Lithuania: army buying counter-drone systems

Lithuania has signed a contract to purchase new counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems for its armed forces, the Defense Ministry reports. The systems will be configured to detect, identify and neutralize UAVs by suppressing navigation, video transmission and control signals, the ministry said. The Defense Material Agency signed the contract with NT Service, a Lithuanian…

Ukraine: food reserves sufficient

Ukraine’s production is five times as much as its domestic consumption, so it has sufficient food reserves, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky has said. According to him, even if production stops, Ukraine now has a large stock of everything it needs because “we are exporters, and exports have stopped.” “For example,…

Lithuania: excise duty on fuel to be lowered

The Lithuanian government is considering lowering excise duty on fuel in a bid to bring down soaring gasoline and diesel prices, Deputy Finance Minister Gediminas Norkunas said on March 14. “I cannot discuss anything until measures have been approved by the cabinet, but yes, we are looking at possible measures,” Norkunas told the parliamentary Committee…