#Latvia's Ministry of #Transport supports the resumption of passenger #train traffic between Latvia and #Lithuania. The ministry said that the priority was reopening the route from #Riga via #Daugavpils to #Vilnius.

https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-transport-ministry-supports-reopening-latvia-lithuania-passenger-train-traffic/

#Lithuania's #Transport Minister Marius Skuodis hopes that state-owned passenger #train operator LTG Link open a regular connection between #Vilnius and #Latvia's capital #Riga in 2024. Skuodis discussed the possibility with LTG Link's CEO, Linas Bauzys.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-vilnius-riga-train-service-may-be-launched-in-2024-minister/

Lithuania’s Transport Minister Marius Skuodis hopes that a passenger train service between Vilnius and Riga will be up and running as early as 2024.

Early this year, the ministers of the three Baltic countries agreed to look for possibilities to launch passenger train services between Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn sooner than 2030, the expected completion date of the Rail Baltica railway line

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2061297/vilnius-riga-train-service-may-be-launched-next-year-lithuanian-minister

#Baltics #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Vilnius #Riga #Tallinn #Rail #RailBaltica

Agile Lean Europe 2023 #unconference starting in Vilnius #vilnius #ALE2023

#Lithuania's #Vilnius #University has fired Russian professor Andrey Desnitsky, who earlier denied the #Soviet #occupation of the #Baltic States. His work was funded by an international philanthropic family foundation.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-vilnius-university-fires-russian-professor-who-denied-soviet-occupation/

A Russian army lieutenant who took part in #Russia's war in #Ukraine has fled to #Lithuania. He was detained at #Vilnius bus station, after which he applied for #asylum.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-russian-army-lieutenant-applies-for-asylum/

Protesters in #Lithuania's capital, #Vilnius, asked the government to protect the #Kedainiai-based fertiliser plant, #Lifosa, from closure. The company's indirect owner, Russian businessman Andrey Melnichenko, is under EU #sanctions.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-protesters-ask-government-to-protect-fertiliser-producer-lifosa/

#Lithuania's national #startup ecosystem facilitator, Startup Lithuania, will host Startup Fair 2023 in #Vilnius on 7 September 2023. The annual event attracts more than 1,500 participants.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-startup-fair-2023-to-be-held-in-vilnius-in-september-2023/

Several hundred people gathered in #Lithuania's capital, #Vilnius, to protest against plans by a local property developer to cut down nine #trees in a small square in the city centre. Vilnius mayor Valdas Benkunskas said that the Ministry of Culture sought to recognise the trees as cultural #heritage.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-people-in-vilnius-stage-protest-in-defence-of-trees/

A #leak of security details of #NATO's summit in #Lithuania's capital, #Vilnius, was linked to a breach of Lithuanian government IT systems, the National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC) announced. NKVC director Vilmantas Vitkauskas said that the seriousness of the incident was "likely to be greater than initially thought."

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-nato-summit-leak-linked-to-breach-of-government-it-systems/

#NATO is back: Nach dem Gipfel von #Vilnius zeigt die Allianz neue Stärke. Das verdankt sie vor allem der Führungsrolle der #USA. Doch was heute funktioniert, birgt auch Risiken für morgen. Zur Analyse von Matthias Dembinski auf dem #PRIFblog:
https://blog.prif.org/2023/07/20/die-nato-nach-dem-gipfel-von-vilnius-neue-staerke-ungewisse-zukunft/

The Bulgarian provider of business payment solutions, #Payhawk, has opened an office in #Lithuania's capital, #Vilnius. The #fintech company, #Bulgaria's first #unicorn, has received an electronic money institution licence from the Bank of Lithuania.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-bulgarian-fintech-unicorn-payhawk-opens-office-in-vilnius/

RT Marc Pierini
#Turkey #NATO #Sweden #EU
1/8 The @NATO summit in #Vilnius a week ago was the subject of much media frenzy, apparent embraces between #Turkey’s leadership and its #Western counterparts, and some frowning from #Russia >

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MarcPierini1/status/1680854902702997504

ℹ Military analyst Sean Bell discusses the latest updates on the war in #Ukraine, as well as the most recent #NATO summit in #Vilnius where it was expected that #Ukraine would be provided with a clear roadmap on how it could gain its membership to the group.

https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-latest-is-nato-dragging-its-feet-in-identifying-roadmap-for-ukraines-membership-12921832

"This is not just a missed opportunity. It reflects a failure to understand that the nature of European security has changed. Ukraine is currently doing Nato’s job for it — fighting to defend the frontier of a free Europe." — Kurt Volker writing in the FT

https://www.ft.com/content/7f5b42e3-024c-4b1b-a98a-e1e884341b30

#Ukraine #Russia #NATO #invasion #war #NatoSummit #Vilnius #Lithuania

It is a total myth that #NATO is an alliance of democracies + the rule of law says @SevimDagdelen - it is an outright lie. NATO is a War Machine that leaves a trail of destruction everywhere it goes and shows no respect for International Law...
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Sevim Dağdelen, MdB: Whenever there is talk about #NATO , myths are spread. Here are a few simple truths about NATO.
What we need is #peace , not NATO.
From my speech in the German Bundestag on the #Vilnius #Summit . https://t.co/E9TibtlHSU
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/wallacemick/status/1680509762939625472

"Dispatch from Vilnius: Inside a NATO Summit of high drama on Ukraine—and historic opportunity"

#Biden #EU #Pentagon #Military #War #Ukraine #NATO #Putin #Russia #Weapons #US #WW3 #Zelensky #News #Estonia #CounterOffensive #NAFO #Vilnius

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/dispatch-from-vilnius-inside-a-nato-summit-of-high-drama-on-ukraine-and-historic-opportunity/

#Lithuania recorded dozens, if not hundreds, of #cyber attacks before and during the #NATO summit in #Vilnius, Kestutis Budrys, chief national security adviser to President Gitanas Nauseda, announced. "Everything was red when the summit was taking place," Budrys revealed.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-high-number-of-cyber-attacks-before-during-nato-summit/

How can NATO protect Ukraine?

https://www.dw.com/en/how-can-nato-protect-ukraine/a-66237310?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Ukraine #war #NATOsummit #Vilnius #NATO

#NATO's summit in the Lithuanian capital, #Vilnius, was "truly historic," #Lithuania's former chief of defence, Lt. Gen. Valdas Tutkus, stated. He noted that the #Baltic States received new security guarantees. Tutkus cautioned that the most "populist" demands could lead to #WW3.

https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-expert-assessments-of-natos-vilnius-summit-vary/