A kilogram of fresh domestic Estonian strawberries cost EUR 15 at Tallinn’s Central Market on June 13, over seven times more than the June 2021 average of EUR 2.12 per kilogram. It’s mid-June already, but it still isn’t easy to find domestic strawberries. Just one counter at Tallinn’s Central Market was selling Asia variety strawberries,…
Last month saw an increase in the flow of disinformation in Lithuania, with targets including the Bayraktar combat drone fundraising campaign, the Lithuanian military said on June 13. Analysts recorded 411 cases of negative information activities in May, up from 379 in April. The military makes its findings public, providing an analysis of topics at…
“According to the semi-annual assessment of defence expenditures, their share of GDP at year-end will reach the level of 2.4%,” the Defence Ministry wrote in a press release. “The level of 2.4% of GDP on defence, which is planned to be achieved until the end of the year, also assumes Polish GDP growth included in…
Lithuania’s Customs Criminal Service has launched an arms smuggling investigation after discovering military helicopter holders for the launch of aviation bombs in a warehouse of a Kaunas company. The discovery was made in late May. According to customs officers, the company intended to ship the holders abroad. The service said in a press release that…
Georgia exported a record $504 million of goods in May, up by 48% YoY, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed. Georgian exports this year have been distributed as follows: January – $331 million, February – $429 million, March – $411 million, April – $416 million and May – $504 million. The…
Lithuania will purchase 197 stationary acoustic warning sirens, the Fire and Rescue Department reported on June 13. Sirens would be installed in the 100-kilometre potential impact zone of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravyets, it said in a press release. The zone will include the municipalities Anyksciai, Ignalina, Jonava, Kaisiadorys, Moletai, Salcininkai, Sirvintos, Svencionys,…
In summer, the number of trolleybuses running on the streets of Chisinau was reduced. Chisinau Electric Transport Authority (RTEC) director Dorin Ciornii said that starting with June, the number of trolleybuses running on the line was reduced by about 8%. “Currently, 305 trolleybuses are issued daily on the line, 25 less than in the autumn-spring…