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Friday, 19.10.2018, 16:59
Lithuanian farmers protest in Brussels
18.10.2018Lithuanian farmers, together with their Polish, Latvian and Czech counterparts, are holding a protest in Brussels on Thursday to press their demand for higher EU direct payments, reported LETA/BNS.
Keyword tags: Agriculture, EU Regional Policy, EU – Baltic States, Funds
Estonian, Latvian and Finnish TSOs continue discussions about harmonizing the regional gas markets
12.10.2018The transmission system operators (TSOs) in Estonia, Latvia and Finland - Elering, Conexus Baltic Grid, Gasum and Baltic Connector – have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the matters to be solved, if the countries decide to harmonize the regional gas markets in the future.
Latvia not satisfied with EU's next multi-annual budget project – Kucinskis
14.09.2018Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis (Greens/Farmers) during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, September 14, 2018, pointed out that Latvia was not satisfied with the European Union's next multi-annual budget project, cities LETA.
Latvia absorbs 66% of EU funding available in current programming period
11.09.2018In Latvia work is under way on EU-funded projects worth 2.9 bln euros in total, which 66% of the 4.4 bln euros made available to Latvia in the current programming period 2014-2020, the Finance Ministry said in a report on the absorption of EU structural funds and the Cohesion Fund’s investments, cities LETA.
Lithuanian farmers receive final EU payouts for last year's downpours
17.08.2018Lithuanian farmers have received the final EU payouts in compensation for the last year's downpours. The final amount of over 2 mln euros was paid out on Friday, August 17, 2018, informs LETA/BNS.
Estonia and Russia to sign agreement on cross-border cooperation
Estonian 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.
There's consensus on Baltic grids' synchronization via Poland
There 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.
Social dimension in national policies 
