Protest Lithuanian near Parliament: crowd asks to cancel Opportunity Passport and government to resign
People are holding state and municipal flags and posters saying “STOP Discrimination”, F**k National Certificate”, and also chanted “Disgrace, disgrace”. “We need to protect the state, the Constitution, to defend our rights, a free choice, for our rights not to be restricted, irrespective of whether a person wants to getContinue Reading
Estonia not in a hurry to administer third doses
More and more countries are opting for third vaccine shots. People belonging to risk groups will get their third vaccine shots in Germany and France in September. Israel recently announced as much. Estonia sees no need for third jabs yet. Israel said in late July that it will immunize peopleContinue Reading
Inflation in Latvia. Biggest price increase observed for fresh vegetables
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
Finnish WMO Secretary-General: IPCC report shows world heading towards 2-3 degrees of warming
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
Lithuania to limit places for accepting asylum requests under extreme situation
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
European Commissioner: There’s no free access to EU territory
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
Riho Terras: A refugee can be a powerful weapon
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 investigate mass brawl at Turku port
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
All teenagers from Greek refugee camps receive residence permits in Kotka, Finland
Last July, nearly 50 unaccompanied children were relocated from Greece to Finland as part of a programme coordinated by the European Commission. Fifteen of them were placed in the Kotka Hybrid Unit for Minors on Finland’s southeast coast. The hybrid unit, established in Kotka a couple of years ago, isContinue Reading
LFGU kicks Tomilinas out of party
The Council of the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has on Friday eliminated MP Tomas Tomilinas as a member of the party amid his conflict with the party’s leader Ramunas Karbauskis. 52 members of the Council voted in favor of his elimination, six were against and three abstained, theContinue Reading