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Lithuania investigates missing 20 train cars of PPE supplies from China 1 PPE arriving in Lithuania from China, 2020. / D. Umbrasas/LRT On Thursday, the Lithuanian Health Ministry turned to law-enforcement bodies over missing personal protective equipment (PPE) worth 912,000 euros. We, together with the Health Emergency Situations Center s team, have asked the Prosecutor General s Office to launch legal proceedings with the aim to identify the causes of this shortage and those responsible for it, Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys told reporters. The missing PPE are part of a 24-million-euro order from China, according to the minister. Almost 850,000 items – goggles, medical caps and masks, and disposable gowns and gloves – are missing, he said, adding this is an amount equivalent to around 20 railroad cars. ....
Travel ban disrupts postal services between UK and Lithuania 16 Lithuanian Post (Lietuvos paštas) / E. Blaževič/LRT Postal deliveries between Lithuania and the United Kingdom face serious disruptions after a number of countries closed their borders to the UK over a new strain of the coronavirus. Lietuvos Paštas (Lithuanian Post) has warned of delays in parcel deliveries to and from the United Kingdom amid transport restrictions. “We have been shipping parcels to the UK not only by air but also by land for some time now,” Norbertas Žioba, head of marketing and sales at the state postal company, said in a statement. ....
Polish dilemma, Baltic unity, and China bullying: interview with Lithuania s new foreign minister 114 Gabrielius Landsbergis / E. Blaževič/LRT How will Lithuania balance between Brussels and Poland? What can Vilnius do for the Belarusian opposition, and why did the reference to Taiwan disappear from the government s programme? Vaidotas Beniušis from the Baltic News Service (BNS) presses Lithuania s new Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on these and other issues. What will you do differently from your predecessor Linas Linkevičius? Lithuania s foreign policy is based on consensus, and no big leaps should be expected between elections. [.] The fundamental principles – the transatlantic partnership, good relations with neighbours that respect the rule of law – remain in place. So does our approach to the threats we continue to face – our neighbours to the east and [countries] further to the east. ....