Lithuania will send troops to the Polish-Belarusian border – – There may be from a thousand to 5 thousand illegal migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border, it was calculated in Lithuania. Lithuania is sending its troops to the border between Poland and Belarus due to the influx of migrants. About it informs RIA Novosti on Monday, … Read more
China on Saturday warned Lithuania and European officials not to sever relations due to Taiwan and Lithuania’s decisions to open missions. China “strongly opposes” official contacts between Taiwan and countries with diplomatic relations with China, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said. “We call on the Lithuanian government to honor the political promises made in establishing … Read more
Chinese unrecognized Taiwanese representatives and businessmen, together with dozens of people, are arriving in our neighboring country today, October 27. Beijing has warned in advance that joining Taiwan could be costly for Lithuania. Lithuania has long been alienated from forums and various dealings with China, but today, with the arrival of the Taiwanese Representation in … Read more
Eastern Europe 6-8/2012)”>- – Eastern Europe 6-8/2012Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel (eds.)Berlin (BWV) 2012 [= Osteuropa 6-8/2012]560 p., 15 maps, 53 ills.Price: € 32.00ISBN: 978-3-8305-3110-4 Contents and abstracts in English contents Marija LipmanDouble polarizationFull textRussia’s divided society Vladimir Gel’manCracks in the systemRussia’s Authoritarianism 2012 Richard SakwaAnatomy of a blockageFull textStandstill in the dual state of Russia … Read more
Poland in early September declared a state of emergency on the border with Belarus in an effort to counter the pressure of migrants. Asked whether Poland had reacted too slowly, when it was known that Lithuania was already solving similar problems, Kaczyński replied that the matter had been known long before the state of emergency … Read more
During the first reading, the Lithuanian Seimas supported the proposal that citizens unvaccinated against coronavirus should pay for testing on their own. According to the draft, the new rule may come into force as early as December 1. – The corresponding bill was supported by 64 deputies, 20 opposed and another 20 abstained. In accordance … Read more
Photo: Getty Lithuania may introduce a four-day working week for civil servants – – The innovation will apply only to employees of state and municipal enterprises. The Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament Viktoria Chmilyte-Nielsen proposed to establish a four-day working week for employees of the state and municipal sector, who earlier return from parental leave. … Read more
Lithuania has received almost 30 million euros from the European Commission (EC) to deal with the influx of migrants on the border with Belarus, the Lithuanian government has announced. This funding is intended to cover the costs of accommodation and basic needs of migrants who have entered Lithuania illegally from Belarus, the Lithuanian Ministry of … Read more
Фото: Getty Images Surgeons in Lithuania remove nails from patient’s stomach – – Within a month after giving up alcohol, the man swallowed metal objects. Some of the items recovered during the operation were up to 10 cm long. In Lithuania, at the Klaipeda University Hospital, doctors removed more than a kilogram of nails, screws, … Read more
A report from its National Cyber Security Center prompted the Defense Ministry Lithuanian Arvydas Anusauskas, encouraged his people to get rid of their smartphones of Chinese manufacture. The report concludes that there is a capacity for the remote activation of a censorship mode. Xiaomi smartphones targeted Research on smartphones on “Free Tibet”, “Taiwan Independence” or … Read more