Lithuania is set to buy two attack boats from Finland for its Navy for 22 million euros, the Defence Ministry has announced. The Defence Materiel Agency signed the contract for the purchase of the multifunctional attack boats jointly with Latvia’s Defence Ministry, it said in a press release on April 7. The value of the…
Demand for cybersecurity specialists in Lithuania has surged following amendments to the country’s cybersecurity law, but the labour market is struggling to keep up. Since the beginning of the year, more than 800 cyber incidents have been recorded, according to the National Cyber Security Centre. The updated law, which took effect last autumn, requires organisations…
The United States is showing interest in importing eggs from Lithuania, the daily Verslo Zinios reports. Bird flu in the US has sent egg prices soaring. According to the head of the Lithuanian Poultry Association Gytis Kauzonas, the US embassy in Warsaw has asked for information on possible exports, and a meeting has been held…
Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas believes that Lithuania does not need a second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea unless it secures enough export markets and that Ignitis Group will have to take responsibility for any delays in the first offshore wind farm project, which the state-controlled energy group is developing with partners. “I can…
At least four defence industry companies from Germany and Ukraine want to cooperate with Lithuania, Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has announced. According to him, efforts are also underway to establish contacts with US, Swedish, and UK arms manufacturers. “There’s been significant headway. I have four proposals on the table, from both Germany and Ukraine. We’re…
Lithuanian Defence Minister Dovile Sakaliene says she will have “very positive news” soon on withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines. “I have no doubt we will have very positive news very soon, not in a month and not even in a week,” the minister told BNS by phone from Poland on March 12…
Sofoklis, a Lithuanian publishing house, said on March 4 it was removing a book by US Vice President JD Vance from sale and urged people to read books by Ukrainian authors instead. The move came after the US paused military aid to Ukraine. “Following the US presidential administration’s decision to suspend aid to Ukraine, Sofoklis…