SocietyThe NordBalt power interconnection between Lithuania and Sweden is back in service after a two-week scheduled maintenance outage. With electricity prices staying at high levels, electricity flows from Lithuania to Sweden during certain hours. Ever heard of pangolins? Chances are you will never have a chance to see them up close. These mammals are the most trafficked worldwide and like rhinos and elephants are now on the brink of extinction. It's another example of wildlife trafficking poses a serious threat to the survival of our ecosystems. MEPs debate a report by Catherine Bearder on how EU and its members states should step up their efforts to combat wildlife trafficking on Wednesday 23 November, followed by a vote the next day. From 27 March, there will be more Lufthansa airline flights from Vilnius Airport to Frankfurt: aeroplanes will fly to this destination three times a day. More flights are planned according to de minimis aid of Lithuania from the air routes development fund. The flights are and will be conducted from Monday to Friday. International conference on energy innovations and industry exhibition "Innovative Energy Solutions for Military Application" IESMA 2016 was held in Vilnius2016-11-19, 12:42On November 16-18 a conference and industry exhibition "Innovative Energy Solutions for Military Application" IESMA 2016 organised by the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence and the State Military Scientific Technical Centre "DELTA" of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia took place at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre, LITEXPO. Lithuania's agricultural product processing company Kauno Grudai (Kaunas Grain) has established a subsidiary in Estonia and is looking to start processing grain in that country. During the summer season of 2017, there will be more daily flights from Vilnius to Warsaw, so travellers to far-away lands will be able to plan their trips much better. “LOT” airlines will offer five daily flights from Vilnius to Warsaw Chopin Airport, from which over 50 airlines conduct flights to 300 cities all over the world. 1st Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader’s Course to be held in Lithuania by the US rotational forces2016-11-16, 18:292nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Lithuania) conducts the “1st Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader’s Course” in Rukla training Area (Lithuania). The United States Embassy has called for an explanation of how the semi-automatic weapons M14 used by US snipers and donated to Lithuania's Armed Forces ended up in the hands of private individuals. Inspectors of the Food and Veterinary Service have found the highly dangerous verotoxigenic strain of E. Coli bacteria in sausages made by Lithuanian meatpacking company Biovela UAB Mesos Perdirbimo Pagalynos (Biovela). For an investment of 4.31 bln euros, which could come from private sources and as income from the sale of pollution credits, Estonia could fully switch to renewable energy by 2030. |
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