Lithuania: US general in Lithuania says there will be increasing exercises in Baltics

17 Jul 2015
Visiting Chief of Staff of the United States Army General Raymond T Odierno says military exercises in the Baltic States will be of ‘greater sizes’ in the future. With joint exercises the US demonstrates NATO’s collective…

Liechtenstein: Migration smuggling situation

17 Jul 2015
On 9 July, at the invitation of the Luxembourg Presidency of the EU Deputy Prime Minister Thomas Zwiefelhofer, an informal Council of EU Justice and Home Affairs and Schengen associated countries (Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland)…

Latvia: Russia and the Baltic states - legal facts

17 Jul 2015
Since the annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of the military conflict in eastern Ukraine, the security situation in the Baltic States has become a hot issue. Regular violations of national airspace, increased military trainings and…

Kosovo: US says Kosovo war crimes trial at mercy of Russia after parliament vote

17 Jul 2015
The United States says it won’t block Russia’s attempts to establish a UN tribunal to investigate allegations that Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian wartime leaders killed hundreds of Serb civilians. The country’s lawmakers rejected amendments to the constitution…