The United States’ leadership in NATO is important to Latvia, Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Wednesday. As LETA was told at the Foreign Ministry, the foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia met with Blinken during a meeting of NATO foreignContinue Reading
In her words, an increase of around 40 percent could be expected in April. “If we now have some 40,000, so we can expect an increase of around 40 percent,” she said, adding that these are preliminary figures based on what the producer is now presenting. Meanwhile, the shipment expectedContinue Reading
An unvarnished and direct tone but hardly effective in the current situation, Vootele Päi, consultant for communication group Corpore, said. This kind of “twitching” suggests that those in charge of crisis management are panicking and on the verge losing control and a sense for reality. “The prime minister’s messages willContinue Reading
Sosiaalisen median alusta Twitter myöntää olleensa osin vastuussa väärän tiedon leviämisessä, mikä johti loppiaisen mellakkaan Yhdysvaltain kongressitalolla, kertoo CNN (siirryt toiseen palveluun). – On otettava myös huomioon laajempi ekosysteemi. Kyse ei ole vain teknologia-alustoista, joita käytämme, Twitterin toimitusjohtaja Jack Dorsey sanoi uutistoimisto Bloombergin mukaan (siirryt toiseen palveluun). Teknologiayritykset Twitter, FacebookContinue Reading
According to the Dutch military magazine «Scramble», the USAF Command decided to send four B-1B Lancer bombers and more than 200 Air Force personnel to Orland Air Force Base, Norway for a joint BTF on 18 January 2021. The decision of B-1B Lancers’ deployment caused a new wave of anti-AmericanContinue Reading
Today the Arctic is one of the world’s key regions both economically and in terms of military security. The melting of glaciers opens up not only previously inaccessible territories, but also prospects for global economic and geopolitical rivalry in the Northern hemisphere with the main players of North Europe (Norway,Continue Reading
The Army needs to reinvigorate how it trains, equips and positions troops in the Arctic region as competition with Russia and China grows, according to the service’s new strategy document released Tuesday. “We’re seeing that many of our competitors are focused on the Arctic, and also many of our alliesContinue Reading
Air Force B-1 bombers have gone to India and Norway as part of the service’s massively stepped-up Bomber Task Force (BTF) global operations, intended to further solidify international partnerships, interoperability and conduct high-impact deterrence missions intended to reassure U.S. allies amid ongoing threats posed by Russia and China. Bomber TaskContinue Reading
Latvia still has much to do in order to submit its application for the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility to the European Commission, said European Commission vice president Valdis Dombrovskis (New Unity). “Negotiations among Latvia’s representations and responsible European Commission’s services have launched. The first observation is that plan meetsContinue Reading
Head of the Intensive Care Center of the North Estonia Medical Center (PERH) Kristo Erikson says that Estonia should impose a lockdown as the country is on course for a situation where hospitals will no longer be able to help everyone in need. How serious is the situation in hospitalsContinue Reading