Lithuania still has weapons it could send to Ukraine, Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupsys said on April 26. “We are looking at what other options there are. There are still some, and we are still discussing with the key allies possible supply lines to rebuild that capability if we give it to Ukraine,”…
Ireland’s budget airline Ryanair is set to launch around a dozen new direct routes from Lithuania this summer. This will bring the total number of destinations from Lithuania to 50, Dara Brady, director of marketing, digital and communications for Ryanair, told a press conference on April 26. The new direct destinations are Aalborg, Brussels, Budapest,…
Ukrainian business owners and prospective entrepreneurs will be able to take out government-subsidized loans to start businesses in Lithuania, the Economy Ministry said on April 25. “We are giving the Ukrainians an opportunity to get loans with 30% lower interest rates for starting a business. This will make it easier for them to settle in…
A large liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from the United States, the third this month, arrived in the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda on April 24. Klaipedos Nafta, the operator of Klaipeda LNG terminal, said last week the Singaporean-flagged BW Pavilion Aranthera tanker would deliver 138,000 cubic meters of LNG. The tanker came from the LNG…
Lithuania has signed a contract, worth 12 million euros, to build a workshop for infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) in Rukla, Jonava district. The workshop, which would repair armoured tracked and wheeled vehicles, trucks and equipment, would be built in the territory of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion, the Defence Ministry announced in…
The European Commission has adopted its Partnership Agreement with Lithuania, laying down an investment strategy in the country worth 6.4 billion euros in cohesion policy funding for the period 2021-2027. Compared to the period of 2014-2020, the amount decreased by approximately one-fourth, according to Lithuania’s European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius. “We received approximately 8.4 billion euros…
Lithuania has sent heavy mortars worth tens of millions of euros to Ukraine, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “We’ve transferred heavy mortars to Ukraine as aid,” Anusauskas said. “I won’t give the number, but we’ve transferred quite a few of them.” According to the minister, Lithuania has already sent to Ukraine not only Stinger…