Lithuania’s State Security Department has warned that proposals to resume the transit of Belarusian fertilisers through the port of Klaipeda would effectively circumvent European Union sanctions without reducing security threats posed by Minsk. “This would bypass sanctions, but not the threats,” State Security Department director Remigijus Bridikis said on May 26. “The regime is what…
Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said the US was pressuring Lithuania to allow the transit of Belarusian fertilisers through its territory, according to remarks made in a closed-door meeting with the Social Democratic faction. Several Social Democrats who attended the meeting confirmed the information on condition of anonymity. According to them, Budrys specifically used the word…
On March 9, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine Oleksandr Krasnolutskyi held an online meeting with the Bureau for Chemical Substance of the Republic of Poland on the development of bilateral cooperation in chemical safety. Oksana Mylianyk, an expert from the Recovery and Reform Support Team (RST), also took part in the…
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene on January 29 dismissed speculation that the United States had urged Lithuania to resume the transit of Belarusian potash fertilisers, saying the issue was being unnecessarily escalated. “We are escalating many issues that perhaps do not need to be escalated at all. One of them is the transit of fertilisers…
As soon as this year, Ukraine is launching a new electronic system that will be used by producers and importers to add full information about each beauty product. The relevant statement was made by Director of Electronic Health State Enterprise (EZdorovya) Oleksandr Yemets during eHealth Day. “The electronic information notification system on beauty products is…
Vilnius will maintain a firm stance on sanctions against Belarus, including restrictions on the transit of Belarusian potash fertilizers, despite possible international pressure, Prime Minister-designate Inga Ruginiene has said. “If we do not continue to push for sanctions and a tough stance on the aggressor, it will be bad. The United States may apply pressure,…
The US government will provide free mineral fertilisers for fieldwork in the 2024-2025 season for more than 3,300 Ukrainian agricultural producers from the frontline and de-occupied regions as part of the AGRI-Ukraine initiative. This is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. “Through the USAID AGRO Programme, a total of 6,600…