The Georgian Government will officially unveil its 2030 development strategy for the country in the coming days after approving the document, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has said while announcing the document involved focus on healthcare, education, strengthening of democracy and other areas. The Government Administration cited Garibashvili as saying the long-term development strategy was based…
Lithuania’s Energy Ministry is unveiling an energy-saving plan on September 7, which will include proposals to reduce speed on motorways, as well as limit heating and cooling in buildings. The plan, which will be presented to the Cabinet later that day, will include lowering indoor temperatures to 19 degrees C during the heating season, limiting…
On August 29 – September 4, the Customs Service collected over 539 million lei (about 26.9 million euros) from the state budget, up by 7.1% from the budgetary burden established for this period. According to the service, private people brought goods with the customs value exceeding the non-taxable limit. Payments of over 15 million lei…
The Incukalns gas storage facility in Latvia – the only one of its kind in the Baltic States – is emptying, and is currently less than 50% full. Gas storage facilities in Europe are currently around 80% full, while the Incukalns facility has dropped to 49.7% of its capacity. “The whole Baltic region and Finland…
The Ministry of Health received ten thousand quick tests for the detection of COVID-19 from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At the same time, at the request of the Ministry of Health, the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) will deliver to the Republic of Moldova a batch of medical equipment that includes electrocardiographs,…
All Lithuanian border guards should receive NATO-standard compliant weapons until the end of 2023, Rustamas Liubajevas, the commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT), has said. “We are planning to fully meet our needs next year,” he told reporters. The Lithuanian Armed Forces transferred 200 G-36 automatic rifles to border guards some time…
The European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) has increased the available cross-border capacity for Ukraine’s electricity exports towards the EU to 300 megawatts. Such capacities will be available to Ukrainian exporters during peak consumption hours. The relevant decision was made by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Continental Europe at a meeting of the…