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Lithuanian officers to hold radioactive explosion tabletop exercise

August 6, 2018 BNS 0

Officers from the Lithuanian interior system will carry out a tabletop exercise in September on how to respond to an explosion of a radioactive bomb during a mass gathering. […]

PM to set up crisis centre under Government

December 19, 2016 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to set up a Crisis Management Centre under the government, which would be activated in case of an emergency. […]

Government commission decides against national state of emergency in Utena

August 8, 2014 ELTA EN 0

At a meeting on Friday the Emergency Commission of the Lithuanian Government decided against declaring a national state of emergency due to African swine fever (ASF) in Utena district. […]

On the “Farmers’” manoeuvres – it’s not Karbauskis’ whims, but part of a larger strategy

May 5, 2021 0

Political scientists note that the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) plans to increasingly distance themselves from the ruling bloc’s initiatives aren’t the fulfilment of party chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ whims, Leonardas Marcinkevičius writes in lrytas.lt. […]

Defence

Bankruptcy of JSC Baltic Defence Industries in Lithuania

May 3, 2021 0

The Lithuanian defence industry is quite small and produces mostly tier 2 and tier 3 type products. Most of the production goes for export, which comprises around one percent of all the state export. Two […]

Urbonaitė : I don‘t see anyone willing to burn their political careers

April 29, 2021 0

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s statement that upon feeling that the Conservatives Seimas group no longer backs her, she would question her continued leadership of the cabinet has stirred significant emotions and debate. The statement was […]

5G networking rapidly developing across Lithuania: controls tightened, politicians’ eyes turn to Huawei

April 28, 2021 0

With 5G connectivity being developed around the country, the government looks at its regulation. The ruling bloc has proposed to judge the new technology’s implementation by way of national security criteria and prohibit access to […]

The opposition carriage might not hold up – internal bickering has dug a deep crisis pit

April 26, 2021 0

Mutual bickering might be an even more important and time-consuming activity than opposing the ruling block. After going down this path, it appears that the Seimas opposition might be unable to escape it until the […]

VIP Terminal at Vilnius Airport sees record growth in demand

April 26, 2021 0

There was a demand growth of record-high speed in the first quarter of 2021 in the Vilnius Airport’s new VIP terminal, which was opened back in 2020. During the first three months of 2021, 777 […]