Lithuania’s state-owned energy group Ignitis starts offering a world-first online service where residents can rent a part of a wind turbine. Until now, residents were only able to rent or acquire remote solar parks, Ignitis said in a press release. Around 1,000 private customers will be able to rent up to 5 kW of the…
Kestutis Budrys, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s chief national security adviser, has urged caution in public comments about the transfer of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine. Budrys was commenting on a recent statement by Defence Chief Valdemaras Rupsys that he would suggest at the next meeting of the country’s State Defence Council not to hand…
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…