The Lithuanian Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense (NSDC) on Wednesday approved a provision according to which Russians and Belarusians traveling to Russia and Belarus more than once every three months will lose their temporary residence permit in Lithuania, reports LRT. Five committee members were in favor of this provision, two were against it … Read more
If Belarusians do not comply with the restrictions, the Department proposes to revoke their residence permit, LRT reports. Two of the six border crossings with Belarus have remained open since March. However, according to politicians, this has not led to a decrease in the number of visits to the country. Currently, 60,000 Belarusians live in … Read more
At the next meeting of the board of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), which will take place on April 18, it is planned to consider the possibility of terminating cooperation with enterprises exporting to Russia and Belarus, said Chairman of the Board of the LCCI Janis Endzins. He noted that the LCCI … Read more
Oleksandr Lukashenko spoke about the preparation of Belarus for war during a working trip to the city of Grodno near the border with Poland. it is said in a statement from his press service. “We are preparing for war, I speak frankly about it. “If you want peace, prepare for war” – I did not … Read more
Last week, Alexander Lukashenko visited a military training ground in the Grodno region, near the border with Lithuania, where one of the tank battalions is stationed. The leader of Belarus had a conversation there with one of the commanders. They talked about the hypothetical capture of the Suwałki corridor. Did Lukashenko want to arouse fear? … Read more
“Finally putting an end to this after many years of dependence on transit of Russian origin is in the interests of Latvia’s security and growth,” Brishkens noted. He said that at the meeting, the Ministry of Transport proposed five priority areas on how to specifically reorient the Latvian ports and logistics industry, namely: cargo flows … Read more
“So we can treat it accordingly. We need to know clearly what they want. And how much time do they blather about the Suwalki corridor and how many kilometers to Russia, to the Kaliningrad region from our borders,” says Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in a video recording, while at a military base in the Ashmyany … Read more
The European Commission, as announced last night by President Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed to increase duties on imports into the EU of cereals, oilseeds and derived products from Russia and Belarus, including wheat, corn and sunflower flour (used for animal feed). The tariffs, although high enough to essentially suppress these imports into the … Read more