Consul of the Consulate General of the Republic of Estonia in St. Petersburg Franek Persidski was declared persona non grata in the Russian Federation. Persidski became an undesirable person in Russia on the basis of parity - a little earlier Russians were not allowed into Estonia.

Polish President directed to finance the development of the Polish missile defence system.

Belarus and Latvia are going to bring the bilateral cooperation to a new, higher level. This was announced after the talks in Vitebsk between the foreign ministers of the two countries.

Russia removes the issue of the implementation in Lithuania of the toughest version of the EU Third Energy Package, which involves the separation of the gas supplier from the owner of the gas transportation system. Does the long debate of "Gazprom" with Lithuania, where actions of Lithuania were succinctly described as robbery by Vladimir Putin, when he was still the Head of the Russian Government, end up in Russia's surrender?

The development of relations between Minsk and Brussels will be discussed on 10 April in Vitebsk during the meeting of foreign ministers of Belarus and Latvia, reported press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

On 2 April the Turkish President Abdullah Gül set off on an official visit to Riga and Vilnius. On the eve of departure, he met with reporters and told them that the authorities of Latvia and Lithuania pledged to support the request of Turkey on joining the European Union.

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in an interview with the IQ magazine said that the nuclear power plant project in Lithuania is the only possible alternative, while all other options are much worse.

Armenia remains committed to conclude the negotiations on the Association Agreement with the EU before the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, to be held in November 2013.

Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia Juhan Parts stated that the two recent EU directives, directly affecting Estonia, cause serious questions to him.

Revision of the Pentagon missile defense program in Poland should not affect NATO plans to defend its entire territory, including Lithuania, stated Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite.

Gazprom could apply a discount for the sale of gas from 1 January  2013, if the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) adopted until 1 of June the amendment on possible gas transportation system rentals, reported the newspaper “Kommersant - Ukraine" on 11 March with no reference to the source.

In 2012 the gross domestic product (GDP) of Latvia as compared with the year of 2011 increased by 5.6 percent, and this is a new record for Europe.

On 19 February the Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite received credentials of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the United States Deborah Ann McCarthy, REGNUM was told at the press service of the head of state.

Latvia will join the euro zone and introduce euro on 1 January 2014. The relevant law was signed on 15 February by the President Andris Berzins. The Latvian Saeima approved the Law on the introduction of euro on 31 January.

An African state of Mali, where multilateral armed conflict has blazed up again, threatens to turn into a new Afghanistan, i.e. to become the source of the terrorist threat to the entire world, reported "Novosti Estonia."

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.