London is ready to provide another $525 million in guarantees for World Bank lending later this year. The UK government said this in a press release. This lending is covering costs like Ukrainian public sector wages, and the running of schools and hospitals. The new support announced by the UK government brings the total amount…
US Senator Richard Joseph Durbin, currently in Vilnius, has called for no exceptions to the existing EU sanctions for Russia on Kaliningrad transit. Lithuania is imposing EU sanctions, which is “entirely consistent with the American and NATO approach to dealing with Pootin,” he said after accepting the Aleksandras Stulginskis Star award at the Lithuanian parliament.…
The Polish railway company PKP Intercity is canceling free travel for Ukrainian citizens from July 1, the company’s press service reports. The current rules for issuing free tickets for refugees from Ukraine will be valid until June 30. From July 1, these trips will be carried out according to the general rules included in the…
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said Georgia experienced a “double-digit” economic growth in the first five months of 2022 despite “world markets crashing” the recessions caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, the Government Administration announced on June 27. Garibashvili called the growth figure “unprecedented” in Europe, adding the Government would “not allow any destructive force” to “hinder”…
On June 27, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and the country’s leadership agreed on “key principles” for consultations with the European Commission on Kaliningrad transit sanctions. “There was unanimous agreement today on the key principles and provisions Lithuania should follow in order to clarify certain points to the European Commission,” presidential adviser Kestutis Budrys told reporters…
Estonian businesses, which depend on goods and raw materials imported from Russia and Belarus, need to understand the risks and find new suppliers, a report by the Riigikogu’s Foresight Center shows. If these imports completely stop it will cost businesses EUR 860 million. The center has been studying the risks posed to Estonia since the…
There is a shortage of around 1,000 bus and trolleybus drivers across Lithuania. With few new drivers entering the labour force, the problem is expected to get worse. “This is a shortage of public transport drivers everywhere – in all companies, in all regions, in all municipalities,” Gintaras Nakutis, head of the Passenger Transport Association,…