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Coronavirus situation:
* 1032 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Lithuania, 29 people died. Currently 1.7 thousand are being treated in hospitals. COVID-19 patients, 172 of whom were in resuscitation.
* President Gitanas Nausėda announced after the European Union summit that Lithuania should receive enough vaccines to vaccinate by about 70% in July. adult population of the country. According to the president, Lithuania will receive 4 million in the first and second quarters. dose.
* The Hungarian government has announced that it will buy 2 million from Russia. Sputnik V vaccine doses.
* The President of the United States, Joe Biden, who took office in the White House, tightened the rules on the use of masks and ordered a quarantine for people traveling to the United States. “A state of emergency in the country. It is time to see it that way,” said the new president of the United States.
Bankruptcy risk. Vitas Vasiliauskas, director of the Central Bank, warned that after the end of state aid in Lithuania, the number of corporate bankruptcies may increase this year and next. According to him, the number of bankruptcies dropped by 50% last year, but bankruptcies can be expected to intensify after the end of state support. According to V. Vasiliauskas, an increase in bad loans can also be expected in the future.
Lithuania standings. This year, graduates will not have to take the Lithuanian language and literature exam. The test will also not be necessary for former students from the previous year, who have applied for this year’s Lithuanian Literature and Language Maturity Exam.
Reports of violence. Representatives of the Belarusian opposition announced that three other Belarusians promise to submit an application to Lithuanian law enforcement agencies for violence against the Belarusian militia in the near future, requesting the opening of an investigation into crimes against humanity. Two of the victims are Belarusian citizens, one is a Lithuanian citizen of Belarusian origin living in Vilnius.
State revenue. The Ministry of Finance announced that the state and municipalities did not receive 920 million last year. or 8% of expected revenue. The biggest hole was due to the possibility of companies deferring taxes.
Naval situation. Russian police have warned they are ready to quell demonstrations by Alexei Navaln supporters. Several close associates of A. Navaln, including the famous activist Liubov Sobol and his representative Kira Jarmysh, have been arrested for calling them to demonstrations and face heavy fines and short prison terms. Speaking by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, called on Moscow to release Navalna.
Protest in Minsk. A man in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, was hospitalized trying to set himself on fire near a government building. A man who set himself on fire in the Plaza de la Independencia in the capital burned more than 50 percent of his body.
Arms Treaty. US President Joe Biden has offered Russia a five-year extension of the new Strategic Arms Reduction treaty (START), which limits the size of US and Russian nuclear arsenals. The Kremlin welcomed the offer. If not extended, the contract would expire on February 5. This is the last pact to limit the nuclear arsenal in force between the two countries.
Google in Australia. Google has threatened to block Australian users from accessing the company’s online search tools unless the government changes legislation that requires the internet giant to reward news providers for the content they create online. Google Australia CEO Mel Silva has warned a Senate committee in Canberra that the world’s first media law cannot be enforced and will undermine the functioning of the internet. Legislation was drafted last year to force Google and Facebook to pay local media organizations to host news content; otherwise, the Internet giants face millions in fines.
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