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
Agila Barzdiene will take over from Budryte as the chancellor, and Raminta Stanaityte-Cesniuliene, spokeswoman for former Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka, will replace Ridas Jasiulionis as head of the president’s communication group. Jasiulionis will coordinate the presidential office’s cooperation with public organizations. Budryte, who headed Nauseda’s presidential election campaign headquarters, isContinue Reading
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says it’s too soon to speak about the introduction of the “green pass”, being considered at the EU level, in Lithuania until a significant part of the country’s population is not vaccinated against the coronavirus. In her words, the main condition for such a documentContinue Reading
The Baltic states cannot imagine their security without the United States’ involvement, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says. “All Baltic states are very clear that the United States’ involvement in our collective defense system is a critical factor and we can hardly imagine our 100 percent security without the United States’Continue Reading
“We will do everything from our side to preserve that bubble, and we have already submitted proposals to both the Latvians and Estonians to renounce the 16 rate and move on to the 25 rate for that bubble to be preserved, all the more so, discussion on similar rate areContinue Reading
Lithuania would back softening of self-isolation requirements for incoming people by increasing the rate threshold that makes self-isolation mandatory, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says, adding that a common position of the EU or at least the Baltic states is needed for that. “Speaking of countries that are subjected toContinue Reading
Adas Jakubauskas, 55, the new director of the Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania, vows to improve the center’s international and internal communication and spread awareness on Lithuania’s historic memory issues abroad. At a press conference, he informed about his decision to initiate drafting of the center’s new strategy,Continue Reading
Lithuania’s Health Ministry has updated its list of coronavirus-affected countries and people arriving from Norway, Hungary and Canada will be required to self-isolate from Monday. The cumulative two-week number of cases in these countries has exceeded the 16 per 100,000 threshold but has not gone above 25, meaning that peopleContinue Reading
Currently, one NATO battalion is stationed in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, and a very limited contingent of the American military is present in rotation, which, after conducting exercises with local armies, leaves the country. The Baltic politicians believe that this is not enough. After all, the deployment of a largeContinue Reading