Lithuania: border guards underarmed

Lithuanian border guards’ unions complain that they are armed with old unreliable Kalashnikovs and undersupplied with ammunition. In case of a foreign invasion, border guards say they would be the first line of defence. Shooting is an important part of border guards’ training and the main weapon is the pistol. However, border guards’ trade unions…

Lithuania: monkeypox vaccines received

Some 1,400 monkeypox vaccine doses have been delivered to Lithuania, the Health Ministry said on August 24. “The National Public Health Centre will identify people to be vaccinated and refer them for vaccination,” Deputy Health Minister Ausra Bilotiene Motiejuniene told reporters, adding that over 17,000 infection cases had been recorded worldwide since May. People will…