The number of reports on suspicious transactions jumped 2.5-fold in Lithuania in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, the country’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) said on November 21. Most of these reports – almost 94% – were received from financial institutions, electronic financial institutions, as well…
In response to the recent missile incident in Poland, Lithuania’s State Defence Council on November 21 agreed to step up the acquisition of medium-range air defence systems. “The State Defence Council members agreed on the need to accelerate the acquisition of medium-range air defence systems,” Kestutis Budrys, a chief adviser to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda,…
Trains between major Lithuanian cities have been cancelled due to “unforeseen technical circumstances”, Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos gelezinkeliai, LTG) announced on November 18. Lithuanian Railways also informed that on November 17 a freight train collided with railway repair equipment on the railway section Vievis-Zasliai. No people were injured in the incident, but it resulted in a…
Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), and a group of fellow lawmakers have proposed to allocate 3.6 million euros in additional funding to the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union. According to Kasciunas, such a decision would bring the Riflemen’s Union funding up by 50%. The move has been coordinated…
Lithuania has already provided 3 million euros in aid to Ukraine to help it rebuild its energy infrastructure, with an additional 2 million euros to be given to the country’s war-ravaged energy sector shortly, the Energy Ministry has said. Russia is deliberately destroying Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys says. “To our knowledge, 40%…
Additional defence budget planned in 2023 government spending bill will be used to purchase weapons and ammunition, according to Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas. “I believe it would go toward our major arms and ammunition purchases,” the minister said on November 17. “All countries are queuing up to buy weapons, and we want to increase some…
The Lithuanian parliament decided to hold its final vote on the government’s 2023 budget on November 22 after debating the revised draft plan on November 17. The motion to set the date for the final vote passed in a vote of 66 to 14 with 33 abstentions. Mykolas Majauskas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on…