Evelina Gudzinskaite, director of the department, says it now takes three weeks to process an asylum request and the period will get longer due to the fact that over one hundred new migrants a day have been arriving in Lithuania in recent days. “Processing itself will take longer and theyContinue Reading
Migration pressure on Estonia is low, the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and the Ministry of the Interior assured Postimees. “The migration situation has not significantly changed on Estonia’s border at present, but it would be short-sighted to ignore the events in Lithuania. It is important to understand thatContinue Reading
Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis believes that the entry of Space X founded by Elon Musk into the Lithuanian market means very good news to Lithuania. “I am happy that our team managed to achieve this result within the period of 3.5 months. We have managed to jumpContinue Reading
The project’s initiators say the project is being discontinued as it is becoming impossible to visit burial sites due to the coronavirus pandemic and worsening Lithuanian-Russian relations. The project’s team also says the project’s initial goal has been achieved as a new generation of people has been raised and theyContinue Reading
The Armed Forces will receive a certain amount of the AstraZeneca vaccine every week and will distribute the shots among all major units, the military said on Friday. Military medics and personnel leaving for missions have already been vaccinated against COVID-19. The process is being organized by the Vaccination OperationsContinue Reading
“The president fully supports the Czech Republic’s efforts to reduce the presence of foreign military intelligence on the NATO member state’s territory and stands in solidarity with the Czech government over the steps it has taken,” Asta Skaisgiryte told LRT Radio. “The Czech government has asked for solidarity from itsContinue Reading
Environment Minister Simonas Gentvilas says the environmental cost of building an outer port would be very high. “We cannot just hang the outer seaport up in the air, therefore, we are closing the discussion for a long period of time, and other governments should decide on that. Now, let’s thinkContinue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic in Lithuania has been gaining momentum since March 12 and for almost a month now there have been no days when the weekly number of new coronavirus cases would go down, and only the speed of the spread has been changing, according to the Lithuanian government’s reviewContinue Reading
People are advised to think very carefully whether it is necessary for them to travel, Simonyte noted. “However, a returning person must have a negative test and self-isolate for a certain period of time on return and if they follow these rules, the government currently isn’t inclined to propose anyContinue Reading
In her words, an increase of around 40 percent could be expected in April. “If we now have some 40,000, so we can expect an increase of around 40 percent,” she said, adding that these are preliminary figures based on what the producer is now presenting. Meanwhile, the shipment expectedContinue Reading