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Migration crisis:
* Lithuanian border guards returned 150 people who tried to cross the state border in illegal places to Belarus. Illegal immigrants were not allowed into Lithuania for the third day in a row. In the last three days, the Latvian authorities have detained 160 people who have entered the country illegally through the border with Belarus and Poland: 349.
* President Gitanas Nausėda met with the heads and officials of the institutions that guard the state border and thanked them for their work. He said he saw significant progress in reducing illegal migration, but said the crisis could not yet be considered resolved.
* The Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė has signed an order according to which illegal immigrants who agree to return to their homeland will be able to buy plane tickets and receive aid of 300 euros.
* The Minister stated that efforts were being made in Lithuania to guarantee the rights of migrants and asked that questions about their treatment should not be raised in Lithuania but in Belarus. “Human rights issues are not a problem in Lithuania. Lithuania is really doing everything possible to ensure that those human rights are guaranteed as far as possible. The biggest problems today are in Belarus, where the regime does not respect any rights. human, “he said.
Coronavirus situation:
* 287 new cases of coronavirus were identified, three people died. 300 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals, 39 of them in resuscitation. 1,120 people received the first dose of coronavirus last day. The number of new diseases in 14 days is 100,000. the population increased to 191 cases.
* The president said that the restrictions the government is considering were “intimidating enough,” but would not be necessary if people were actively vaccinated, and the increased activity of vaccinators shows that they are working.
* Passenger carriers have warned that they will not be able to verify that all passengers have access passports if the Government adopts restrictions to that effect.
* In France, despite protests, the list of activities that require a COVID certificate has been expanded: from now on it will be necessary for cafes or long-distance trains.
Prices on the rise. In Lithuania, compared with June, in July it was 0.7 percent. annual inflation compared to July 2020 – 4.7 percent. The prices of consumer goods and services in Lithuania are rising for the seventh month in a row.
Commemoration. The anniversary of last year’s presidential elections in Belarus was commemorated in Vilnius. Foreign Minister Gabriel Landsberg called on the EU to impose new sanctions on Belarus and not recognize the decisions of authoritarian President Aliaksandr Lukashenko, and opposition leader Sviatlana Cichanouskaya said it had “legitimized the regime over the years. years”. In the evening, an action is organized in Lukiškės square to support the Belarusian opposition and civil society.
Disaster in Latvia. The historic restored Antanas Gustaitis ANBO II plane crashed in Latvia on Sunday. The owner of the plane, Arvydas Šabrinskas, died and Valdas Černius, who flew with him, ended up in hospital.
Courier protest. Couriers from the Wolt food and other goods delivery company gathered to protest in Vilnius, blocking traffic in Užupis for five minutes. They demanded the abolition of the new payment model, which they said would reduce the income of exporters.
Lukashenko lecture. A year after the opposition and the western presidential elections, Lukashenko held a press conference. Reflexes:
* The Belarusian leader said he could leave the presidency “very soon”, but said there was no need to speculate on the deadlines. According to Lukashenko, the heir’s question is “the most difficult” for him.
* Denied that the country’s security services were responsible for the death of Belarusian activist Vitaly Shyshov in Ukraine.
* According to him, Minsk is ready to resume dialogue with Vilnius, but without preconditions.
* Lukashenko also stated that the country is ready to direct the export of potash fertilizers that are currently exported through Klaipeda to Russian ports, first of all, Murmansk.
Climate report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has announced that the 1.5-degree warming limit set by the Paris Climate Agreement will be exceeded around 2030, a decade earlier than expected just three years ago. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the report was “to announce the death penalty for coal and other fossil fuels before it destroys our planet.”
“Reuters” / “Scanpix” nuotr./Antonio Guterresas
Lost. A prominent Soviet dissident and Russia’s first ombudsman, Sergei Kovalev, died at the age of 92.
Fires. The European Union has activated its civil protection mechanism to help Greece and other Mediterranean countries fight forest fires. In Northern California, meanwhile, the massive Dixie fire has become the second largest wildfire in state history. It was announced that smoke from increasingly violent fires in Siberia had reached the North Pole.
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