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Coronavirus situation:
* There were 1,433 new cases of COVID-19 and 14 deaths per day, the majority since the beginning of the pandemic. 900 patients are treated in hospitals and 72 in resuscitation. New cases have been identified in hospitals and focal care centers.
* The government allowed all kindergarten and elementary school children to go without masks during the educational process. It was previously stipulated that children from the age of six must wear masks.
* The European Commission has approved an agreement with BioNTech-Pfizer for a possible coronavirus vaccine. Once the vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in combating COVID-19, Member States will be able to purchase € 200 million under the agreement. vaccine dose. It is also possible to acquire 100 million. dose in addition.
Photo by 123RF.com / COVID-19 Vaccine
* The Czech Republic, which has recently recorded the highest incidence of coronavirus in Europe, has announced that it will allow primary school children to return to school in a week as the situation gradually begins to improve. On Tuesday, about 9 thousand. new cases, and during the peak this number exceeded 15 thousand. More than 5,300 people have already died from coronavirus in the Czech Republic, which has almost four times the population of Lithuania.
* Russia has announced that its Sputnik V vaccine has shown 92 percent in preliminary studies. efficiency. The Russians say the vaccine has been tested on 16,000. people.
* Approximately 2,000. people organized a protest against the ruling palace of Ukraine against the weekend restrictions that are being considered. To control the COVID-19 outbreak, the government is considering allowing only grocery stores and pharmacies to operate on weekends. The demonstration was mainly attended by restaurant and cinema owners who asked to be allowed to continue working on weekends.
Astravo power plant. Lithuania delivered a note to Minsk requesting official information about the incident at the Astrava nuclear power plant on Sunday, its causes and impact on the plant’s start-up process and nuclear safety.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Astravo Nuclear Power Plant
Elder of the Social Democrats. The president of the Social Democratic Party, Gintautas Paluckas, lost the election of the eldest of the Seimas faction. In the new Seimas, the Social Democrats will be led by Algirdas Sys. He was supported by seven members of the future faction and G. Paluckas by six. G.Paluckas will be appointed Vice President of the Seimas.
Find on the lake. Archaeologists and divers have discovered the remains of a 16th century soldier in Lake Asveja. A sword, long leather boots with well-preserved pentines, two blades and remnants of straps were found attached to it. This case is unique and the first in Lithuania.
Good for Vilnius. The Lithuanian Supreme Court allocated 500,000 LTL to the municipal administration of the city of Vilnius. a fine of 1 million euros for infractions in the tender for the reconstruction of the intersection of Liepkalnio, Žirnių streets and the Minsk highway when evaluating the companies’ tenders.
The rental of K. Brazauskienė. The government paid the signatory’s widow’s rent to President Algirdas Brazauskas’s widow, Kristina Brazauskienė. Over a ten-year period, K. Brazauskienė should receive around 37 thousand. 331 EUR per month thereafter.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Kristina Brazauskienė
The budget deficit. The Governor of the Central Bank of Lithuania, Vitas Vasiliauskas, stated that he saw the risks that the general government deficit forecast for 2021 will exceed the current budget plan of 5%. indicator of gross domestic product. He told reporters that the draft budget does not include expenditures that could be used to fight the coronavirus pandemic next year, as well as uncertainties about the planned funds from the European Union’s economic recovery fund.
EU budget. The European Parliament and Member States have agreed on a $ 1 trillion EU budget for 2021-2027. The deal unlocks 750 billion. a package of financial instruments for the pandemic.
Tensions in Warsaw. Thousands of Polish nationalists marched in Warsaw to mark Independence Day, despite police bans on not gathering due to the risk of coronavirus. Most of them did not wear masks. The police reported incidents with “gangsters”. The mayor of the Polish capital, Rafal Trzaskowski, banned the march this year. November 11 is a public holiday in Poland, commemorating the restoration of independence in 1918.
Protests in Armenia. More than 2,000 people gathered in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Protesters demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian over a peace agreement with Azerbaijan under which he was involved in a military conflict over the territory occupied by Nagorno-Karabakh. The protesters called the Armenian prime minister a traitor.
AFP / „Scanpix“ nuotr./Protestuotojai Jerevane
Repression in Hong Kong. Editors from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy wing have announced their resignation following the removal of four of their colleagues from the city assembly. They lost office when Beijing allowed local authorities to remove the deputies after considering them a threat to national security.
Elections in the United States. Democrats in the United States secured at least 218 out of 435 seats in the House of Representatives for another two years. However, there is a high probability that Republicans will maintain control of the Senate. Meanwhile, more than a week after the election, Donald Trump continues to demonstrate his determination not to leave the White House, saying it will soon become clear that he won the election. The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, called the behavior shameful.
LGBT rights. The Hungarian government has submitted amendments to the law to parliament that would prevent same-sex adoption. The project proposes that “the mother is a woman and the father a man”, that only married couples can adopt and that the upbringing of Hungarian children is defined as based on Christian culture. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Hungary, but adoption was possible if requested by one of the partners.
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