Lithuania has signed a contract to purchase new counter-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems for its armed forces, the Defense Ministry reports. The systems will be configured to detect, identify and neutralize UAVs by suppressing navigation, video transmission and control signals, the ministry said. The Defense Material Agency signed the contract with NT Service, a Lithuanian…
The Lithuanian government is considering lowering excise duty on fuel in a bid to bring down soaring gasoline and diesel prices, Deputy Finance Minister Gediminas Norkunas said on March 14. “I cannot discuss anything until measures have been approved by the cabinet, but yes, we are looking at possible measures,” Norkunas told the parliamentary Committee…
Lithuanian businesses are rushing to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine, as more than 800 companies have already offered around 8,000 jobs for Ukrainian refugees. The Lithuanian government has also simplified their employment procedures and is preparing to pay one-off settlement allowances. Svetlana Palenko came to the registration centre in Lithuania’s Alytus from the…
Lithuania’s Social Security Ministry has drafted a bill to offer social benefits for Ukrainian war refugees. “Those are extra social guarantees for people, in addition to the temporary protection mechanism,” Social Security and Labour Minister Monika Navickiene told MPs while presenting the draft amendments. Once a person is granted temporary protection in Lithuania, they will…
The Lithuanian military will buy additional Javelin anti-tank missiles, launchers and other equipment for $40 million (about 36.3 million euros), the Ministry of Defence said on March 10. On March 9, Lithuania’s Defence Materiel Agency signed a contract amendment with the US administration. Discussions are also being held with the American administration on the earliest…
Lithuania’s LNG terminal can provide the country with alternatives for Russian gas supply, but its dependence on electricity imports from Russia is “a major problem”, says Lithuanian EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius. The country should speed up its plans to disconnect from the Russia-dominated network and synchronize its grid with those of Western Europe, he said…
The Lithuanian government may delay presenting a planned tax reform and, even if the bill reaches the parliament during its spring session, implementing the changes may be pushed back until a much later date. Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said that she basically agreed that “such issues must be discussed rationally and pragmatically, considering the evolving…