Friday, 17 July 2015 13:05
Macedonia: Police raids after Channel 4 News probe
Police raided homes in the Macedonian village of Vaksintse as part of a people-smuggling investigation - a week after a reporter for Channel 4 News traced a kidnap gang to the area. Four people were arrested…
Friday, 17 July 2015 13:04
Luxembourg: Stronger stance on modern slavery practices
Building sites could be partially or totally closed if modern slavery practices are found under new powers to be given to Luxembourg's ‘Inspection du travail et des mines’. The body is responsible for checking that employers…
Friday, 17 July 2015 13:02
Lithuania: US general in Lithuania says there will be increasing exercises in Baltics
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…
Friday, 17 July 2015 13:00
Liechtenstein: Migration smuggling situation
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)…
Friday, 17 July 2015 12:59
Latvia: Russia and the Baltic states - legal facts
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…
Friday, 17 July 2015 12:58
Kosovo: US says Kosovo war crimes trial at mercy of Russia after parliament vote
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…