Latvia has no current plans to search and send back Ukrainian men of conscription age to Ukraine, Prime Minister Evika Silina stated, BNS reports. She said that the government had not received any requests from Ukraine on the issue. Earlier, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said that Lithuania should help Ukraine…
Estonia rose two places to 6th place in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), BNS reports. Estonia scored 86.44 points on the index, which was up from 85.31 points in 2023. Latvia ranked 12th (16th) with 82.9 (83.27) points and Lithuania 13th (7th) with 81.73 (86.79) points.
Lithuania has implemented stricter controls on grain imports from Russia and other high-risk countries and territories as of 18 March 2024, BNS reports. Under the new rules, all shipments by land to the Lithuanian market or for export will be inspected. The Agriculture Ministry expects the controls to be extended to include checks on the…
The former editor of Russian propaganda channel Sputnik Lithuania, Marat Kasem (Marats Kasems), admitted that his job was to destabilise Lithuania, LSM reported. Kasem said that his work had nothing to do with journalism, but was pure propaganda under the direction of Russia’s presidential administration. He was recently released on bail from detention in Latvia….
The Baltic bank, Luminor, has appointed Wojciech Sass as its new CEO and board chairman, replacing Peter Bosek, The Baltic Times reports. Prior to his appointment, Sass served as CEO of Belgium-based Aion Bank. Previously, he has worked as CEO of Nationale-Nederlanden Poland, deputy board chairman of BNP Paribas Bank Polska, and head of Boston…
Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas will resign, the government announced, LRT reports. Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte explained that the government wanted to do “more and faster” for Lithuania’s security. Anusauskas revealed that Simonyte had offered him another post but he had refused. The minister said that the offer to swap posts was “unexpected.” Simonyte named…
The number of job vacancies rose in Lithuania but dropped in Latvia and Estonia in 2023, BNS reported. The number of vacancies increased by 5.7% in Lithuania, but decreased by 6.1% in Latvia and 14% in Estonia. Out of the total number of jobs, both occupied and vacant, the share of vacancies stood at 2.7%…
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte criticised the Hungarian and Slovakian foreign ministers for meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a forum in Antalya in Türkiye, BNS reported. Simonyte said that the meetings that Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto and Slovakia’s Juraj Blanar had with Lavrov were “a regrettable choice.” Meanwhile, speaking at a press conference…
Lithuanian farmers and grain processors are expressing increased concern over the import of Russian grain into the EU, LRT reports. Ausrys Macijauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Grain Growers Association (LGAA), noted that 12mn tonnes of Russian grain was imported into the EU in 2023, including over 3mn tonnes via Latvia and Lithuania. Macijauskas said that…