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Representatives of the Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Polish and Ukrainian governments responsible for tourism policy signed an agreement in Vilnius on Friday to strengthen ties in developing tourism in the region and to help Ukraine revitalise its tourism ecosystem.

As the flows of refugees have decreased, the Ministry of the Interior decided to accommodate the Ukrainian citizens in temporary accommodation centres in Alytus and Kaunas cities. Vilnius City takes care about transportation of the newly arrived war refugees from Vilnius to Alytus or Kaunas. Besides, the passenger carriage company “LTG Link” offers free transportation on local routes in Lithuania to the Ukrainian citizens. The Ukrainian citizens who want to make use of free transportation will need to show their Ukrainian passport or persona identity card (birth certificate in case of children).

The new rules aim to ensure that all kinds of products in the EU, whether sold online or in traditional shops, comply with the highest safety requirements.

A delegation from the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, led by Chair Norbert Lins, will travel to the Polish-Ukrainian border on 20-21 June 2022.

From 30 May to 3 June 2022, a delegation led by Vice-Minister Albinas Zananavičius and Vice-Minister Inga Žilienė had a working visit to the USA. The purpose of the visit was to finalise the coordination of the practical development aspects of a model for the transition of the Lithuanian energy sector to 100% renewable energy. To this end, the Lithuanian energy delegation went to Denver, Colorado, to meet with the representatives of the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory under the US Department of Energy, who, in cooperation with the Lithuanian Energy.

The City of Vilnius has approved the principles of the project proposals for the Multifunctional Health, Education, Culture and Business Support Centre Complex prepared by the authors of the project – „Populous“ the architectural firm of the USA and the „Cloud architektai“ from Lithuania, as improved in accordance with the comments received during the review.

In mid-May, a public procurement for design services was completed and a contract was signed with the design companies Maspro and the Latvian company Nams, whose representatives will have to design and prepare the necessary documents for the construction of two business complexes at Vilnius and Kaunas Airports. The value of design works is 224,000 euros (excluding VAT). After the design phase, construction work is expected to begin in mid-2023.

The first batch containing 6 tons of glazed units and sheets for window glazing from Vilnius reached Kyiv suburb Borodyanka yesterday – the city residents and companies answered to the call of Mayor Remigijus Šimašius and collected these items in three weeks.

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