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Sky News

NATO Needed To Protect Eastern Europe From Russian Aggression

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VOICED: President Obama has tried to reassure America's NATO allies saying Donald Trump told him he is committed to the transatlantic alliance. The President-elect was critical of NATO during his campaign calling it 'obsolete'. He's also...
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Curated Video

Pope receives warm welcome as he returns to Vilnius

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Some two hundred faithful lined the street in front of the Apostolic Nunciature in Vilnius to welcome Pope Francis back to the Lithuanian capital during his trip to the Baltics on Monday.
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Violation of regulations behind Latvia

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Latvian interior minister Rihards Kozlovskis said Monday that investigators and rescuers were still working on the site of a Riga supermarket cave-in that killed at least 54 people CLEAN : Violation of regulations behind Latvia on...
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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets with Baltic foreign ministers

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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss begins a meeting at Chevening House in Sevenoaks with Baltic foreign ministers from Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. The Foreign Secretary will back the Baltic countries to challenge the threat posed by Russia,...
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Latvia goes back into lockdown as Covid rate spikes

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Latvia plunges back into lockdown, with non-essential shops closed and cinemas, theatres and hairdressers shutting down for a month in a bid to break the world's worst Covid rate (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Press Association

Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets leaders from Estonia and Latvia in Munich

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Latvian President Egils Levits following his speech at the Munich Security Conference. The three leaders spoke of their united approach to tackling Russia's...
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Bloomberg

Ukraine Has Won War With Russia: Latvia Defense Minister

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Latvia Defense Minister Artis Pabriks says Europe should not be afraid of being provocative when it comes to Russia and calls for a fast-track approach to Ukraine's membership in the European Union. He speaks with Bloomberg's Maria Tadeo...
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Zelensky says if Ukraine falls, Baltic states 'next'

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky says that if Ukraine were to fall, Russia would advance on the rest of Europe otherwise, beginning with the Baltic States and up to the Berlin Wall, as part of a call to Western nations to step up...
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : "We must continue to support Ukraine" says Le Drian in Tallinn

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The foreign ministers of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and France hold a press conference in Tallinn following a conference on Russia’s war against Ukraine and bilateral relations and cooperation, including in the UN Security Council...
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AFP News Agency

CLEAN : Polling stations open in Latvia in shadow of Russian invasion

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Latvians head to the polls on Saturday in the shadow of neighbouring Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with victory expected for centrist parties that have vowed to continue backing Kyiv and beefing up national security (Footage by AFPTV via...
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Curated Video

US President Barack Obama meets leaders from Baltic states

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US President, Barack Obama, met the leaders of three Baltic nations in Washington on Friday, saying the countries of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are some of the US' "most reliable allies in NATO". "Our soldiers sacrificed together in...
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Curated Video

Pro-Russia party emerge as likely winner of elections, leader comments

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1. Various views of Freedom Monument in central Riga 2. Various of Riga''s Mayor and leader of the Harmony Centre party, Nil Ushakov, walking with his wife 3. Close up and vertical tilt of Ushakov walking and looking at his mobile phone...
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Curated Video

WRAP Estonia runners mark Baltic Chain anniversary ADDS Lithuania

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Tallinn, Estonia 1. Various shots of runners gathering ahead of run 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Marek Nomm, runner: "We would like to remind us that we are still a free country and I wasn't in a Baltic Chain a long time ago but now I have a...
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Curated Video

NATO chief on Russia and missile defence

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1. Wide exterior of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) headquarters with flags flying 2. Close-up of Latvian flag 3. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Latvian President Valdis Zatlers arriving at news...
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Curated Video

Rescuers search rubble of collapsed supermarket, vigil

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Two days after a supermarket roof collapsed in the Latvian capital Riga, crowds of mourners and relatives of those killed gathered at the site on Saturday, where rescue workers were continuing to search for the missing. 52 people have...
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Curated Video

Mushroom picking championships bring out Latvia's love of fungi

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Riga - 10 September, 2006 1. Woman arranging mushrooms on market stall 2. Woman putting mushrooms into bag 3. Rows of mushrooms 4. Close up of mushrooms cups 5. Riga mushroom market 6. Mushrooms on stall 7. Close up of mushrooms on...
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Curated Video

Hundreds brave freezing cold for snowball throwing championship

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Winter Park 1. Wide of children throwing snowballs 2. Targets being hit by snowballs 3. Wide, scene 4. Various, children throwing snowballs 5. Buckets filled with snowballs, with snowball moulds (like tongs) 6. Close-up, same 7. Various,...
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Curated Video

WRAP Comprehensive cover of NATO summit, enlargement

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PLEASE NOTE: All Soundbites are partly overlaid with pictures of summit and leaders 1. Wide shot conference hall 2. US President George W. Bush entering summit hall 3. Bush being greeted by U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell and...
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Curated Video

Leaders of 7 new NATO countries hold joint presser

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1. Wide view of prime ministers of new NATO nations 2. Cutaway of still photographer 3. Mid view of speakers podium and prime ministers 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mikulas Dzurinda, Prime Minister - Slovakia "We want to...
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Curated Video

USA: 3 BALTIC COUNTRIES TO GET A BOOST IN EFFORTS TO JOIN NATO

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English/Nat The leaders of three Baltic countries will get a boost from the U-S this week in their efforts to join NATO. President Bill Clinton will sign a charter of partnership with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The...
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Curated Video

Erotic festival draws hundreds of fans

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AP Television Riga, Latvia - 17 February, 2012 1. Male dancers performing under red light 2. Various of male dancers performing for woman 3. Female dancer performing 4. Various of spectators watching shows 5. Photographers at event, pan...
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Curated Video

A box where parents can legally leave babies anonymously is launched

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1. Wide of Yelena Kotova, head of Kolybel Nadezhdy (Cradle of Hope), a non-government organisation, is showing how a box in which parents can leave their unwanted babies will work 2. Close of directions explaining how to use the baby...
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Curated Video

Polls open for vote on president's decision to dissolve parliament

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1. Wide of Vansu Bridge and Daugava River 2. Close-up of sign on parliament building 3. Wide of parliament building 4. Various of people preparing polling station 5. Wide of first people entering polling station 6. Passport of voter...
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Curated Video

Polls open in snap parliamentary election

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1. Wide of exterior of polling station 2. Mid of a man walking in the polling station 3. Zoom out from ballot box to official sealing the box 4. Close up of official sealing the box 5. Mid tilt of woman signing the electoral list and...