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Spread of the virus. In Lithuania, one new case of coronavirus was confirmed per day: the infection was detected in a person who traveled to Barcelona. He flew back to Vilnius via Riga. Public health professionals explain to people who traveled by plane together and the risk of their contact.
Viruses in the neighborhood. Latvia has not identified any new cases of infection in the last day. The country’s interior ministry proposed forcing non-EU citizens to wear masks in closed public places for two weeks after arriving in Latvia. In Poland, 267 new cases of COVID-19 were detected per day, 12 patients died, and in Belarus, 155 new cases were confirmed and six deaths were reported.
Help in the United States. Lithuania has sent medical assistance to the United States to combat the coronavirus. 100,000 The € 1 billion package will travel to the state of Pennsylvania, with which Lithuania has close cooperation in the defense field. Shipping includes protective shields, bathrobes and Lithuanian-made lung equipment.
Focus on Poland. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis paid a visit to Poland. On Tuesday he will meet with Polish leaders and on Wednesday he will participate in the commemoration of the anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald in Grunwald. President Gitanas Nausėda will also arrive here. Lithuanian leaders will be the first guests of re-elected Polish President Andrzej Duda. Jerzy Haszczynski, foreign news editor of the Rzeczpospolita newspaper, told BNS that the current Polish government considers Lithuania a strategic partner to counter the Russian threat and is grateful for its support in the dispute with Brussels over legal reforms.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Saulius Skvernelis
Audit plans. The State Audit Office has decided to conduct an investigation to assess the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The auditors will evaluate government spending and the consistency of its actions.
New budgets. President G. Nausėda discussed next year’s national budget and negotiations on EU finances with the Prime Minister and members of the Government. According to the president, the budget for 2021 should reflect the idea of a welfare state and a new economic model, guarantee the growth of pensions by approximately 8%, increase the amount of tax-free income to at least 450 euros. Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka promises that the government will present a “safe budget” in the autumn. “We are forming a budget under conditions of great uncertainty. Government revenues have been reduced and, as a result, part of the spending will be financed with borrowed funds. We must be very careful when spending the funds, because the debts will have to be paid in any case” , the minister told reporters.
Žalgiris coach. Martin Schiller, a 38-year-old Austrian specialist, has been named head coach of the Kaunas “Žalgiris” basketball team. He has coached German clubs and most recently served as head coach of the Salt Lake City Stars team in the NBA G league.
The epic of the stadium. The Kaunas city municipality rejected the offers of both contractors in the tender for the construction of the S.Darius and S.Girėnas stadiums due to excessive prices, but continues negotiations with them and hopes to sign a contract by the end of the summer . The offers were presented by the companies Veikmės statyba and Autokausta. Under these conditions, the price of the offers cannot exceed 32 million. euros The municipality of Kaunas is looking for a new contractor for the stadium after terminating the contract with the Turkish company Kayi Construction in January.
Research at Panevėžys. The Prosecutor’s Office ended the two-year pre-trial investigation against the mayor of Panevėžys, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, regarding public procurement. The mayor says the decision confirms his suspicions that the police investigation was politicized to influence the election.
Photo by Tomas Markelevičius / 15min / R.M.Račkauskas in court
Elections in Belarus. The Belarus Central Electoral Commission has registered five presidential candidates. The commission refused to register Viktor Babaryk, considered the main competitor, due to an inadequate income statement and campaign financing. In recent weeks, many of Lukashenko’s critics and rivals have been arrested.
California is closing. In the wake of the coronavirus, the California governor ordered the reopening of indoor restaurants, movie theaters, hair salons, and places of worship. In the United States, almost 60,000 new cases of COVID-19. The virus is spreading faster on the so-called Sunny Strip, in the south of the country, from Florida to California. The quarantine has also been announced by various regions of India, with restrictions imposed on 125 million people. population in Bihar and the Information Technology Center in Bagalore.
Riots in the Caucasus. The shooting continues at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border on the third day, killing dozens of soldiers. There has been strong opposition between Nagorno-Karabakh for decades between the two southern Caucasus states, but recent clashes have erupted far from the region.
Bastille Day. France has abandoned the pompous ceremonies of the national holiday, Bastille Day, this year. A modest reception was also held at the residence of the French ambassador in Vilnius in lieu of the usual grand celebration. Among the several dozen guests here were doctors from the Vilnius Santara clinics and French soldiers stationed at the NATO battalion in Lithuania, according to Ambassador Claire Lignieres-Counathe, it is these groups that demonstrate the importance of solidarity. “Doctors have shown that they can take the front lines during the crisis, and when things calm down, they do preventive work and the soldiers do the prevention, but if necessary, they would join the front lines,” said the ambassador.
The defeat of Huawei. Britain decided to remove China’s telecommunications giant Huawei from 5G networks. This decision is a great victory for the administration of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, in his fight against China.
The British recession. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic quarantine, the British economy contracted almost a fifth in March-May compared to the previous period in December-February.
Execution in the United States. The United States carried out its first federal execution in 17 years. The injection death sentence was carried out on a former white supremacist convicted of killing three members of the same family in 1996.
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