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[00:00:00] over Lithuania, during the day the clouds clear
[00:00:03] and the sky remains sparsely clouded, the probability
[00:00:07] of rain remains low, the wind will also
[00:00:10] be of variable direction not strong and the temperature
[00:00:13] will remain very similar, around 225 degrees
[00:00:17] Celsius, so after such hot days, we will be able
[00:00:20] to breathe out during the weekend, and we will start
[00:00:24] the new week with warmer weather again, so on Monday night
[00:00:27] the anticyclone moves further east, but still causes
[00:00:30] a drier and calmer night, a light wind from the southeast
[00:00:34] to south turns, and the night is already a little warmer, around
[00:00:37] 10-15 degrees Celsius, directly it can be one or two
[00:00:41] degrees warmer. On Monday day, weather changes begin,
[00:00:45] as a new cyclone approaches from the west, so the cyclone's
[00:00:48] clouds should reach the western regions of the country, the seaside,
[00:00:52] there is a possibility of short rain, and isolated thunderstorms
[00:00:55] may rumble, but it flows with southern
[00:00:58] direction currents. Again, heat flows,
[00:01:02] so on Monday, the temperature rises faster again, up to
[00:01:05] 24-29 Celsius, so of course, it will be cooler
[00:01:09] at the seaside, where the rain arrives, but again, a hotter
[00:01:12] day is expected in the eastern and southern regions
[00:01:15] of the country, well, after Monday,
[00:01:19] on Tuesday, that rain strengthens over
[00:01:21] Lithuania, so the cyclone moves further north, a whole large
[00:01:25] low-pressure system together with a cold atmospheric front, so
[00:01:29] on Tuesday night, more intense rain will pass through many
[00:01:32] parts of the country, and already during the day, only
[00:01:36] isolated rain clouds are expected, so
[00:01:39] in the eastern and southern regions it should definitely still rain, in some
[00:01:43] places isolated thunderstorms may rumble and the wind starts
[00:01:47] to strengthen with the arrival of the cyclone, so the wind from western directions will be
[00:01:51] quite strong during the day, in some places dangerous wind gusts should
[00:01:54] strengthen, and the temperature, so Tuesday night should
[00:01:58] be warm, about... 15-20 degrees Celsius,
[00:02:02] as it is rainy, the temperature will not drop rapidly, and
[00:02:05] on Tuesday during the day, that heat that arrived on Monday
[00:02:09] recedes and it gets a little fresher again, so about
[00:02:12] 20-25 degrees
[00:02:14] Celsius. Well, in the middle of next week the weather changes
[00:02:18] again, so this cyclone moves further north and east
[00:02:22] and from the southwest a higher pressure
[00:02:25] system strengthens again. So in the middle of next week, on Wednesday, it should
[00:02:28] be drier again. The probability of rain remains low,
[00:02:32] the wind from western directions also calms down, gusty,
[00:02:35] so again, the gusts should subside and the temperature will remain
[00:02:39] very similar, so the night will be fresher again, about 10-15 degrees
[00:02:43] Celsius, and on Wednesday during the day the temperature will again
[00:02:46] fluctuate around 20-25 degrees, so the whole upcoming
[00:02:50] week is changeable, as we can see we will have both rain and drier
[00:02:53] days, but from the heat we will be able
[00:02:55] to breathe.
[00:05:02] Good afternoon, 4 PM in Lithuania and once again about the most important events of the day.
[00:05:06] According to Minister of National Defense Robertas Kaunas, the available intelligence information
[00:05:10] suggests that Russia is considering launching a hybrid attack against the Baltic
[00:05:14] states and Poland. Ukrainian drones could be used
[00:05:18] against critical infrastructure in Lithuania or other countries
[00:05:21] in the region. According to the minister, Lithuania has already taken additional security measures,
[00:05:25] and the protection of facilities has been strengthened. Russia, as the minister stated, has not yet
[00:05:28] made a decision regarding such an attack. Their goal is to influence
[00:05:32] NATO, intimidate the residents of the Baltic states and Poland, and since a Ukrainian drone
[00:05:35] would be used, to cause discord among allies.
[00:05:39] Recently, Ukrainian attacks have caused a lot of damage to Russian infrastructure,
[00:05:42] and the Kremlin has publicly accused the Baltic countries of allegedly
[00:05:46] carrying out attacks from their territories deep into
[00:05:48] Russia.
[00:05:50] Something concrete will happen in the near
[00:05:54] future, there is no such date. We
[00:05:57] are observing Russia's planning
[00:06:00] moment, let's say, which other NATO
[00:06:03] countries, Poland, the Baltic neighbors,
[00:06:07] other NATO states have clearly communicated
[00:06:11] many times, saying that
[00:06:14] we see, hear, know, and do not do that, this
[00:06:18] is like the old
[00:06:21] strategic Soviet Russian way of thinking,
[00:06:24] if you increase
[00:06:28] pressure, or take two
[00:06:31] aggressive steps forward, then you can fix certain
[00:06:34] conditions of agreement, which will be
[00:06:37] some kind of concession on your part, and then
[00:06:41] you will fix that situation, for example, on the Ukrainian front
[00:06:44] in potential negotiations
[00:06:48] as a kind of concession, meaning
[00:06:51] you created a problem, you created
[00:06:54] a perceived problem in the Baltic countries, you can
[00:06:57] say that there will be no more such problems,
[00:07:01] you will not do it again, but then the situation you
[00:07:04] want to fix on the Ukrainian front then, as it were,
[00:07:08] presents it as certain conditions of agreement.
[00:07:14] Following information that a Russian court in the Kaliningrad region
[00:07:17] found a Lithuanian citizen guilty in a espionage case, the State Security
[00:07:21] Department says such information is known to intelligence, but states
[00:07:24] that it cannot provide comments. The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also
[00:07:28] states that it is aware of the convicted person and is currently seeking official information through diplomatic channels
[00:07:32] about the conviction of the Lithuanian citizen. According to the Russian
[00:07:35] independent news website Mediazona, a 13.5 year
[00:07:39] prison sentence was handed down to Aleksandras Poliačkovas. The ministry does
[00:07:43] not confirm this information. As reported by Interfax, the convicted person was sentenced to a term of
[00:07:46] imprisonment in a strict regime colony, and his phone and
[00:07:50] special equipment allegedly used to commit the crime were confiscated. According
[00:07:53] to the court, the accused collected and transferred information constituting
[00:07:57] a state secret on Russian territory from the age of 11
[00:08:01] to 24, which could have been used to harm Russian state security.
[00:08:04] The
[00:08:07] pre-trial investigation initiated at the end of July regarding the illegal
[00:08:11] crossing of the state border in the Lazdijai district has been reclassified
[00:08:14] and expanded, taking into account the currently available data related to the illegal
[00:08:18] crossing of the state border by approximately 20 people,
[00:08:22] and the illegal digging of a tunnel. The criminal act
[00:08:24] has been reclassified. The investigation will continue for illegal
[00:08:28] transportation of people across the state border. It has been expanded to verify publicly
[00:08:31] available information about the circumstances related to the actions
[00:08:35] of responsible State Border Guard Service officials and to objectively
[00:08:38] assess the established facts. The head of the State Border Guard Service,
[00:08:42] Tomas Liubajevas, after visiting the Kapčiamiestis border outpost, met with
[00:08:46] the border guards on duty that evening, inspected the border, and says it
[00:08:49] is a routine working event.
[00:08:53] I cannot comment much at the moment because
[00:08:55] the General Prosecutor informed me that
[00:08:59] another pre-trial investigation has been launched
[00:09:01] due to non-performance of duties. I am
[00:09:04] convinced that the officers acted according to the situation
[00:09:08] at the time and all risks. In his regard,
[00:09:11] I personally see no need
[00:09:15] to initiate an investigation, a disciplinary
[00:09:18] check or otherwise evaluate his
[00:09:21] actions. I am convinced that they acted
[00:09:24] correctly, there was no violation of the state border, no one
[00:09:28] was harmed.
[00:09:32] The signatory of the March 11th Act, the first head of the Lithuanian government
[00:09:35] after the restoration of independence, Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė, was buried
[00:09:38] in the Signatories' Hill at the Vilnius Santakalnis Cemetery. At the farewell.
[00:09:42] Alvydas Juozaitis, a member of the Sąjūdis Initiative Group, recalled: "Prunskienė
[00:09:46] and Meilė Lukšienė were the only women in this group" and
[00:09:49] emphasized that it was the first Lithuanian Prime Minister who visited the United States,
[00:09:53] Germany, the United Kingdom, France and forged ties with Western
[00:09:56] countries during Moscow's economic blockade. According to signatory
[00:10:00] Vytenis Andriukaitis, being the first was a difficult test, especially during
[00:10:04] an era of change. Economic blockade, difficult reforms,
[00:10:07] meetings with world leaders to break the Soviet-initiated
[00:10:11] blockade. Prunskienė died last week at the age
[00:10:14] of 84.
[00:10:17] Prime Minister Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė had to lead at the most
[00:10:20] difficult time, when independent Lithuania
[00:10:25] was being built almost from scratch and even
[00:10:28] from crumbling foundations. Every day she had to make
[00:10:31] decisions for which there were no textbooks,
[00:10:35] nor pre-prepared answers.
[00:10:38] Today here, in the Pantheon of Peace,
[00:10:42] we remember not political evaluations, but
[00:10:46] a strong and energetic principled
[00:10:49] personality. Her cabinet of ministers was
[00:10:53] a cabinet of harmony. In the face
[00:10:56] of uncertainty and the constant military threat from the Soviet Union,
[00:11:00] it laid the foundations for the Lithuanian state.
[00:11:04] The ability to agree on a common goal and willfully
[00:11:07] pursue it, is one of the most important
[00:11:10] lessons of Kazimira Prunskienė's leadership.
[00:11:13] Thank you, esteemed Prime Minister, for this
[00:11:16] lesson.
[00:11:20] German officials are still investigating how an explosive-laden drone
[00:11:23] reached yesterday the important Leipzig airport, where
[00:11:27] Ukraine's Antonov aircraft base operates. The Minister of Interior
[00:11:30] stated that the incident is considered a hybrid attack scenario. The
[00:11:34] incident and the technologies used indicate that the operation could have been carried out
[00:11:37] by professionals. Media reports that the drone was carrying about
[00:11:40] 800 grams of military explosives. While the airport was
[00:11:43] closed, another nearby aircraft reported encountering
[00:11:47] an unknown object, and NATO experts will participate
[00:11:50] in the investigation.
[00:11:55] to say that we must treat this as a very serious security incident. In my
[00:11:58] assessment, we are dealing with a hybrid attack scenario that unfolded
[00:12:02] as follows. Last night, a drone was spotted
[00:12:06] near Leipzig airport. Explosives were installed in this drone. This
[00:12:09] is a new level of threat. In the past, we have encountered drones and the threats
[00:12:13] they pose, also in a hybrid context. But a drone armed
[00:12:16] with explosives in the airport area is a new threat
[00:12:20] scenario.
[00:12:23] In Russia's Yaroslavl region, 300 km from Moscow,
[00:12:27] a large oil refinery is burning after a Ukrainian drone attack.
[00:12:30] Local officials report that falling drone debris hit the refinery's
[00:12:34] storage tanks. Volodymyr
[00:12:37] Zelensky stated that drones also struck an oil refinery in the
[00:12:40] Bashkortostan Republic. In Ukraine,
[00:12:43] Russian drones struck a railway station in the Kharkiv region, killing two
[00:12:46] people and injuring eight. In the neighboring Sumy region, Russian drones
[00:12:50] killed three people. Attacks continue in Black Sea
[00:12:53] cities. In Odesa, a drone attacked a grain-carrying
[00:12:57] ship, killing one person and injuring
[00:12:59] three.
[00:13:02] The Swedish Supreme Court announced that it upheld the decision, according to which
[00:13:06] a cargo ship detained in the Baltic Sea this year can be transferred
[00:13:10] to Ukraine. The ship is suspected of illegally transporting grain from
[00:13:13] Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. The court rejected the ship
[00:13:16] owners' appeal. The ship was detained in March off the southern Swedish
[00:13:20] coast, suspected of sailing under a foreign flag, being unfit
[00:13:23] for operation and... violating maritime transport and shipping safety
[00:13:27] laws. Ukraine requested the transfer of the ship to continue the investigation
[00:13:31] into war crimes related to the appropriation and removal of property
[00:13:34] from occupied
[00:13:35] territory.
[00:13:39] In the swing state of Michigan, it became clear who will represent the Democrats
[00:13:42] in the Senate elections in the autumn. With a narrow margin, the victory
[00:13:46] is celebrated by the Egyptian-born leftist Abdul
[00:13:48] El-Sayed. His victory over a more moderate centrist
[00:13:52] candidate is called an important sign for the Democratic Party itself
[00:13:55] by analysts, which is still searching for its
[00:13:58] identity before the midterm elections.
[00:14:01] The president's speech in Las Vegas was supposed to be about the economy, but when it
[00:14:04] was interrupted by the war with Iran, the speeches quickly turned towards hatred
[00:14:08] for Democrats. Donald Trump cursed the leftist Democrat
[00:14:11] Abdul El-Sayed, who won the elections in Michigan.
[00:14:14] He doesn't love Israel, he doesn't love
[00:14:18] Jews, he hates them, he hates them with all his heart and can't
[00:14:21] do anything about it. In the elections in Michigan,
[00:14:25] it was decided who will represent the Democrats in the Senate race in the autumn.
[00:14:28] The leftist El-Sayed narrowly defeated
[00:14:32] the moderate Democrat Haley Stevens, who was supported
[00:14:35] by pro-Israel
[00:14:38] groups. I spent many of my childhood summers in Egypt, there I could realize
[00:14:41] what life would be like if I had been born there, but I was born
[00:14:45] in America. I was vaccinated against diseases that killed my aunt and uncle,
[00:14:48] whom I never got
[00:14:50] to know.
[00:14:55] In it, in the two-time narrow lead state that supported Trump
[00:14:58] in the presidential elections, the autumn battle will be one of the key ones, it will determine whether
[00:15:01] the Democrats will manage to regain control of the Senate. In order
[00:15:05] to secure its control and thus the ability to block most of Trump's
[00:15:08] agenda for the remainder of his term, Democrats
[00:15:12] must hold Michigan and take four Republican
[00:15:15] seats elsewhere in the country. In response
[00:15:19] to the question of whether there is a prevailing bias against immoderate
[00:15:22] candidates in the swing state, who previously did not hold elected office,
[00:15:26] there is also a prevailing bias against Muslim candidates. So
[00:15:30] the fight in Michigan is called a much broader one. The Democratic Party is looking for
[00:15:33] an identity after losing the elections to Trump.
[00:15:37] Socialists and globalists have already had their chance, and their legacy is only
[00:15:41] disaster. As Trump declares war on the left, his
[00:15:45] supporters, at least in Michigan, seem only more united. Al-Sayed,
[00:15:48] who has a medical background, is congratulated by the recently elected
[00:15:51] New York mayor, who calls himself a socialist. This shows how
[00:15:55] much the Republican Party has drifted away from the concerns
[00:15:58] of the American working class.
[00:16:01] He is a capitalist and disassociates himself from the Democratic Socialists of America
[00:16:04] organization, but he supports a non-privatized
[00:16:08] healthcare system, advocates for a wealth tax, greater state
[00:16:11] control in social policy, and seeks to soften Trump's strict
[00:16:15] immigration control.
[00:16:19] Lithuania plans to popularize itself with food.
[00:16:21] It aims to become one of the most famous gastronomic
[00:16:25] countries within a decade. The country is developing a gastronomy strategy for the first time.
[00:16:28] The Minister of Economy and Innovation says this will attract more tourists and new
[00:16:32] investments. However, tax breaks for restaurants are not planned,
[00:16:36] although they say this would actually help
[00:16:38] the economy.
[00:16:42] Tourists from Spain and Australia are looking for sausages in the marketplace.
[00:16:46] Some have already tasted more dishes. I tasted cepelinai, I liked
[00:16:49] it very much.
[00:16:53] A country of excellent food. Cepelinai, schnitzel, shashlik, herring.
[00:16:56] How I love herring. There are no such
[00:16:59] things in Australia, so I have to come to
[00:17:01] Lithuania.
[00:17:05] Chefs of restaurants operating in Lithuania say that the country stands out not for potato
[00:17:09] dishes, those cepilinai, potato pancakes, it's not just about potatoes, but
[00:17:12] about game meat, like
[00:17:15] fruits, vegetables, spices also
[00:17:18] different ones, and they say they use Lithuanian
[00:17:21] products in various ways, tomatoes, let's say, zucchini
[00:17:25] and so on, we marinate our zucchini, carrots
[00:17:28] and all these things, we use a lot
[00:17:31] of herbs and make sauces and so on, we like
[00:17:35] to experiment with such... global
[00:17:38] / Lithuanian combinations, for example,
[00:17:40] pork with shrimp or
[00:17:44] bacon placed in an unconventional
[00:17:47] place. To popularize Lithuanian cuisine, the Ministry of Economy
[00:17:51] and Innovation, together with chefs, will create the first Lithuanian
[00:17:54] gastronomy strategy, according to which over the next 10 years the country
[00:17:57] will seek to attract world-class events, encourage more chefs
[00:18:01] to create exclusive dishes. The biggest ambition today you might
[00:18:05] think is utopian and... but it's impossible, but
[00:18:09] Lithuania will be a gastronomy Mecca in the next 10
[00:18:12] years. Some countries have long been famous for their food.
[00:18:16] Italy's national cuisine was included in UNESCO's
[00:18:19] intangible cultural heritage list last year. So the government is now preparing
[00:18:22] these several strategies that cover both
[00:18:26] the preservation of authentic products,
[00:18:29] special protection for farmers, more attention
[00:18:32] will be given to them, as well as the fight against all kinds
[00:18:36] of imitations. Italian products that are produced abroad,
[00:18:40] that is, even the country's soft power tools,
[00:18:43] with which a lot can actually be achieved.
[00:18:47] Lithuania will seek to establish a Baltic Gastronomy and Innovation
[00:18:50] Center. The Minister of Economy and Innovation states that this will be beneficial
[00:18:54] for the economy. This is an opportunity to expand the circle of countries from
[00:18:58] which we attract tourists and, you know, from such
[00:19:01] visits relationships are forged even with investors. Nevertheless,
[00:19:05] recently not one restaurant
[00:19:07] has declared bankruptcy. Sector representatives constantly ask the government to reinstate the preferential
[00:19:11] 9% value-added tax rate for food services that was in effect
[00:19:14] during the COVID pandemic. The minister says there is no
[00:19:17] need for that at the moment. Turnover is growing,
[00:19:21] the number of companies operating in the catering sector is also growing, of course,
[00:19:24] this is influenced by summer. How do we want to increase that
[00:19:28] number of tourists by being the most expensive
[00:19:31] in Europe? There will be some uniqueness in us, that
[00:19:34] seasonality, for example, everything is more
[00:19:38] expensive for us, even the same outdoor
[00:19:41] we have to change them twice, because there are special varieties that
[00:19:45] do not freeze. A survey conducted in Lithuania, where several
[00:19:49] answer options could be selected, showed that almost
[00:19:52] 80% of tourists choose Lithuania for gastronomic
[00:19:55] experiences, almost the same number for nature
[00:19:57] and culture.
[00:20:00] The opposition Nemunas Aušra party rose to third place in the ratings table,
[00:20:04] with the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats remaining first. This is shown by
[00:20:07] a public opinion poll conducted by Spinter Tyrimai for the Delfi news portal
[00:20:11] in July. The ruling Social Democrats
[00:20:14] are in second place, while in the position of prime minister, most respondents
[00:20:17] still see the former prime minister, Conservative Ingrida
[00:20:20] Šimonytė. The chairman of Nemunas Aušra, Remigijus Žemaitaitis,
[00:20:24] rose to second place, while the current prime minister, Social Democrat
[00:20:27] Mindaugas Sinkevičius, chairman of the Social Democrats,
[00:20:29] is third.
[00:20:33] In Germany, as the most important shipping river, the Rhine,
[00:20:36] continues to dry up, a new record low water level is expected
[00:20:39] today. The transport minister, appointed just a week ago, is holding
[00:20:43] an urgent meeting today with industry and business representatives to discuss what measures
[00:20:47] to take when some shipping companies are suspending navigation. And
[00:20:50] others can only carry a small portion of their usual cargo. When
[00:20:54] the economy is already stuck, supply chain disruptions and rising cargo
[00:20:58] transport costs could deal another severe
[00:21:00] blow.
[00:21:03] Everyday it gets shallower, the most important waterway of Germany, for some
[00:21:07] ships it's already completely shallow, others can still transport cargo,
[00:21:10] but only a small part of it. Shipping companies already increased
[00:21:14] prices in July, now they are three times higher than in June, but some
[00:21:17] have already completely stopped container transport in long
[00:21:20] stretches of the river.
[00:21:23] A ship that usually transports 2- 2,500 tons
[00:21:27] of cargo can now transport 400, maybe 600
[00:21:30] tons, depending on the type. This puts a huge
[00:21:34] burden on the entire transport chain, to reorganize
[00:21:36] everything so that goods still reach
[00:21:39] their destination. This section of the Rhine near Kaub, not far from
[00:21:43] Koblenz, is considered the basis for measurements for ships that transport
[00:21:46] cargo to Southern Germany and Switzerland. Here, the river's depth
[00:21:50] for normal navigation should be 40 cm, but
[00:21:53] yesterday there were only 23 left. The previous
[00:21:57] anti-record in 2018 was
[00:21:59] 25 cm, the river itself is about a meter
[00:22:03] deeper. Meteorologists predict that already today
[00:22:06] the navigational depth will decrease further.
[00:22:09] In sight, in the coming days, no changes are visible, no significant
[00:22:12] rain that would bring relief.
[00:22:15] The Rhine is the second longest river in Western and Central Europe after the Danube
[00:22:19] and. countries depend on its waters, next to grain,
[00:22:23] coal, fuel, ores and chemicals, the river transports
[00:22:26] goods that are difficult to transport by road or rail, such as
[00:22:30] steel structures for construction. The country's construction federation warned that
[00:22:34] when the Rhine can no longer be relied upon, the transport
[00:22:36] and logistics situation becomes vulnerable. When Europe's largest
[00:22:40] economy is already barely growing due to high energy
[00:22:43] prices and foreign competition, the industry says it cannot bear
[00:22:47] another burden, therefore the construction federation
[00:22:50] asks the government for long-term solutions for
[00:22:52] shipping. One alternative, of course, is
[00:22:56] to use so-called shallow draft ships, but as
[00:23:00] you can imagine, you can't build them overnight. A ship usually takes
[00:23:04] 1.5 to 3 years to build. Depending
[00:23:07] on the size. And of course, given the size of the Rhine fleet, this is only
[00:23:11] possible gradually. Just last week, the government
[00:23:15] reassured that there would be no major impact on the economy, saying that
[00:23:18] many companies had already reorganized supply chains, arranged for other
[00:23:22] ways to transport goods and warehouses in other locations, but
[00:23:25] the meeting today during the peak holiday season shows that
[00:23:29] the assessments are changing.
[00:23:32] Today, thunderstorms, gusty winds or even squalls are forecast
[00:23:36] in various Lithuanian cities. In the afternoon, short rains with thunderstorms
[00:23:40] are expected in most of the country, and in southern Lithuania, squalls and hail
[00:23:43] may occur. According to the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service,
[00:23:46] the strongest thunderstorms are forecast to pass through the Marijampolė,
[00:23:51] Alytus, Kaunas and Vilnius counties. Some residents of the country also received alerts
[00:23:54] from the population warning system that due to severe
[00:23:57] thunderstorms, trees may fall, and electricity may be cut off. The service
[00:24:00] emphasized that summer thunderstorms are difficult to forecast, so the location where they will form
[00:24:04] the most powerful storm clouds can still
[00:24:06] change.
[00:24:09] We expect heavy rain in a short period, when
[00:24:12] more than 15 mm of rain would fall, squally
[00:24:15] wind gusts of more than 15 m/s, those sudden
[00:24:19] ones. And hail from 6 mm, everything will
[00:24:22] depend heavily on the development of clouds,
[00:24:26] so it's possible that we will get something similar, when
[00:24:29] really large amounts of rain will fall in a very short
[00:24:32] time, again, the trajectory
[00:24:35] that these clouds will take will depend,
[00:24:39] because it's possible that in a very small,
[00:24:43] narrow strip we will get such more intense,
[00:24:46] let's say, downpours, and elsewhere just such a summery super...
[00:24:50] downpour will roar.
[00:24:54] With the heat drying up pastures, European farmers raising cows
[00:24:57] are facing declining milk yields and falling milk
[00:25:00] fat content. Some are trying to cool their cows and change their feed, while
[00:25:04] others are simply sending them to slaughterhouses, because buying additional feed is
[00:25:07] no longer profitable. Still others are looking for long-term solutions, to raise
[00:25:11] more resistant cattle.
[00:25:14] Fans in this Slovak dairy farm work day
[00:25:17] and night. The heat yesterday reached a historic record,
[00:25:20] and this cooperative near Bratislava milks one and a
[00:25:24] half liters less per day than a week
[00:25:27] ago. Purchase prices are already low. We need to create a better environment for our cows,
[00:25:31] it's in our hands, so we do what we can, but under the current
[00:25:34] conditions, we cannot talk about any profit. Milked
[00:25:38] cows are watered, zootechnicians make sure that there
[00:25:41] is enough water. On a hot day, a cow drinks 100 liters and eats
[00:25:45] less, but
[00:25:46] better.
[00:25:58] Austrian cows are driven to farms, but when heat
[00:26:01] records are daily. pastures are burned out, but buying
[00:26:04] additional feed is also becoming too expensive, so farmers are already taking cows to
[00:26:08] slaughterhouses. live on
[00:26:11] Pervertė Television. Names. is sometimes unavoidable now,
[00:26:15] is, of course, not easy.
[00:26:19] Farmers are asking for compensation from the emergency situations fund,
[00:26:23] 300 euros per cow, but this farmer says that not only one-time
[00:26:26] measures will be needed, but rethinking everything, this is not
[00:26:29] the last heat wave.
[00:26:32] He says a bale of hay costs 80 or 90
[00:26:35] euros, what the hell is going on, I don't need
[00:26:38] to milk cows for such money, I'd rather sell their
[00:26:42] feed.
[00:26:45] Swiss cows are used to the coolness of the mountains, their ideal
[00:26:49] temperature is between 5 and 15 degrees.
[00:26:52] Heat stress in cows can start when the outside
[00:26:55] temperature is only 23 degrees, and when humidity
[00:26:58] is high and nights are tropical, above 20 degrees, conditions for animals
[00:27:02] become truly critical.
[00:27:05] Cheesemakers say that cows not only started giving less milk, its
[00:27:09] fat content dropped, so to make cheese, more of it is
[00:27:11] needed. We definitely see that milk production is decreasing by
[00:27:15] 20-30%.
[00:27:17] That's one problem, another problem is that we already have to use feed that
[00:27:21] we usually save for winter. We live with our cows, if
[00:27:25] they are not well, neither are we.
[00:27:28] In the burned-out Belgian pastures, there is one solution, this farmer.
[00:27:32] switched to the French Aubrac breed, which originated in a mountain
[00:27:36] region where grass is scarce due to droughts and dry winters, so
[00:27:39] the cows are not as demanding, even if they give less
[00:27:42] milk. This is a cow that is easy to care for, the daily
[00:27:46] cost is low and it's generally not expensive, maybe
[00:27:48] there's less profit from reselling, but the cost of keeping and feeding is not
[00:27:52] too high. These are typical Belgian Blue beef
[00:27:56] cows, but scientists suggest breeding crosses with Aubrac
[00:27:59] cattle. This
[00:28:02] way, the advantages of both breeds can be combined, and a positive
[00:28:05] result can be achieved very quickly, after all, if we had to
[00:28:09] adapt Belgian Blue cows to extreme
[00:28:11] heat, it would take an awful lot of
[00:28:14] time.
[00:28:16] As farming becomes more difficult, as it has for centuries, farmers will need
[00:28:20] scientists' advice more
[00:28:21] and more.
[00:28:24] More and in more detail about the day's events, the important hour,
[00:28:28] stay with Lithuanian
[00:28:28] Television.
[00:28:38] The coming night will be partly cloudy, with local short rains, some
[00:28:41] areas will have 12-17 degrees of warmth, tomorrow during the day
[00:28:45] partly cloudy, some short rain, temperatures will rise to
[00:28:48] 21-26 degrees.