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Tuesday, 30.05.2017, 14:15
Estonia and Russia to sign agreement on cross-border cooperation
13.05.2017Estonian Minister of Public Administration Mihhail Korb will next Thursday visit the city of Pskov in Russia, where an agreement on cross-border and interregional cooperation between Estonia and Russia will be signed.
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There's consensus on Baltic grids' synchronization via Poland
13.04.2017There is a consensus among member countries of the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan (BEMIP) that the Baltic power grids have to be synchronized with the Western European system via Poland, but details, such as the need for a second LitPol Link, remain to be worked out, writes LETA/BNS.
Estonian and Finnish presidents: EU can be multi-speed
07.03.2017A so-called multi-speed Europe will not be a problem as long as countries working more closely together leave others the possibility to join that cooperation, the presidents of Estonia and Finland said on Tuesday, writes LETA/BNS,
European Commission urges Latvia to step up efforts to improve waste management
07.02.2017The European Commission has called on Latvia to increase efforts in order to improve waste management, the Commission said in its Environmental Implementation Review, writes LETA.
Standing by Ukraine
20.12.2016It is now three years since hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians gathered on Independence Square in Kiev to demand a better future for their country. As they did so, they looked towards the European Union to support them on their path back to stable democracy and lasting prosperity. As President of the European Commission, I have made it one of my top priorities to repay that faith.
Estonia gets bigger fish quotas in border lakes for next year
Estonian fishers will be allowed to harvest 3,507 tons of fish in the interconnected lakes of Peipsi, Lammijarv and Lake Pskov on the country's border with Russia in 2017, about 17% more than this year, according to harvest caps agreed by Estonian and Russian officials, writes LETA/BNS.
EC likely to synchronize Baltic states via Poland
The European Commission's (EC) Joint Research Center is moving towards the conclusion that the Baltic electricity systems should be synchronized with Western Europe via Poland by way of constructing the second power link, LitPol Link, Lithuania's Energy Vice-Minister Aleksandras Spruogis says LETA/BNS.
Latvian development: in search for a new “political economy” 
