Lithuania has received a pre-financing payment of 289 million euros from the European Commission under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the Finance Ministry reports. This amounts to 13% of total allocations for Lithuania. The pre-financing payment will help to kick-start the implementation of the crucial investment and reform measures outlined in Lithuania’s recovery and…
The first cruise ship to visit Klaipeda since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has arrived. The Artania brought 677 visitors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands on board, according to Klaipeda Tourism and Culture Information Center. All of the ship’s passengers and the crew have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The 2020…
Some 50 new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) from the United States have been delivered to Lithuania. They are part of the deal signed with the US two years ago, according to the Defense Ministry. The vehicles were shipped from the United States to Germany and were then brought to Lithuania. The country has bought…
The construction of barriers and monitoring equipment on the Lithuanian border with Belarus will cost around half a billion euros, according to Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite. “We are convinced that a complex solution including the construction of a physical fence, border surveillance using modern technology and stepped-up border control in cooperation with EU allied forces…
Lithuania will inject some 149 million euros into the economy this year after the EU finance ministers approved the country’s post-pandemic recovery plan on July 26. The 149 million euros to be allocated this year will fund the installation of 200 MW energy batteries, the so-called millennium school programme and the development of digital innovations…
Lithuania’s Kaunas Intermodal Terminal received its first freight train from the Netherlands, capable of carrying containers and semi-trailers. The train arrived on the European standard-gauge railway Rail Baltica, said Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), the country’s state-owned railway company. According to the company, the terminal has officially become Europe’s easternmost rail point accessible for freight…
While banks in Lithuania boast of scooter-riding CEOs, their sustainability record tells a different tale. A consumer group’s investigation suggests there’s much room for improvement. The Lithuanian Consumers Alliance (Vartotoju Aljansas) has looked at how sincere Lithuania’s six commercial banks are when they boast about their green practices. The report assessed the environmental impact of…