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
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
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
Lithuania and Ukraine are holding the same position on the situation in Belarus and are calling for a new fair election in the neighboring country, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monday evening. “We agreed that the dialogue of the Belarusian authorities and the civil society to ensure transition ofContinue Reading