Week in Lithuania: Bans transit of some dual-use goods via its territory; warns Budapest of delay
Lithuania asks for a 1.8-billion-euro loan from the EU’s economic recovery fund Lithuania is asking for a loan of over 1.8 billion euros…
Category: Social
More than half of food waste is generated by households and consumers, MEP says
More than half of food waste is generated by households and consumers, stresses Latvian MEP Inese Vaidere. Representatives of the politician’s office report…
WHO plans to list aspartame as a potential carcinogen
In July, the leading health organization plans to declare one of the world’s most popular artificial sweeteners – aspartame – a carcinogen, Reuters…
BNN ANALYSES | Wagner’s deployment in Belarus ahead of Nato summit would stoke tensions
Linas Jegelevičius If Wagner forces, albeit weakened, are deployed in Belarus, just across the border from Lithuania, Vilnius needs to get ready as…
Jurmala decides to increase city entry fee and make it year-long
As of the 1st of October 2023 Jurmala City entrance fee for cars will be EUR 3. On top of that, this fee…
Contraband consumption is mainly dictated by the price
23% of residents in Latvia, their friends or acquaintances have bought contraband goods this year, which is three percentage points more when compared…
Returning asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost 170 thousand pounds for each
The British government has calculated that the plan to return asylum seekers to Rwanda will be costly – 169,000 pounds per person, writes…
EU will grant funds to Estonia to upgrade rainwater drainage systems
The European Union (EU) will grant Estonia 25 million euros for the replacement of existing rainwater drainage systems, and some regions will receive…
Search for Titan ends with tragic news; experts make assumptions
The search for the Titan submarine, which lasted several days, ended with tragic news – the submarine experienced a disaster at the bottom…
