Parliament voted on December 12 in the first reading some amendments to the state budget law for 2022, as a result of the increase in the share capital of Energocom company. Thus, the state budget revenues for this year are set at 59.3 billion lei, expenses – 73.9 billion lei and the deficit – 14.6…
More than 20 flights were canceled at Vilnius and Kaunas airports due to heavy snowfall between 21:00 on December 11 and 05:00 on December 12. “The flights were canceled due to extreme weather conditions: heavy snowfall in Vilnius and Kaunas,” Tadas Vasiliauskas, spokesperson of Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports), said. Flights at Palanga Airport operated…
Military equipment manufactured in Poland, especially the Piorun (Thunderbolt) air defence system, has been attracting growing interest from around the world, the CEO of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has said. “Interest displayed in the purchases of Poland-made military equipment, especially the Piorun surface-to-air missiles, is huge today,” Sebastian Chwalek said, adding that talks were…
As of the evening of December 11, Ukrainian emergency teams have restored most of the generating capacities in the country’s power system, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, Chairman of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo, has said. “As of now, Ukrainian energy engineers have been able to restore most of the generating capacities after this week’s missile attacks,” Kudrytskyi…
Ukraine is currently trying to protect the democracy of the entire civilized world, so support for Ukraine cannot be considered charity. Total aid committed to Ukraine reached 113 billion euros as last week. “It’s not charity to support Ukraine. We are trying to protect freedom and democracy of all the civilized world,” Minister of Finance…
Lithuania plans to train a battalion of Ukrainian troops within the framework of the European Union’s new support mission for Ukraine, Chief of Defence Valdemaras Rupsys has said. “We will probably lead the training of one of the battalions,” he told reporters in Vilnius on December 9. Led by Poland and Germany, the mission was…
The three Baltic countries agree on the need to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP. However, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to achieve the target at their own pace. “Each country individually will increase the defence investment toward 3% of GDP,” Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins told reporters after meeting with his Lithuanian and…