We lose our moral standards if we don't ask how the wealthy came to their riches, says Sarah Chayes of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in an interview to LTV's World Panorama series.
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Latvia and India are 'very useful, if not perfect partners', particularly in IT and agriculture, according to Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Mobashar Jawed Akbar.
Germany does not want bad relations with Russia, but sanctions could be lifted only if Russia fulfills the Minsk agreement, said Rolf E. Schütte, Germany's Ambassador to Latvia an interview with LTV's Imants Frederiks Ozols aired Tuesday.
As the Baltic states have so many similarities, they need to work closely together. Instead of using loaded terms like "Nordic" or "Baltic", Estonia's new president wants to talk about a "Nordic Benelux", referring to likely-minded countries on the northern rim of the EU, Estonia's president Kersti Kaljulaid said in an interview with LTV's Imants Frederiks Ozols.
There are only a few technicalities left to be completed for Latvia to enter the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said Nancy Bikoff Pettit, the United States Ambassador to Latvia in an interview with Latvian Television's Imants Frederiks Ozols.
Vice Admiral James Foggo, Commander of the 6th Fleet of the US Navy, has seen the demonstrative maneuvers of Russian planes in the Baltics in person. However, he thinks their activities show that Russia is itself worried.
Latvia supports an economically strong United Kingdom remaining an EU member state. However, Latvia is against some of the reforms proposed by David Cameron, specifically the proposal to halt in-work welfare payments to EU migrants, reported Latvian Television Monday.
NATO's presence in the Baltics has a deterrent effect and shows its resolve to protect the region, Lieutenant General Marshall Bradley Webb, currently Commander at the NATO Special Operations Forces HQ, told Latvian Television's Imants Frederiks Ozols in an interview Thursday.
The Sharm el-Sheikh resort city, grabbing international headlines recently, is usually written Šarm el Šeiha in Latvian. A parallel spelling of Šarm eš Šeiha exists as well. The former is used by tourism firms, and is more common. The media, including Latvian Television, however, refer to the city as Šarm eš Šeiha, which sounds foreign to many.
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller spoke at length with Imants Frederiks Ozols from LTV’s news program Panorāma about Russia’s relations with the United States and the NATO alliance amidst the Ukraine and mid-East crises. Watch the entire interview in English, or read the transcript below.
The European Union's newly-installed foreign policy supremo, Federica Mogherini, took time to speak to LTV during her visit to Riga on November 13-14.