SocietyParliament advocates more emergency measures to ease the pressure of rapidly rising energy prices on European households and businesses. The EU helps to improve public health through funding and legislation on a wide range of topics, such as food, diseases, clean air and more. Starting November – more opportunities for Lithuanian public transport passengers with individual needs2022-10-07, 10:04The Ministry of Transport and Communications aims to make public transport in Lithuania convenient for every passenger without exception. Therefore, as of 1 November, public transport vehicles – buses, trolleybuses and passenger ships – registered for the first time will have to be adapted for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility. This is foreseen in the description of the requirements for the adaptation of public transport vehicles for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility, approved by the Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis. To improve the global protection of endangered species, Parliament demands stepping up the fight against illegal trafficking of wild fauna and flora. Vilnius Airport announces that it has achieved significant recognition from the international environmental programme Airports Carbon Accreditation (ACA). Lithuania's largest airport has managed to reduce its average carbon dioxide emissions per passenger by more than a third in just a few years. This and the results of various other environmental projects have enabled the airport to reach the third stage of the international programme (“optimisation”), the best rating among Baltic States' airports. Parliament approved new measures strengthening the EU’s capacity to prevent and control the outbreak of communicable diseases and tackle cross-border health threats. On September 30 the Ministry of National Defence signed a contract to acquire kamikaze drones for Ukraine: the MoD will mediate to procure Warmate loitering ammunition systems from Poland’s WB Group with the money crowdfunded by the people of Lithuania. The equipment will then be transferred to Ukraine. Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on September 19 – 25, 20222022-10-01, 16:36On September 19-25 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled 3 times to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea flying in violation of international aviation flight rules. The Lithuanian representative becomes the new Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union2022-09-30, 13:56The new leadership of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was elected at the plenary session of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Bucharest (Romania) this Thursday – Tomas Lamanauskas became the Deputy Secretary-General for the 2023-2026 term. This is the first time in the country’s history that a representative of Lithuania has been elected to such a high position in the United Nations Organisation. The American representative, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, was elected the new Secretary-General of the ITU. Deputy Minister J. Skačkauskas scheduled to participate in the ICAO Assembly session in Canada and meet with the heads of the Transport Canada2022-09-29, 14:51Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Julius Skačkauskas is visiting Canada this week, where he will participate in the session of the Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of the United Nations, which will define new aviation standards and raise relevant issues regarding flight safety; he is also scheduled to meet with the heads of the Transport Canada and discuss the diversification of logistics supply chains and the possibilities of closer cooperation between the countries. |
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