Lithuania: Achema threatens to suspend striking workers’ employment

Lithuania’s nitrogen fertilzser plant Achema said on February 15 it was considering suspending striking workers’ labour contracts, hiring new people to fill in their places. “We can take certain collective action against the remaining protesters, it’s called a lockdown, a temporary suspension of labour contracts,” Achema’s chief legal officer Rytis Budrius said. “It means that…

Moldova: governor of Gagauzia asks Romania for support to finish construction of lyceum in Comrat

The governor (bashkan) of the Autonomous Territorial Unit (UTA) Gagauz-Yeri, Irina Vlah, has thanked the government of Romania for the “essential support for the construction of the new education building for the Mihai Eminescu theoretical lyceum from Comrat” and asked for support for the completion of these works. “This is a lyceum where subjects are…

Latvia: airBaltic adds Kyiv-Riga flights

Latvian airline airBaltic is adding extra flights on its Kyiv-Riga route, citing exceptional demand. “To address the significant passenger demand for flights from Kyiv, Ukraine to Riga, Latvia, airBaltic has scheduled two additional flights on February 15 and February 16, 2022,” airBaltic tweeted. Many airlines have been looking at their connections with Ukraine at a…