AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoLithuanian-US Defence Ties: Lithuania’s defence minister is set to meet US officials in Kaunas, including US Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby and members of Congress, with talks on security cooperation and the US military presence; Lithuania has bought about €2bn in US weapons and equipment in three years. Security & Hybrid Threats: European leaders are warning that Russia may test NATO with hybrid drone and missile strikes, while Lithuania also says it has intelligence about possible Russian hybrid attacks against Ukraine’s allies. EU Red Tape Push: Austria and 10 other EU states, including Lithuania, are calling for a 12-month pause on new EU legislation and a “year of simplification,” arguing Brussels should fix and review existing rules first. Digital Finance Milestone: The ECB’s Pontes platform for settling tokenized transactions in central bank money went live, with Lithuania’s Axiology among the connected operators. Vilnius Business & Industry: Staticus has started construction of a new Vilnius factory as part of its €31.5m campus expansion, moving into the first production phase. Culture & Reading: A Lithuanian edition of Wu Ming-yi’s “The Man with the Compound Eyes” has been released.
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