Lithuania is launching five training courses for Ukrainian military personnel, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on August 16. “We are starting five training courses for Ukrainians in August,” he said. The courses will be designed for specialists, rather than recruits, to better improve the skills of the Ukrainian military in using Western weapons, Anusauskas said.…
Siauliu Bankas, the last Lithuanian bank accepting Russian payments for Kaliningrad transit services, has called on the government to provide clarity. “Public authorities must state clearly whether transit is a function of interest to the state, or not,” Vytautas Sinius, the CEO of Siauliu Bankas, said. “We are waiting for a clarification from public authorities…
Lithuania is looking at options to backfill weapons it plans to send to Ukraine, the country’s Defence Ministry says. Speaking during a donor conference for Ukraine held in Denmark, Lithuania’s Deputy Defence Minister Margiris Abukevicius said the country could send more weapons to Kyiv if NATO agreed to backfill the depleted stocks. Lithuania has already…
Growing exports to the Indo-Pacific countries are offsetting a decline in exports to China, the Foreign Ministry has said citing statistics. “Proactive economic diplomacy and the development of a network of diplomatic missions and representatives contribute to the overall goal of diversifying trade and increasing economic resilience. The total volume of Lithuanian exports to the…
Amid regional uncertainties, Lithuanians are stocking up gold bars and coins. The head of the mint says it is often the case that investments flock to gold during crises. The only mint in the Baltic States has few gold products left in its shop, just a few gold-plated angels, coins and gold bars. “People joke…
Russia has already exhausted the limit for the transit of some sanctioned goods through Lithuania to and from Kaliningrad, so they are no longer transported by Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), the country’s state-owned railway company says. “The averages of some commodity codes for iron and steel, wood products, fertilisers, ethylene glycol, as well as…
A ban on transporting Russian coal and solid fuel through the EU came into force on August 10 under the EU’s fifth sanction package. However, the ban is subject to an exception in Lithuania under the European Commission’s clarification. A limited amount of sanctioned products can be transported by rail between mainland Russia and the…