Ukrainians will be able to use public transport in Vilnius for free next year after the local council has extended the scheme until 2024. “The issue is quite obvious. Can we agree on this unanimously? Thank you,” Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius told the members of the Vilnius City Council. In 2023, people who fled Ukraine…
Until 2030, a quarter of Lithuania’s electricity consumption should be generated by a wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Scientists are carrying out studies on how the park would affect the environment. Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm with a capacity of 700 megawatts will be built in Palanga, 30 kilometres off the coast. “The plan…
Lithuania is leading among EU countries in integrating Ukrainian refugees into its labour market. More than half of working-age Ukrainians that have arrived in the country after the Russian invasion in February have found jobs. Zigmantas Dargevicius said he wanted to help Ukrainian refugees and offered a number of them jobs with a hotel chain…
The Lithuanian Association of Pharmacies and eight pharmaceutical companies have been fined a total of almost 73 million euros for making a deal on higher markups, the Competition Council reports. The competition watchdog said in a press release it imposed fines of 27.5 million euros on Eurovaistine, 16.7 million euros on Gintarine Vaistine, 9.2 million…
Towns and cities in Lithuania are looking for ways to save even more electricity. Some have switched off lamps in parks and squares, while others are limiting how long drivers can charge their electric cars. Klaipeda is starting its second round of savings: after midnight, many cycling lanes will remain dark for five hours. Every…
Talks on further support for Kyiv and sanctions on Russia are “stuck in the cold mud”, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said ahead of December 12’s meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. “There is not a single more important issue than Russia’s war against Ukraine. Unfortunately, with many things that we have to…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda insists that Minsk’s proposal to allow the transit of Ukrainian grain through its territory is “a trap”, while the Foreign Ministry has ruled out lifting sanctions on Belarusian fertilisers. Belarus told the United Nations last week that it would allow the transit of Ukrainian grain for export via Lithuanian ports without…