If the European Commission makes concessions to sanctions on the transit of some goods between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad, this will create additional legal problems, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on June 28. According to the minister, the Commission is still working on a document on how the EU sanctions should be implemented and…
The stage of the fulfillment of the tasks of the Road Fund Board was considered at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita, the government’s communication and protocol department reported. The Infrastructure and Regional Development Ministry (MIDR) and the State Administration of Roads (ASD) presented the activity plan for 2021, as well as for…
Ukraine received an additional JPY 65-billion (about $500 million) concessional loan under a loan agreement signed by Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency Jaika (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka. The funds are directed to the state budget to finance priority social and humanitarian expenditures, healthcare, etc. The loan is provided on…
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”…