Ukraine has ambitious goals and a systematic plan on how to become a member of the European Union in the near future. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during a Government sitting on May 24. “We are ready to quickly make the necessary changes, implement the necessary European regulations and integrate into European…
Managers of Belarusian state-owned sanatorium Belorusija and Russian state-owned sanatorium Jantarnij bereg in Jurmala have been blacklisted by Latvian authorities. Latvian State Security Service (VDD) confirms that Russian citizen Viktor Danilohs and Belarusian citizen Aleksandr Gruzdov have been in focus of the service for a long time for activities that may serve Russian state interests…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has met with Google Vice President Karan Bhatia on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos and called on the company to step up its investment and operation in Lithuania. He also invited Google executives to visit Lithuania. “Today, Lithuania is professionally ready to accommodate Google’s significantly larger investments…
Poland’s unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in April from 5.4% March, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on May 25. The number of registered unemployed measured 878,000 in April against 902,100 in the previous month, GUS also said. Earlier, the Family and Social Policy Ministry estimated April’s unemployment at 5.3%. (The First News/Business World Magazine)
Lithuanian journalist and social media personality Andrius Tapinas has launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy a Bayraktar TB2 military drone for Ukraine. “The defence ministries of Lithuania and Turkey gave the green light, the manufacturer said yes. And now one word is sounding in my head, Bayraktar,” Tapinas said in a Facebook post on May…
Poland may become the strongest link of global supply chains that have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and war in Ukraine, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said. Supply problems resulting from Covid-19 lockdowns and the war in Ukraine have been stifling the reviving global growth as economies are facing shortages of components,…
Lithuania is in the top 15 of military donors to Ukraine, according to various estimates, says Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence. He would like to see Lithuania in the top 10, however. “The fundamental strategic imperative is that Ukrainians are fighting for us on their soil, and every…