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1 December, 2023 The IRIS-T system. Photo credits: Latvijas armija
Latvia has signed a contract worth hundreds of millions of euros for the supply of IRIS-T air defense systems.
The Ministry of National Defence of Latvia said it had signed a contract…
The two-day ministerial summit of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in North Macedonia’s Skopje began on Nov. 30 amid controversies regarding the presence of the Russian delegation.North Macedonia, the current presiding co…
The European Union should take Ukraine’s military needs into account when determining the future strategy of the EU defence industry.
Source: Reuters, citing Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, as reported by European Pravda.
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U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged NATO members to increase weapons production to boost Ukraine in its fight against Russia, The Telegraph reported on Nov. 29.The 31 allied countries should use their combined economic strength to outlast Moscow…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Skopje before the arrival of his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Nov. 30.Blinken arriv…