Only 15% of all goods transiting Lithuania to Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad are affected by sanctions, Lithuanian Railways (LTG) said on July 11. “Out of this volume, ferrous metals comprised up to 9% of the total transit cargo traffic between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad, cement accounted for 3%, alcohol products – 1.4% and timber products…
A Bayraktar drone crowdfunded by people in Lithuania has already been delivered to Ukraine, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “The Ukrainians have announced that they have received the Bayraktar Hawk from us,” Anusauskas said in a Facebook post on July 8. Crowdfunded during a campaign by Laisves TV and Andrius Tapinas, the drone…
A solar power plant has been installed in central Georgia’s Gori municipality to provide free-of-charge electricity to internally displaced persons in two villages in Georgia, with Lithuania’s Environment Ministry funding the initiative. Local media reports said the plant was expected to provide “free, ecologically clean and safe” electricity for families displaced from Georgia’s Russia-occupied regions,…
Russia-origin cement and alcohol had been banned from transiting Lithuania, the Customs Department said on July 11. The restrictions came into effect on July 10 after the expiry of a transitional period as part of the fifth package of EU sanctions against Russia, the department said. On June 17, steel and other ferrous metals were…
Lithuania’s state-owned energy group Ignitis said it was hit by “the biggest cyber attack in a decade” on July 9. Ignitis said it had experienced DDoS attacks, affecting the operation of its websites and digital services. However, the attacks were taken under control until noon the same day. “There were no recorded hacks into the…
Lithuania mulls issuing one-off permits, allowing sanctioned goods to transit its territory to Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic coast. “If there is a sudden shortage of, for example, cement for the consumption of the population in Kaliningrad, as the sanctions on cement came into force on July 10, then it would be possible…
Lithuania is ready to continue and step up its expert support to Ukraine, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said. “It is necessary to use this moment of mobilisation and political will for the decisive implementation of reforms, and Lithuania is ready to continue and strengthen the expert support it is already providing,” she said in…