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Meeting. Approximately 4.5 thousand. people gathered in Vilnius Cathedral Square for a demonstration against unrestricted access for people without passports, with masks in schools, other pandemic management measures, the Association Law, the Istanbul Convention. Police arrested five people, one of whom found fireworks. The official part of the rally ended at around 3.30pm, when the organizers asked the participants to peacefully divide.
Coronavirus situation:
* 922 new cases of coronavirus were identified, 10 people died. 763 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals. Almost 4.6 thousand people were vaccinated with the first dose per day. people.
* During this week, compared to the previous one, vaccination rates remained similar: on average, 3.3 thousand people received the first dose of the vaccine per day. people, compared to the previous average of 3.5 thousand.
* After the start of contact education, the next few weeks will be more difficult due to the spread of COVID-19, warns Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys. “This phase will create additional risks and we still have a lot of unvaccinated people and unfortunately the delta is doing its job,” he says.
* The administration of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has announced that it will force companies with 100 or more employees to vaccinate all employees or test for COVID-19 on a weekly basis.
The migratory crisis. Some 50 migrants were returned to the border with Belarus, none of them were admitted to Lithuania.
Seimas session. The Seimas met for the regular fall session. Seimas spokesperson, leader of the Liberal Movement Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, identifies three main priorities for the session: decisions to be made in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the migration crisis, the social security package, the 2022 budget and related taxes. changes. The first day of the session
“Group of 15min”. Tomas Balžekas became the CEO of the companies that run the news portal “15min” and the BNS news agency. After merging the latter companies with Media Bees, T. Balžekas now manages all 15-minute joint media activities.
Photo by Gedmantas Kropio, “15 minute group” / Tomas Balžekas, “15 minute group”
The beginning of Zapad. The soldiers of Russia and Belarus have started the practical operations of the joint military exercise “Zapad 2021”. The one-week active phase of the exercise will be carried out at nine landfills in Russia and five in Belarus. Several Lithuanian representatives will observe them.
„Nord Stream 2“. Gazprom has announced the completion of Russia’s second export pipeline through the Baltic Sea to Germany’s Nord Stream 2. The Kremlin has asked Germany to give permission as soon as possible to start up the controversial pipeline that is being evaluated. Ukraine has stated that it will continue to oppose the project.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
Interview with leaders. US President Biden spoke by phone for the first time in seven months with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. As Biden said during the conversation, the United States wants to ensure “that the dynamics remain competitive and that there are no future situations of deviation from an unintentional conflict.”
Government of Lebanon. The Lebanese presidency announced that the country’s government had been formed 13 months later.
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