On January 17, the European Union lifted restrictions on the import of poultry products from Ukraine, which were in force since December 2020 due to avian influenza. “Restrictions applied to quarantine areas where cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza were detected, while products from uninfected areas were allowed to be exported to the EU.…
Georgia has been added to the list of countries that can export snails to the European Union market, the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture reports. The adoption of the regulation has followed measures taken by the Georgian National Food Agency under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement with the EU. The…
Lithuania’s third-biggest city Klaipeda expects significant job losses once the country stops the transit of Belarusian fertilizers, although the “worst-case scenario” can be avoided. Last week, the government terminated a contract between the state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG) and the Belarusian potash giant Belaruskali, which exported around 11 million tons of fertilizers…
The German group, after entering the cheapest bid for Estonian transmission network operator Elering’s tender, will construct three synchronous condensers in Estonia until 2024. Work is already underway on the first device in Pussi. The Elering tender that took seven months to prepare and another five to see through went the way of Siemens Energy,…
On January 17, Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Ausrine Armonaite said the country was concerned about foreign investors changing plans due to China’s pressure. “We have no further information about companies changing their plans. There is concern, and everybody hopes that the situation will de-escalate and will be resolved, which is what we expect as…
Uzbekistan on January 17 received another batch of COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer shipment totaling 310,050 doses was donated by the US government through the COVAX facility, building on over 5.6 million doses of the U.S.-manufactured vaccines the US had delivered to Uzbekistan since July 2021. COVAX has also provided about 2.4 million doses of the…
Spike missiles, fire-and-forget guided missile systems mounted on Vilkas Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), have been tested for the first time by the Lithuanian military. The Israel-made system was tried out on January 14-18 during a combat shooting drills of the Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanized Infantry Battalion. Spike missiles have been installed on Lithuania’s newly acquired…