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Nominations of Ministers. President Gitanas Nausėda rejected the candidacies of two of the fourteen ministers: Kaspars Adomaitis for the Ministers of Transport and Dalia Miniataitė for the Ministers of Agriculture. The head of state said that the candidate for Health Minister, former Auditor General Arūnas Dulkys “left some doubts”, but decided to approve it, because Prime Minister-designate Ingrida Šimonytė took over. I. Šimonytė says he cannot yet name the names of the new candidates who will be nominated instead of those rejected.
VIDEO: Understand in an instant: G.Nausėda rejected two cabinet candidates of I.Šimonytė
Coronavirus situation:
* In Lithuania, for the second day in a row, a record of 2,514 new cases of COVID-19 has been registered: 26 patients died. 1940 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals, 139 of them in resuscitation. “The situation remains stable,” Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said of the situation in hospitals.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Aurelijus Veryga
* The government promises on Monday to negotiate a tightening of quarantine conditions. According to A. Veryga, consideration will be given to restricting the activities of the stores, to apply distance learning more widely. The minister promises to force people to wear masks in the workplace in the near future.
* Austria has launched voluntary mass testing for the coronavirus.
* A record number of coronavirus cases were again recorded in the US 210,000 were detected per day. new infections. President-elect Joe Biden has asked the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, to remain in office and contribute to his fight against COVID-19. Outgoing President Donald Trump had hinted that he would fire the expert after the election.
ZUMAPRESS.com/ A vaccine against COVID-19 developed by Moderna
* The American biotechnology company Moderna plans to produce between 100 and 125 million units in the first quarter of 2021. doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The United States will receive between 85 and 100 million euros. doses of the vaccine and the remaining 15-25 million – other countries. The company expects to produce 20 million in the United States by the end of this year. vaccine dose. Pfizer will be able to produce $ 50 million by the end of this year due to supply problems. COVID-19 vaccine dose instead of the expected 100 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Photo by Lukas April / 15 minutes / Evaldas Pašilis
Attorney General. President G. Nausėda signed a decree addressed to the Seimas on the removal of Attorney General Evaldas Pašilis after the expiration of his term. Pashilis’ five-year term ends on December 29. The president has said that he will probably not appoint E. Pašilis for the second term, but has yet to announce another candidate.
Anxiety for the Chinese. The Government’s Strategic Transaction Review Commission has started an inspection of the Chinese company Nuctech, which is involved in the public procurement of aviation security equipment announced by Lithuanian airports. Some politicians say Nuctech’s X-ray detection equipment at airports could collect passenger and baggage data that would be available to Chinese intelligence and security services under Chinese law.
LG dashboard. The outgoing Minister of Transport and Communications, Jaroslav Narkevičius, has appointed a new „Lithuanian Railways Board. The former Seimas member Virgilijus Poderys is also included in it.
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Biotechnology company. Biogen, one of the largest biotech companies in the world, has started operations in Lithuania. He intends to conduct clinical trials and other projects with local partners. Biogen opens branches in Latvia and Estonia together.
Raids in Latvia. The Latvian State Security Service has carried out raids on seven people suspected of violating the European sanctions regime. The investigation revealed data that financial resources were transferred to a person subject to sanctions for actions in Ukraine. Among those arrested are the former editor-in-chief of the Russian website Baltnews, Andrei Yakovlev and several journalists.
“Reuters” / “Scanpix” nuotr./Filmas “Buy”
Virtual premieres. Warner Bros. has announced that, in response to the pandemic, it will release all of its 2021 films, including Matrix 4 and Dune, simultaneously in theaters and via online video broadcaster HBO Max. Traditionally, major movies were initially shown only on the big screen by the movie studio because theaters were closed in much of the United States.
Inspections in mosques. French authorities have begun inspecting dozens of mosques and other Muslim places of worship suspected of spreading radical doctrines. These actions are being taken in response to a series of recent attacks by Islamists.
Situation in Belarus. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, reported that the human rights situation in Belarus continues to deteriorate. Most of the diplomats present at the meeting reiterated the concerns expressed by the Commissioner, condemning the violence of the militia and the use of harsh measures against the protesters. Still, some countries, including Russia, Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela, defended the Minsk regime.
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