The Policy Centre "EuroCivitas" organises the third annual conference on EU - Russia relations

Category: Home Russia remains an essential EU partner, and a challenging one. As the year 2011 is fast approaching its end, it is the best time to assess the state of the EU-Russia affairs from the Baltic perspective and define the key areas we should focus on in 2012. read more...

EuroCivitas and the US Embassy in Latvia hold a panel discussion on US-Russia relations

Category: Home On May 10, EuroCivitas and the US Embassy in Latvia held a panel discussion titled US-Russia Relations Today and Tomorrow: Implications for Europe and for Latvia. It has been more than two years since the start of the "reset" in the US-Russia relations. The significant change of tenor and reduced tension between the two states has been matched by a more favourable climate in the relations between Russia and the EU, so far outweighing the fears of a growing Russian influence and an American "abandonment" of Europe. Read more here.

EuroCivitas Presents a Study on Latvians' Attitudes Towards EU Citizenship

Category: Home On 31. March 2011 EuroCivitas presented a study on Latvians' attitudes towards the EU citizenship and their European identities. The study titled Latvians and European Citizenship: Mapping and Transforming the Attitudes was conducted with the financial support of the Representation of the European Commission in Latvia.  read more...

Belarus After the Presidential Election: Analysis and Forecasts

Category: Home On February 22, the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation (LATO) in cooperation with the Soros-Foundation Latvia and EuroCivitas held a seminar entitled Belarus After the Presidential Election: Analysis and  Forecasts.

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The Minsk Events: Analysis and Preliminary Conclusions

Category: Home Commentary by Dzianis Melyantsou*
On December 19, 2010, Belarusian police and internal military forces brutally dispersed a peaceful rally gathered in protest against the rigged presidential election. More than six hundred people were arrested, some two hundred received injuries. The country has returned to the state of political repression of 2004 – 2006. read more...