On September 12-18, the Customs Service collected over 686.5 million lei to the state budget (about 34.3 million euros), up by 3.5% from the target. According to the Customs Service, private people brought goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit, and payments worth over 17.1 million lei were collected, which represented 2.5% of…
Following a year of legal disputes, the trade union of Vilnius Public Transport (VVT) workers has announced renewed plans for a strike. According to Algirdas Markevicius, chairman of the VVT trade union, the indefinite strike is planned to start on October 3, as a year-long disagreement with the VVT administration over salaries and working conditions…
Astarta started a new sugar production season. On September 16, the first two sugar plants started processing sugar beets. Three more plants will be launched in the third decade of September and at the beginning of October. “In total, five sugar plants will operate in the 2022 production season. They are fully ready for work.…
A column consisting of 25 trucks of Energoatom National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine has reached the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar and delivered the most necessary spare parts, chemical agents and diesel fuel to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The relevant statement was made by Energoatom National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine…
Vilnius and Warsaw have agreed for a passenger train connecting the two capitals to start running in December. According to the memorandum signed in Vilnius on September 16, a one-way trip will not exceed 8 hours. Once the Rail Baltic project linking the Baltic States with Poland is completed in 2026, a direct-high-speed train will…
Tests to be conducted ahead of desynchronizing the Estonian electricity grid from that of the Russian Federation should not be conducted until all three Baltic States are ready, grid distributor Elering says. Elering made the announcement after its Lithuanian equivalent, Litgrid, said that it was postponing a planned de-synchronization test, which had been due to…
As the European Union looks for solutions to urgently cut record-high electricity prices for consumers, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says untying gas and electricity prices is key. “The main problem is that the gas price that’s been made for Europe by a man who wants to bring Europe to its knees directly determines the…