The President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko sees no problem in that Ukraine signs the association agreement with the EU. The Belarus leader stated this on 7 October in Minsk meeting on Monday with the Prime Minister of the Ukraine Nikolaj Azarov.

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated at the meeting of foreign ministers of the US-Adriatic and the US-Baltic Charter, held within the framework of the UN General Assembly, that Estonia considers important cooperation of NATO with candidate countries and partner countries, as well as further expansion of NATO.

On 30 September Chairman of the Political Council of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" (Батькивщины) Yatsenyuk, participating in the delegation of the Ukrainian opposition, met in Vilnius with Dalia Grybauskaite, President of Lithuania – the state taking Presidency of the Council of the EU - reported press service of the "Fatherland."

The current Estonian e-voting system is worthless in terms of law and should be thoroughly reviewed, as it makes hair stand on end for foreign IT- specialists hearing for the first time about the institutionalized e - voting system in Estonia. Such comments by professionals in information technology and legislation are provided in the Estonian edition “The Capital” of 23 September.

The owner of gas pipes and gas supplier to Lithuania - Lietuvos dujos - shared business according to the EU Third Energy Package. Lietuvos dujos will be engaged in supply, and the new structure - Amber Grid - will own the pipes. In Latvia, monopoly of the local Latvijas gāze is maintained until at least 2017.

On 16 September in Vilnius, 5 countries - Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Finland - have signed an agreement on cooperation in the framework of a joint venture for the implementation of the highway project Rail Baltica.

Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili concluded his official visit to Estonia on 8 - 9 September, stated press service of the Prime Minister.

The President gave the relevant order at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on strategy and development of the fuel and energy complex and the environment safety.

During the working visit to the United States on 30 August in Washington, President of Latvia Andris Berzins, together with his counterparts from Estonia and Lithuania Toomas Hendrik Ilves and Dalia Grybauskaite is going to meet with the Head of the U.S. Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. As reported on 26 August to the REGNUM correspondent at the press service of Berzins, arrangements for the visit are currently taking place.

The traditional 22 d Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, with the participation of delegations from 11 countries of the region, opened on 26 August in the summer resort town of Pärnu (West Estonia), as REGNUM correspondent was informed at the office of the Estonian Parliament, noting that 26 delegations represent inter-parliamentary organizations, and also the European Parliament and the European Commission – in total about 200 delegates.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Chairman of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Corman, and discussed the importance of bilateral cooperation in preparations for the Third Summit of the Eastern Partnership, which will be held in the capital of Lithuania this autumn, reported on 21 August press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania to the REGNUM correspondent.

On 20 August the EU has sharply warned Russia against attempts on punishing the Ukraine by unilateral and discriminatory restrictions on trade in retaliation for the efforts of Kiev in strengthening economic ties with the European Union, writes The Financial Times.

During the launched on 19 August international operations on the coastline of Lithuania mine hunting will take place in the Baltic Sea for disposing of mines and other weapons remaining there since the two world wars of the twentieth century.

The Ukrainian Government is now focused on activities that are required for signing in November of the Association Agreement with the EU.

Lithuanianswill be able toovertakeGreeks andPortuguesenext year already. For Latvia, it mightactually be possible somewhere before2020, stated to the Telegraph PeterisStrautiņš, a banking expert(Latvia). We may overtake Hungariansnext year already.

For effective complex defence of Latvia, the establishment of a permanent division of the National Armed Forces has started in Latgale, reported the official website of the Ministry of Defence.

On 13 January a concert "Together to the victory" was held in Lithuania, where the audience decided to support Ukraine's defence and donated 110 thousand Euros.

Alexander Lukashenko on 9 January signed a decree № 8 "On the establishment of visa-free entry and exit of foreign nationals." The document establishes visa-free entry to Belarus for a period not exceeding 5 days at the entrance through the checkpoint "National Airport Minsk" for citizens of 80 countries, - reported the press service of the President of Belarus.