A Polish citizen has been detained near the Polish border in Lithuania’s southern Lazdijai district near, attempting to take illegal migrants out of the country, the State Border Guard Service said. Lithuanian border guards stopped a passenger car for checks, driven by the Polish citizen. A passenger was also aContinue Reading
Russia’s operation in Ukraine has resulted in the rise of energy resource prices, as gas price soared by nearly 40% and the price of oil reached USD 105 (EUR 94.18) On the day of Russian operation, Thursday, February 24, Brent crude oil price hit USD 105 per barrel for theContinue Reading
President Alar Karis has held his post for approximately five months. He will make his first speech on the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia tomorrow (February 24). This anniversary will be again celebrated in a more modest manner due to the corona crisis and due to the threat ofContinue Reading
Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that the Minsk process, which aimed to provide autonomy for some regions of Ukraine while stopping short of granting them independence, is now dead. Niinistö said that it was difficult to predict what might happen next. “The crisis is no longer a EuropeanContinue Reading
Venäjä käynnisti viikonloppuna suuren strategisten ydinaseiden harjoituksen Barentsinmerellä. Harjoituksen ajankohta on poikkeuksellinen, sillä yleensä se on järjestetty syksyisin. Norjassa arvioidaan, että Venäjä lähettää harjoituksella viestin Natolle ja länteen. TUKHOLMA Samaan aikaan, kun maailman huomio on Venäjän ja Ukrainan rajalla, on Venäjä aloittanut (siirryt toiseen palveluun)strategisten ydinaseiden suuren harjoituksen Barentsinmerellä. HarjoitusContinue Reading
No cyber incidents linked to the existing geopolitical tensions in Ukraine have been recorded yet, the head of Lithuania’s national cyber security center says, adding, however, that the danger level in the country has increased. “We have not recorded any specific incidents but the alarm level has gone up. Today’sContinue Reading
The COVID-19 pandemic has already peaked in Lithuania, Health Minister Arunas Dulkys says. “Today, we can truly say, based on the figures, that we have already peaked,” he told reporters on Monday, citing the general COVID-19 statistics. “Despite the fact that the general hospitalization figures continue to growth or theContinue Reading
The Baltic foreign ministers are preparing to travel to Ukraine amid Western concerns that Russia may invade its neighbor, Lithuania’s top diplomat Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Monday evening. “We have tentatively agreed with our Baltic colleagues (…) on our possible visit (to Ukraine) in the near future,” he told theContinue Reading
Covid certification requirements will not be lifted from February 21, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) says, citing too-high rates of hospitalization as a result of symptomatic Covid. Speaking at the regular Thursday press conference, Kallas said: “The average number of symptomatic Covid patients admitted to hospital over the past tenContinue Reading
The Center for Defense Investment (RKK) has announced a €693-million long-term military vehicles and plant procurement, the largest military procurement made by Estonia to date. The vehicles will be mostly logistical in nature, including cranes, loaders and aircraft loaders. Toomas Kalda, RKK sector manager, said Monday that: “This procurement willContinue Reading