Lithuania could take over sanctioned Belarusian spa, says official
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BNS2021.04.01 09:32
Workers at the Belorus spa were left without pay after a bank froze its accounts / BNS
Lithuania may offer Minsk to take over the ownership of Belarusian state-owned spa in Druskininkai, Deputy Foreign Minister Mantas Adomėnas said on Wednesday.
According to the Lithuanian Center of Registers, Belorus spa in the southern Lithuania spa resort of Druskininkai is owned by the Management Department of the Belarusian president s administration. The department is headed by Viktor Sheyman, who is on the EU sanctions list. The Foreign Ministry is inclined to suggest [.] that Lithuania should take over the sanatorium, because it is a kind of anomaly in international relations in that Belarus has property in the territory of Lithuania, the vice-minister told the parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and Labour.
Belarusian spa in Lithuania goes to court over asset freezes
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Belorus spa in Druskininkai / D. Umbrasas/LRT
Belorus, a spa in southern Lithuania owned by the Belarusian president s office, has filed a lawsuit over asset freezes it was subjected to under the sanctions on the Minsk government.
In December, Lithuania s Swedbank froze the accounts of the Druskininkai-based spa, leaving its mostly Lithuanian workforce without pay. The bank said it was required to do so under the EU s sanctions.
The court told BNS on Friday it had not yet received the spa s request.
According to the Lithuanian Centre of Registers, Belorus is owned by the Management Department of the Belarusian president s administration. The department, headed by Viktor Sheyman, reports directly to Alexander Lukashenko.