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Coronavirus situation:
* 105 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania per day, one person died, belonged to the risk group due to age. Most of the new cases were registered in Kaunas, Šiauliai and Vilnius counties. 118 people are being treated for coronavirus in hospitals, seven of them in resuscitation. Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga promises that the scope of the investigation on health and social care employees will be expanded in high-risk municipalities. In Latvia, 21 cases of infection were detected per day, in Estonia – 67 cases.
* Police reported that 53 people were fined in Lithuania last week for violations of self-isolation and 14 for not wearing masks. These violations are administratively punishable and generally amount to several hundred euros.
* The number of confirmed coronavirus victims worldwide has exceeded one million. Most of the victims: more than 200 thousand. – recorded in the United States. Below is a list of Brazil, India, Mexico, and Great Britain.
* The German government has expressed serious concern about the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Now around 2,000 are detected in Germany per day. new cases of infection. According to the media, Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned her party members that the number of cases per day could rise to 19,000 if trends do not change. Until christmas.
* The government of Ukraine has decided not to extend the temporary ban on foreigners introduced a month ago. Ukraine’s borders to foreigners were closed for a month on August 28 due to a record number of new COVID-19 cases.
Historical visit. President Gitan Nauseda and Vilna-based Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouskaya called on French President Emmanuel Macron, who is coming to Lithuania, to take on the role of mediator in resolving the political crisis in Belarus. Nausėda and Macron also promise to discuss relations with Russia in detail. The bilateral meeting of the presidents in Vilnius will begin on Monday at 6 pm 30 minutes, on Tuesday, E. Macron will meet with the academic community at Vilnius University and visit the French soldiers serving in Rukla.
Economic prospects. The Bank of Lithuania has announced that the country’s economic recession this year should be less than previously anticipated. According to the central bank, the country’s economy will contract 2 percent this year and next year’s GDP growth is expected to reach 3.1 percent. “The economic slowdown in Lithuania in the first half of this year was less than in most countries. The main factors that determine it are related to the situation of our exports, the lower spread of the virus, the recovery of consumption with the sufficient speed and the favorable structure of the industry, ”said Vitas Vasiliauskas, Governor of the Bank of Lithuania.
Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia continue military action in Nagorno-Karabakh. The conflict that broke out on Sunday has already claimed the lives of at least 68 people, including nine civilians. Both sides use heavy artillery. Azerbaijan announces that it has occupied several important sites in Nagorno-Karabakh. There is concern that the struggle between Muslim Azerbaijan and Christian Armenia could involve Russia and Turkey.
S. Aleksijevič išvykimas. The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Belarusian writer Sviatlana Alexeyevich, left for Germany early Monday morning. The deputy writer states that she left Belarus for personal reasons and that the trip is not related to the criminal case of the Coordination Council formed by S. Cichanouskaya, whose chairmanship is owned by S. Aleksiyevich.
D. Short rates. The New York Times reported that Donald Trump had paid little or no federal income tax for many years before becoming president of the United States. The newspaper claims to have received more than 20 years of tax returns. According to the publication, in 2016, when he won the presidential election, Trump paid just $ 750 in federal income taxes. You paid the same amount in 2017, and 10 of the previous 15 years you did not pay any federal income tax because you stated that you had lost much more money than you earned. Trump, who is seeking reelection, called the article “completely bogus fictitious news.” Mr. Trump himself has refused to publish his tax returns.
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