Lithuania: president and PM back swift increase in defense budget

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda backs Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas’ proposal to increase the country’s defense budget as quickly as possible. “As the security situation in the region is deteriorating, the president supports the fastest possible increase in the defence budget,” Nauseda’s spokesman Ridas Jasiulionis said. Anusauskas said he would propose to increase Lithuania’s defense budget…

Moldova: financing agreements signed with new beneficiaries of infrastructure projects

The Northern Regional Development Agency (ADR) has recently signed financing agreements with new beneficiaries and partners in infrastructure projects that will be implemented in several localities in the Northern Development Region of the Republic of Moldova in the next two years. The respective financing agreements cover part of the 11 projects, included in the Annual…