The first flight by LOT Polish airlines’ dreamliner over the polar route took off from Tokyo to Warsaw on June 17. Owing to the Civil Aviation Authority’s decision to change part of the Air Operator Certificate (AOC), LOT Polish Airlines’ Dreamliners can fly over the North Pole, LOT’s spokesman Krzysztof Moczulski wrote on Twitter. By…
Russia’s war in Ukraine has prompted Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to accelerate the building of their armed forces, writes Tony Lawrence, research fellow at the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in Estonia. Since regaining their independence in the early 1990s, the three Baltic States have put a high priority on constructing modern, effective…
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated more than UAH 550 billion for Ukraine’s security and defense forces over the first five months of this year, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has reported on Facebook. “Over the first five months of this year, the government allocated more than UAH 550 billion for the Security and Defense Forces…
Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko took part online in the 8th annual Central and Eastern European Energy Security Conference, organised by the Atlantic Council. In his speech, the Minister of Energy stressed that Ukraine was fighting not only for its independence and freedom: “We are fighting for the freedom and values of European…
A June 15 ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on foreign-currency-denominated mortgages, which favoured consumers, came as no surprise and the Polish banking sector was prepared for it, a deputy finance minister said. The CJEU ruling said that consumers could demand compensation from banks beyond the reimbursement of monthly installments…
Lithuania’s decision to speed up synchronization of the country’s electricity grid with continental Europe is a breach of the agreement signed with Estonia and Latvia, Taavi Veskimagi, head of the Estonian transmission operator Elering, has said. All three Baltic States are scheduled to synchronize from the BRELL grid, which connects Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania and…
A visit to the central Straseni district by the Prime Minister Dorin Recean has started in the Miclauseni settlement, where spouses Victor and Ana Ciolacu developed a business in agricultural tourism, beekeeping and fruit growing, known as the Conacul Mierii (Honey Mansion) boarding house, the government’s communication and protocol department reported. Founded ten years ago…