Our weekly selection of the TOP news about Lithuania (23-02-23)
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New laser and space tech park opens in Vilnius (LRT)
A new photonics, laser processing and space technology centre was opened at Vilnius' Visoriai Information Technology Park on Thursday. Its founders plan to develop a European-level ecosystem of space and optical technologies in the Lithuanian capital's Visoriai neighbourhood.
Lithuanian Airports’ Priorities for 2023 (LTOU)
The strategic priorities of Lithuanian Airports for 2023 include the construction of the new Vilnius passenger departure terminal, the expansion of the northern apron of Kaunas Airport and an analysis of the possibilities for the expansion of the passenger terminal of this airport. According to the CEO of Lithuanian Airports, this year the aim will be to continue the rapid growth rates of aviation indicators and to develop a new flight incentive model in priority destinations.
Lithuania has improved its measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing; it has been upgraded from “partially compliant” to “largely compliant” with the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) Recommendations 24 and 32, related to transparency of legal persons and cash couriers, concludes the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL in a follow-up report released today.
Lithuania is strengthening Ukraine’s energy infrastructure (EU_ECHO)
3 meters wide, 5 meters high, 10 meters long, and weighing 200 tonnes – this powerful component will play a key role in transforming electricity from energy networks to consumers. This transformer, worth more than €2 million, was offered by Litgrid and is part of the biggest logistics operation ever coordinated under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Lithuania is one of the TOP 10 countries with the highest proportion of renewable energy use in Europe, and a key contributor to Europe’s ambition to become a climate-neutral continent by 2050!
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