The existing reduced 9% VAT rate for the catering sector will remain in place in Lithuania until the end of 2023, the parliament Seimas decided on November 22. Lower VAT rates were introduced to prop up the catering sector during the Covid-19 pandemic and were due to expire at the end of the year. Previously,…
Vilnius decided against handing over medium-range air defence systems, as well as 155mm howitzers, to Ukraine, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on November 21. The decision was made during a meeting of Lithuania’s State Defence Council, called in response to the missile strikes in Poland. It was attended by the country’s top officials, including…
International instructor training, involving troops from Ukraine, has been completed at the Lithuanian Armed Forces School, Lithuanian Armed Forces have said. The course was aimed at soldiers from NATO and partner countries. During the course, participants were trained on the fundamentals of military training, shooting, firearms and physical training. They also acquired information and skills…
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…