During his working visit to New York, the USA, on September 22, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida. The parties discussed the challenges associated with russian aggression against Ukraine, in particular the threat of nuclear terrorism from russia. “The key global challenge today is the…
A total of 349 energy infrastructure facilities have been damaged in Ukraine since the Russian full-scale invasion started, including 11 combined heat and power plants (CHPPs) and three thermal power plants (TPPs). The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Communities and Territories Development Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov in his online speech during the Local Self-Government Forum…
Factories have processed 142,000 tons of grapes from the ongoing harvest in Georgia’s eastern winemaking region of Kakheti, with about 13,000 growers generating GEL 141 million ($48.45 million) in income so far, the Georgian national wine agency announced on September 22. Local growers have processed the following grape varieties: Rkatsiteli – 75,000 tons, Saperavi –…
Vilnius is testing the real-time public transport information integrated into Google Maps. The Lithuanian capital as well as Kaunas and Klaipeda are putting their public transport information onto the world’s most popular travel planning platform. The integrated schedules will allow monitoring the location and routes of buses and trolleybuses in real time and will thus…
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvil pledged to explore new avenues in Georgian-Swiss economic cooperation following his meeting with president of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis at the United Nations general assembly in New York. Stressing “successful cooperation in a number of fields”, the officials agreed to further intensify political, economic and other cooperation. Praising “excellent bilateral relations”…
Foreign arms manufacturers are considering to set up a production facility in Lithuania, says Laurynas Kasciunas, conservative chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence. On September 21, the committee talked about the Lithuanian military’s stockpile and national production capacity. The war in Ukraine has shown the need to stock up as much…
Ukraine has already sent 120,000 tons of grain as part of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), namely to Ethiopia, Yemen and Afghanistan. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry on Facebook. “As part of the UN World Food Programme, a total of 120,000 tons of wheat has already been exported…