Lithuania’s Defence Chief Valdemaras Rupsys says he will suggest at the next meeting of the country’s State Defence Council not to hand over PzH 2000 howitzers and NASAMS air defence systems to Ukraine. “I need to have instruments. We cannot accomplish tasks without the capability to do so, but the capability we have is on…
Lithuania’s real national defence funding is projected to reach 2.63% of GDP next year, Laurynas Kasciunas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defence (NSGK), has said. In his words, this indicator is calculated by adding the funds allocated for national defence in the state budget, the so-called mobility package and the costs…
Environmentalists fear that in their bid to ensure enough biofuel, European governments may loosen forest protection. While Lithuania has no plans to increase logging quotas, forest owners say plenty of wood could be had just by clearing fallen trees. Dead and fallen trees are plentiful in every forest. Some are left to support the natural…
Supermarkets in Lithuania stopped stocking Russian and Belarusian goods after Ukraine’s invasion last February. Most products were not difficult to replace, with a few notable exceptions. If Russian or Belarusian goods can sometimes still be found in Lithuanian shops, retailers say it is because they are selling off their old stocks and not ordering any…
While Lithuania scored slightly more in this year’s gender equality index, it still ranked near the bottom among EU member states. Lithuania scored 2.2 points higher than last year in the latest Gender Equality Index published by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), with an overall index score of 60.6. This put the country…
To lower their energy bills, more and more households and companies in Lithuania are installing solar panels on their roofs, making use of the government’s subsidies. Solar panels are most often found on the roofs of private houses, various institutions and office buildings, or in solar farms outside the city. But a solar power plant…
Taiwanese experts began checking Lithuanian meat producers that plan to export beef to Taiwan. During the two-week audit, representatives of Taiwan’s Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine as well as the country’s the Food and Drug Administration will look into how three meat producers are meeting, Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service…