Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis criticised Mongolia for the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the country, BNS reports. Landsbergis said that Mongolia’s refusal to arrest Putin despite the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant was “another crack in the system based on international law.” The ICC issued the arrest warrant on Putin over…
Lithuanian courier company DHL Lietuva has confirmed that packages that caused a fire at warehouses in Germany were sent from Lithuania, LRT reports. Mindaugas Pivoriunas, managing director of DHL Lietuva, revealed that there had been two such incidents. He said that the company had updated its security protocols and procedures. The two parcels sent from…
Hungary is siding with Russia in the war against Ukraine, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna suggested, ERR reports. Speaking on ETV, Tsahkna said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had begun “fighting for the opposing team.” The Hungarian position was “far removed” from what the EU had agreed upon, Tsahkna stated. He said that Estonia…
Representatives of the three Baltic States are visiting Ukraine to strengthen cooperation in the health care sector and to study the Ukrainian experience of full-scale war, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health announced. The visit was organised jointly with the WHO office in Ukraine. The Baltic representatives will learn about Ukraine’s preparation and response to Russia’s war…
Lithuania’s Vilnius Regional Court has postponed sentencing in the criminal case against the former owners of the now liquidated Snoras bank, Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, until 5 November 2024, BNS reports. The Prosecutor General’s Office asked for both to be sentenced to 10.5 years in prison. The pretrial investigation lasted over 7 years, from…
Schools in Latvia received bomb threats in Russian at the start of the new school year on 2 September 2024, LETA reports, citing TV3. Armands Ruks, chief of the State Police of Latvia, said that more than 200 emails with bomb threats were sent. He said that schools in all counties received such messages. While…
Political leaders of Baltic Sea countries criticised the US strategy on the war in Ukraine at the GLOBSEC 2024 Forum in Prague, The Baltic Sentinel reported. Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur stressed the need for strategic clarity: “We want Ukraine to win, not just to fight,” he stated. Speaking to the Kyiv Independent, Latvian Defence…
Electricity prices in Estonia will increase significantly following the planned decoupling from the Russian electricity grid in February 2025, Postimees reports. Currently, the rate for production and consumption stands at just EUR 0.04 per MWh. Estonia’s transmission system operator, Elering, has proposed raising the rate to as much as EUR 5.31 per MWh, largely due…
Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) has conducted searches at two locations related to former MEP Tatjana Zdanoka (Tatyana Zhdanok) of the Latvian Russian Union (LKS), LETA reports. VDD confiscated data carriers, notes, and documents for further analysis. VDD confirmed that the searches were part of a criminal investigation into Zdanoka’s possible cooperation with Russian intelligence…