Five sugar factories of Vinnytsia region finished the production season, the head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, Serhii Borzov, announced on Facebook. He noted that the enterprises processed 2.4 million tons of raw materials, produced 360.1 thousand tons of sugar – almost as much as last season – 363.5 thousand tons. “The region has maintained…
40% of Moldova’s railways network is in damaged state and has speed restrictions. At the same time, practically the entire fleet of railway carriages of the enterprise Railway of Moldova (CFM) will reach their exploitation limit in 2025. The CFM director general, Oleg Tofilat, unveiled data on January 19. “All maneuver locomotives are older than…
A new photonics, laser processing and space technology centre was opened at Vilnius’ Visoriai Information Technology Park on January 19. Its founders plan to develop a European-level ecosystem of space and optical technologies in the Lithuanian capital’s Visoriai neighbourhood, the Economy and Innovation Ministry said in a press release. “At least two startups in defence…
Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur (Reform) and head of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) capacities development department Kaarel Maesalu said that the decision to give Estonia’s truck-towed howitzers to Ukraine did not harm the country defensive capacity. “Naturally, we made these decisions in cooperation with the Estonian Defense Forces and its commander. It follows our…
Lack of training and the defence plans of NATO hinder immediate deliveries of tanks to Ukraine, Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Valdemaras Rupsys has said. “There are always technical issues, I would name two main ones: you cannot give a very large number of tanks right away, because you have to train the troops first,” Rupsys…
Poland’s population is expected to decline to 32.5 million in 2060 from 37.9 million in 2022 according to a demographic forecast by the Finance Ministry published by social insurer ZUS. The population will drop further to 28.3 million until 2080, which means it will be smaller by 25.5% than today, the ministry writes. Poland’s working…
China’s stance towards Lithuanian companies has been softening for some time now, Vidmantas Janulevicius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), has said. “There has been lately a certain softening toward the export of Lithuanian goods to China,” Janulevicius said. According to him, talks have started about resuming exports of Lithuanian goods to China.…