Compared to July 2020, the average level of consumer prices was mainly influenced by the rise in prices of goods and services related to transport, goods and services related to housing, food and non-alcoholic beverages, clothing and footwear, health care, alcoholic beverages and tobacco products in July 2021, according toContinue Reading
Petteri Taalas, the Finn who leads the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), said on Monday that the world is on course to miss crucial climate change targets after the publication of the latest report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Global warming is a rather significant problem inContinue Reading
Under the proposed amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, in case of the declaration of war, an emergency or extreme situation due to mass influx of foreigners, asylum requests can be submitted to the State Border Guard Service at border checkpoints or transit zones upon legalContinue Reading
We must show that there’s no free access to the territory of the European Union, European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson says, having arrived in Vilnius to assess the ongoing migration crisis. “This is a provocation of the Lukashenko regime. (…) And we have to make it clear thatContinue Reading
Former commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, MEP Riho Terras (Isamaa) urges the PM and foreign minister to raise the alarm over what he describes as a hybrid campaign against Lithuania. Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko (no longer recognized as president by the West) is becoming bolder by the day. HeContinue Reading
Police in Turku have launched a preliminary investigation into a mass brawl in the city’s port area on Sunday evening. Tabloid Ilta-Sanomat reported that a fight involving an estimated 20 people broke out in front of the Silja Line terminal at about 6.30pm. Police said they have received one criminalContinue Reading