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…
Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas is visiting Paris on June 13-14 where he is to sign a letter of intent on purchasing French self-propelled 155mm howitzers Caesar with newly appointed French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecorn. The ministers would also sign documents enabling the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence to join the development programme of the Caesar…
Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for IT Development Oleksandr Bornyakov joined the panel discussion “Crypto at War: Behind Ukraine’s Historic Crypto Fundraiser”. The event took place within the framework of the global cryptoconference Consensus in Austin, USA. During the panel discussion, Oleksandr Bornyakov spoke about the development of the legal field in Ukraine for the…
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine expects to attract about $20 billion from foreign partners until the end of the year. “Until the end of the year, we expect to raise an additional $20 billion. This is what we are currently negotiating,” Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko said during a meeting of the…