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Coronavirus situation:
* In Lithuania, a total of 92 new cases of coronavirus were detected in the last two days, the total number of cases increased to 3335.
* Six more cases were diagnosed Sunday morning in Vilnius Gabija Progymnasium, a class of students fell ill. These cases will be included in the statistics released Monday. A total of eight Covid-19 infections have already been identified in this gym.
* One person died in Kaunas, he belonged to the age risk group and had comorbidities. The death toll from the Covid-19 infection rose to 87.
* The incidence is also increasing in neighboring countries. In the last two days, 15 cases of coronavirus have been detected in Latvia and 44 in Estonia.
* In Russia, almost 11 thousand were detected in two days. new cases of COVID-19, 213 people died.
* 1,541 new cases were confirmed in the Czech Republic on Saturday, the most days since the pandemic began. Health Minister Adam Voitech acknowledged that “no one expected” such a jump.
* In France, more than 10,000 are recorded per day. new cases of coronavirus infection with COVID-19, mainly since mass testing began in the country.
* Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca announced on Saturday that it had resumed testing of the COVID-19 vaccine after obtaining permission from UK regulators following a breakdown caused by illness in a UK volunteer. AstraZeneca is among nine companies currently in the final stages of testing vaccines in development.
Žuvintas Reserve. The Ministry of the Environment promises to amend the legislation without leaving ambiguities regarding the prohibition of bird hunting in the Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve; Safeguards are promised to be included in hunting standards currently being developed. Arūnas Pranaitis, director of the Directorate of the Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve, expressed concern about the open legal gaps.
Disinformation. The events in Belarus led to a significant increase in disinformation in August, with more than 200 reported, the Ministry of National Defense (MoD) said on Saturday. Most of the cases of misleading information are related to the official position of Lithuania and its main leaders regarding the situation in Belarus.
Situation in Belarus:
* About 100,000 people gathered on Independence Avenue in downtown Minsk on Sunday. Participants in the protest called for the hero’s march, witnesses said. Law enforcement officers are arresting people in Minsk again on Sunday, and several dozen people have already been arrested Sunday night.
* Maryja Kalesnikava, a Belarusian opposition detainee, was transferred to another detention center on Saturday from Minsk to Zodzina, Hleb Hermannuk, spokesperson for former presidential candidate Viktor Babaryka, told Interfax. It is not clear why M. Kalesnikava was transferred from Minsk to the first interrogation in solitary confinement.
* The Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition will continue its work after the arrest or expulsion of almost all members of its presidium, the council’s press service said on Saturday. It is also stated that the composition of the Presidium will not change.
* The strike committee of Belaruskalij, the world’s largest producer of potash fertilizers, whose strike was declared illegal by a Belarusian court the day before, stated its intention to continue the protests in the form of an indefinite strike.
* Belarus has withdrawn its troops from the western border, but will monitor NATO activity and respond appropriately to the situation on the border, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Chrenin said on Saturday after a meeting with the president.
Elections in Russia. When protests broke out in the Far East, the coronavirus pandemic intensified the economic crisis and the noise of the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navaln, local governors and assemblies were elected in Russia’s 41st region, and elections were held. partial in four regions.
Threaten the answer. Russia will respond to possible new Western sanctions against opposition activist Alexei Navaln, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday. Navalnas, 44, one of President Vladimir Putin’s main critics, is suspected of being poisoned by the nerve-crippling material of the Novičiok group.
Historic negotiations in Doha. In Doha, the capital of Qatar, historic peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban began on Saturday to end a 19-year war. This process is important for a lasting peace, which will also allow US and NATO forces to withdraw from Afghanistan after nearly 19 years.
The Golden Lion. The top award at the annual Venice Film Festival – “Golden Lion” – went to the film “Land of the Nomads” by Chinese director Chloe Zhao (Kloe Zhao) on Saturday. She became the first woman in a decade to win this award.
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