VILNIUS - Pope Francis will start a Baltic tour in Lithuania on Saturday during which he will pay homage to the history of a region that still bears the scars of its Nazi and Soviet occupations, the AFP news agency writes in a special article. His four-day s...
TALLINN - Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said at a meeting of the heads of state and government leaders of the European in Salzburg on Thursday, which discussed strengthening internal security and the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, that a strong external border is the backbone of EU's security. "Few things are as close to our people in everyday life as safety and security," Ratas was quoted by spokespeople as saying. "In order to e...
RIGA - During a seminar at the Adazi military base today, the head of the Defense Ministry's Defense Policy Department Gita Leitlande said that Russia's policies are not expected to change anytime soon, and this should be taken into account as a fact. She furthermore added that Russia is also not interested in cooperation on mutually beneficial terms. Presenting a threat assessment to Latvia, the Defense Ministry official pointed out that Russia's policies show ...
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