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Spread of the virus.. A total of 20 new cases of coronavirus were reported over the weekend;
List of countries. The Ministry of Health announced over the weekend that it had updated the list of countries from which it is possible to come to Lithuania. It is valid from Monday to June 14.
Foreign:
* In Latvia, two new cases of coronavirus were registered on the last day, the total number was 1,088 and 25 people died. Eight new cases were recorded in Estonia, the total number increased to 1939, and a total of 69 deaths were recorded.
* The United States remains the country with the highest number of confirmed coronavirus infections and deaths in the world. More than 1.9 million are currently registered. cases and 109.8 thousand. deceased.
* In Belarus, 879 new cases of coronavirus were registered on the last day, the total number of cases increased to 48 thousand on Sunday. 630. A total of 269 deaths from coronavirus are reported. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday that his country had learned to deal with the coronavirus epidemic without taking extreme measures.
* In Russia, almost 9,000 were detected on the last day. new coronavirus cases, 134 more deaths were reported. A total of 467 thousand people were registered in the country. There have been 673 cases of coronavirus, 5,859 deaths in Russia since the outbreak.
Important news not related to coronavirus
* On Sunday afternoon, the Lithuanian theater and cinema actor Gediminas Girdvainis lay down on the Artists’ Hill in the Antakalnis Cemetery to rest forever.
* On Saturday, the “ordinate” began the process of liquidating the party, and a new political force was given to the Freedom and Justice Party, whose former leader of the “ordinate” Remigijus Žemaitaitis was elected president, and Artūras Paulauskas and Artūras Zuokas were they became their deputies.
* On Saturday, the Lithuanian Rifle Union elected a new commander: Col. Albertas Dapkas, and replaced Lt. Col. Gintaras Koryznas, who had been in charge of the organization since 2017.
* Hundreds of volunteers cleaned rivers and other bodies of water in the country on Saturday, making the global river cleanup campaign “River Cleanup” take place in Lithuania.
* On Sunday, the failure of the NordBalt electrical connection between Lithuania and Sweden was reported, during which the emergency power reserves of Kruonis PSHP and Estonia and Latvia were activated.
* In Pernuma County, in southwestern Estonia, two people were killed Saturday night by a man who was shooting at strangers near a service station. At least three people were injured. The suspect was arrested.
* German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview with the weekly Bild am Sonntag that his country’s relations with the United States were “complicated” and expressed concern that divisions within the United States could further increase international tensions.
* Former United States Vice President Joe Biden officially gained enough support on Friday to become a Democratic presidential candidate.
* UK police said 14 policemen were wounded in clashes after Black Lives Matter’s most peaceful demonstration in London on Saturday.
* Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced an initiative on Saturday to help end the civil war in neighboring Libya and received the approval of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the forces that control the eastern and southern parts of the country. The Egyptian leader’s plan is to declare a ceasefire in Libya starting Monday, pave the way for the elections and withdraw all foreign fighters from Libya. So far, the Egyptian initiative has not been commented in any way by the United Nations-backed National Cohesion Government (NSV), which controls the capital Tripoli.
* The French Defense Ministry said that French forces killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, an Algerian leader of the Islamic Maghreb al Qaeda (AQMI), during an operation in northern Mali.
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