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00:00:11Good afternoon, it's 4 PM in Lithuania and once again about the most important events of the day.
00:00:15According to Robert Kaunas, Minister of National Defense, the available intelligence information
00:00:19allows us to conclude that Russia is considering launching a hybrid attack against the Baltic
00:00:23states and Poland. Ukrainian drones could be used against Lithuanian
00:00:26critical infrastructure or that of other countries in the region. According to the minister, Lithuania
00:00:30has already taken additional security measures, strengthening object protection.
00:00:33Russia, as the minister stated, has not yet made a decision on such
00:00:37an attack. Their goal is to influence NATO,
00:00:40intimidate the populations of the Baltic states and Poland, and since
00:00:44Ukrainian drones would be used, to instigate
00:00:46allies. Recently, Ukrainian attacks have caused significant damage to Russian
00:00:50infrastructure. The Kremlin has publicly accused the Baltic states of
00:00:54allegedly conducting attacks from their territories deep into Russia.
00:00:57In the near
00:00:59future. something specific
00:01:02will happen, there is no such date. We
00:01:06are observing Russia's planning
00:01:08moment, what other NATO
00:01:12countries, Poland, Baltic neighbors,
00:01:16other NATO states have communicated very
00:01:19clearly many times, saying that
00:01:23we see, hear, know, and don't do it. This
00:01:26is, as he says, an old
00:01:30strategic Soviet Russian
00:01:33way of thinking, if you increase
00:01:36pressure or take two
00:01:39aggressive steps forward, then you can fix certain
00:01:43conditions of agreement, which will be like
00:01:47some kind of concession on your part, and then you will fix
00:01:51that situation, for example, on the Ukrainian front
00:01:53in some potential
00:01:56negotiations, as a kind of concession. That is,
00:02:00"you created a problem, you created a problem in the Baltic
00:02:04states, and you can say that there will be no more
00:02:07such problems, you won't do it again, but then
00:02:11the situation that you want to fix
00:02:14on the Ukrainian front, then it's like, well, you presented
00:02:18it as certain
00:02:20conditions of agreement.
00:02:23Following the information that the Russian Kaliningrad region court
00:02:26found a Lithuanian citizen guilty in a espionage case, the State Security
00:02:30Department says such information is known to intelligence, but states that it cannot provide comments.
00:02:33The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also says
00:02:37it is aware of the convicted person. Currently, through diplomatic channels, it seeks to obtain
00:02:40official information about the conviction of Lithuanian citizens. According to the Russian
00:02:44independent news website Mediazona, Alexander Polyachkov was sentenced to
00:02:4813 and a half years in prison. The ministry does not confirm this information.
00:02:51According to Interfax, the convicted person was sentenced to imprisonment
00:02:54in a strict regime colony. The phone and special
00:02:57means used to commit the crime
00:03:01were confiscated. According to the court, the defendant, from
00:03:0411 to 24 years old, collected and transmitted
00:03:07information constituting a state secret on Russian territory, which could have been used
00:03:11to harm Russian state security.
00:03:12In
00:03:16late July, a pre-trial investigation into illegal state
00:03:20border crossing in Lazdijai district was reclassified and
00:03:23expanded. After evaluating the currently available data related to the illegal
00:03:27state border crossing of approximately 20 persons.
00:03:30The illegal tunnel digging, criminal activity
00:03:33was reclassified. The investigation will continue into illegal human
00:03:36trafficking across the state border. It was expanded to verify publicly
00:03:40announced information about circumstances related to the actions of
00:03:43responsible State Border Guard Service officers and to objectively
00:03:47evaluate the established facts. The Commander of the State Border Guard Service,
00:03:51Rustam Lyubayev, after visiting the Kapčiamiestis border outpost,
00:03:54met with the border guards who were there that evening and inspected the border. He says it is
00:03:58a routine working event.
00:04:02"I wouldn't be able to comment much at the moment because
00:04:05the Prosecutor General informed me that another pre-trial
00:04:09investigation regarding the execution of duties by an officer
00:04:13has been launched. I am convinced that the officers acted according
00:04:17to the situation at the time and all risks. I personally
00:04:20see no need to launch
00:04:23an investigation, a service inspection, or
00:04:26otherwise evaluate their actions.
00:04:30I am convinced that they acted
00:04:33correctly. There was no violation of the state border, nobody
00:04:37was harmed.
00:04:40Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė, signatory of the March 11 Act, first head of the Lithuanian government
00:04:44after the restoration of independence, was buried in the Signatories' Hill
00:04:47of Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius. At the farewell,
00:04:51Alvydas Juozaitis, a member of the Sąjūdis Initiative Group, recalled:
00:04:54"Prunckienė and Meilė Lukšienė were the only women in this
00:04:57group and emphasized that it was the first" Lithuanian Prime Minister
00:05:01to visit the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and establish ties
00:05:05with Western countries during Moscow's economic blockade. According to
00:05:08signatory Vytenis Andriukaitis, being the first is a difficult test, especially
00:05:12during a period of epochal change, economic blockade, difficult reforms,
00:05:16and meetings with world leaders to break the Soviet-initiated
00:05:19blockade. Prunckienė died last week at the age of
00:05:2284.
00:05:25Prime Minister Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė had to lead during the most
00:05:29difficult time, when independent
00:05:32Lithuania was being built almost from
00:05:35the ground up, and even from crumbling foundations.
00:05:39Every day she had to make decisions for which there were no
00:05:42textbooks, nor pre-prepared
00:05:45answers. Today here, in the
00:05:49Pantheon of Peace, we remember not political
00:05:52evaluations, but a strong,
00:05:56vibrant, and principled
00:05:58personality. The cabinet of ministers she led was
00:06:02a cabinet of harmony. In the face of uncertainty
00:06:05and the constant military threat from the Soviet Union,
00:06:09it laid the foundations for the Lithuanian state.
00:06:12"The ability to agree on a common goal and pursue it with resolve is
00:06:16one of the most important leadership
00:06:19lessons from Kazimira Prunskienė.
00:06:22Thank you, dear Prime Minister, for this
00:06:24lesson."
00:06:28German officials are still investigating how a drone loaded with explosives
00:06:32reached the strategically important Leipzig airport yesterday, which hosts
00:06:35a base for Ukrainian Antonov aircraft. The Minister of Interior stated that
00:06:39the incident is being treated as a hybrid attack scenario.
00:06:42"Everything, including the technologies used, indicates that the operation could have been carried out
00:06:45by professionals." The media reports that the drone was carrying about
00:06:49800 grams of military explosives. While the airport was
00:06:52closed, another aircraft nearby reportedly collided with an unknown
00:06:56object. German intelligence and NATO
00:06:58experts are investigating the incident.
00:07:01It must
00:07:03be said that we must view this as a very serious security incident.
00:07:07In my assessment, we are facing a hybrid attack scenario,
00:07:10which unfolded as follows. Last night, a drone was spotted near
00:07:14Leipzig airport. This drone was equipped with explosives,
00:07:18which is a new level of threat. In the past, we have encountered drones and the threats they pose,
00:07:21also in a hybrid context, but a drone armed with explosives
00:07:25in the airport area is a new threat
00:07:28scenario.
00:07:31In Russia's Yaroslavl region, 250 km from
00:07:35Moscow, a large oil refinery is burning after a Ukrainian drone attack.
00:07:38Local officials report that falling drone
00:07:42debris hit the factory's storage tanks.
00:07:45Volodymyr Zelensky stated that drones also struck an oil refinery
00:07:48in the Republic of Bashkortostan. In Ukraine,
00:07:51Russian drones struck a railway station in the Kharkiv region. Two
00:07:55people were killed, eight were injured. In the neighboring Sumy region, Russian drones
00:07:58killed three people. Attacks are also ongoing in Black Sea
00:08:02cities. In the Odesa region, a drone attacked a ship carrying
00:08:05grain, killing one person and injuring
00:08:07three.
00:08:11Sweden's Supreme Court announced it has upheld a ruling according to which
00:08:15a cargo ship detained in the Baltic Sea this year can be transferred to
00:08:18Ukraine. The ship is suspected of illegally transporting grain from
00:08:22Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. The court rejected the ship owner's
00:08:25appeal. The ship was detained in March off the southern Swedish
00:08:29coast, suspected of sailing under a foreign flag, being unfit for
00:08:32operation, and violating maritime transport and shipping safety
00:08:35laws. Ukraine requested the transfer of the ship to continue
00:08:39the investigation into war crimes related to misappropriation
00:08:42and removal of property from occupied
00:08:44territory.
00:08:47In the swing state of Michigan, it has become clear who will represent the Democrats
00:08:51in the Senate elections this fall. Leftist Abdul El-Sayed,
00:08:54of Egyptian descent, is celebrating a narrow victory.
00:08:57His victory over the more moderate centrist candidate
00:09:01is considered by analysts to be an important sign for the Democratic Party itself, which is still searching
00:09:04for its identity ahead of the midterm elections.
00:09:06The
00:09:09President's speech in Las Vegas was supposed to be about the economy. But when
00:09:13it was disrupted by the war with Iran, the speeches quickly turned towards
00:09:17hatred for Democrats. Donald Trump cursed the leftist Democrat
00:09:20Abdullah El-Sayed, who won the elections in Michigan.
00:09:23He doesn't love Israel, he doesn't love
00:09:26Jews, he hates them, he hates them with all his heart and can do
00:09:30nothing about it. In the Michigan elections, it was decided
00:09:34who will represent the Democrats in the fight for the Senate in the fall. The leftist
00:09:37El Sayed narrowly defeated the more moderate Democrat
00:09:41Hailey Stevens. She was supported by pro-Israel
00:09:44groups.
00:09:46I spent many summers of my childhood in Egypt, where I could understand
00:09:50what life would be like if I had been born there. But I was born
00:09:53in America. I was vaccinated against diseases that killed my aunt and uncle,
00:09:57whom I never got
00:09:58to know.
00:10:02In the swing state of Michigan, which twice narrowly supported
00:10:05Trump in the presidential elections, the battle this fall will be one
00:10:08of the key ones. It will determine whether the Democrats will manage to regain control of the Senate.
00:10:12To secure its control and thus the ability to block most of Trump's
00:10:16agenda for the remainder of his term, Democrats must
00:10:19hold Michigan and take over four Republican seats
00:10:23in other parts of the country.
00:10:25In response to the question of whether there is a prevailing sentiment
00:10:29in the swing state against immoderate candidates who
00:10:33have not previously held elected office, and whether there is a prevailing sentiment against
00:10:36Muslim candidates. So the fight in Michigan was called much
00:10:40broader. The Democratic Party is searching for its identity after losing the elections
00:10:44to Trump. Communists, Marxists, socialists, and globalists
00:10:47have already had their chance, and their legacy is nothing
00:10:50but disaster. As Trump declares war on the left, his supporters,
00:10:54at least in Michigan, seem only more united.
00:10:57Al-Sayed, who has a medical degree, is being congratulated
00:10:59by the recently elected New York Mayor, who calls himself a socialist. This
00:11:03shows how detached the Republican Party is from the concerns of the American
00:11:07working class. Al-Sayed now claims to be
00:11:10a capitalist and distances himself from the Democratic Socialists of America
00:11:13organization. But he supports a non-privatized healthcare
00:11:16system, advocates for a wealth tax, greater state
00:11:20control in social policy, and seeks to ease Trump's strict
00:11:23immigration controls.
00:11:27Lithuania is to be popularized through food,
00:11:30aiming to become one of the most famous gastronomic
00:11:33countries within a decade. The country is implementing a gastronomy strategy for the first time.
00:11:37The Minister of Economy and Innovation says this will attract more tourists and new
00:11:41investments. However, he does not plan tax breaks for restaurants,
00:11:45although they say this would actually help
00:11:47the economy.
00:11:50Tourists from Spain and Australia are looking for sausages
00:11:53at the market. They have already tasted more dishes. I tasted
00:11:57cepelinai, I liked
00:11:58it very much.
00:12:01A country of great food, cepelinai, schnitzels, shashlik, herring,
00:12:05how I love herring, there are none like it in Australia,
00:12:09so I have to come to
00:12:10Lithuania.
00:12:14Chefs of restaurants operating in Lithuania say that the country stands out not
00:12:17for potato dishes. Cepelinai, potato pancakes are not just about potatoes, but
00:12:21about venison type like
00:12:25vegetables, spices also different
00:12:27and they say that they use Lithuanian
00:12:31products in various ways, tomatoes, let's say, zucchini and so on,
00:12:34we marinate our zucchini, carrots
00:12:37and and all these things, we use a lot of
00:12:40herbs and make sauces and so on, we like
00:12:43to experiment with such global
00:12:47slash Lithuanian combinations, for example,
00:12:49pork, shrimp or some
00:12:53bacon placed in a non-standard location.
00:12:56To popularize Lithuanian cuisine, the Ministry of Economy
00:13:00and Innovation, together with chefs, will create the first Lithuanian gastronomy
00:13:03strategy. According to it, over the next 10 years, the country will aim
00:13:06to attract world-class events, more chefs to encourage
00:13:10the creation of unique dishes. The biggest ambition today probably seems
00:13:13utopian to you, and that it's impossible, but
00:13:17Lithuania as a gastronomy Mecca in the next 10
00:13:21years. Some countries have long been famous for their food. Their
00:13:25national cuisine was included last year in the UNESCO Intangible
00:13:28Cultural Heritage List. So the government is now preparing several
00:13:31strategies that include the preservation of these
00:13:35authentic products,
00:13:37special protection for farmers, more attention
00:13:41is promised to them, as well as the fight against all kinds
00:13:45of imitative Italian products that are produced abroad.
00:13:49This is even a soft power tool
00:13:52for the country, with which a lot can really be achieved. Lithuania
00:13:56will aim to establish a Baltic Gastronomy and Innovation Center.
00:14:00The Minister of Economy and Innovation stated that this will be beneficial for the economy. It is
00:14:04an opportunity to expand the circle of countries from which we attract
00:14:07tourists. And you know, from such visits, relationships even with
00:14:11investors are forged. However, recently
00:14:14several restaurants have declared bankruptcy. Sector representatives constantly
00:14:18ask the government to restore the preferential 9% value-added
00:14:21tax rate for food services that was in effect during the COVID
00:14:25pandemic. The minister says there is no need for that at the moment. Turnover
00:14:28is growing, the number of companies operating in the catering
00:14:31sector is also growing, of course, this is influenced by summer. How do we
00:14:35want to increase that number of tourists
00:14:38by being the most expensive in Europe? There will be some
00:14:41uniqueness in that, our season, seasonality,
00:14:44for example, everything is more expensive for us, even those outdoor
00:14:48flowers on terraces, we have to change them twice, because
00:14:52there are special varieties that don't freeze. A survey
00:14:55conducted by Travel in Lithuania, where several answer options could be selected,
00:14:59showed that almost 80% of tourists
00:15:02choose Lithuania for gastronomic experiences, almost as many for nature and
00:15:05culture.
00:15:09The opposition Dawn of Nemunas party rose to third
00:15:12place in the ratings table. The Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats are still first, according to
00:15:16news portal Delfi's commissioned public opinion poll conducted by Spinter Research in July.
00:15:19The ruling Social Democrats are in second place,
00:15:23while in the prime minister's position, the majority of respondents
00:15:27still see former Prime Minister, Conservative
00:15:30Ingrida Šimonytė. The chairman of the Dawn of Nemunas, Remigijus Žemaitaitis, rose to second place. The current
00:15:34Prime Minister, Social Democrat, Social Democrat leader
00:15:37Mindaugas
00:15:38Sinkevičius, is third.
00:15:42In Germany, as the most important shipping river, the Rhine, continues to recede,
00:15:46a new record low water level is expected today. The transport minister, appointed just
00:15:49a week ago, is holding an urgent meeting today with industry and business representatives to discuss
00:15:53what measures to take as some shipping companies suspend navigation, and
00:15:57others can only carry a small portion of their usual cargo
00:16:00on barges. With the economy already stalled,
00:16:04disruptions in supply chains and rising cargo costs could deal
00:16:08another severe blow.
00:16:11The most important waterway in Germany is getting shallower every day.
00:16:15For some ships, it is already too shallow. Others can still
00:16:18transport cargo, but only a small portion of it. Shipping companies
00:16:22already increased prices in July. Now they are three times higher than in June,
00:16:25but some are already completely suspending container transport on long stretches
00:16:29of the river.
00:16:32A ship that normally carries 2- 2,500 tons
00:16:35of cargo can now carry 400, maybe 600
00:16:39tons, depending on the type. For the entire transport chain, this
00:16:42places an enormous burden to reorganize
00:16:45everything so that goods still reach their
00:16:47destination. This section of the Rhine near Kaub, not far from
00:16:51Koblenz, is considered the basis for measurements for ships
00:16:54carrying cargo to Southern Germany and Switzerland. Here, the river's
00:16:58depth for normal navigation should be 40
00:17:01cm, but yesterday it was only 23.
00:17:04The previous anti-record in 2008 was
00:17:0825 cm, the river itself is still about a meter
00:17:11deeper. Meteorologists predict that the navigational depth
00:17:14will decrease even further today.
00:17:17In Akirtis, no changes are expected in the coming days, no significant
00:17:21rain that would bring relief.
00:17:24The Rhine is the second longest river in Western and Central Europe after the Danube,
00:17:28and nine countries depend on its waters. In addition to grain,
00:17:31coal, fuel, ores, and chemicals, the river carries
00:17:34cargo that is difficult to transport by road or rail, such as
00:17:38steel structures for construction. The country's construction federation warned that
00:17:42when the Rhine can no longer be relied upon, the transport and
00:17:45logistics situation becomes vulnerable. When Europe's largest
00:17:48economy is barely growing due to high energy
00:17:52prices and foreign competition, the industry says it cannot bear another
00:17:56burden. Therefore, the construction federation asks the government for
00:18:00long-term solutions for navigation.
00:18:03One alternative, of course, is to use so-called shallow-draft
00:18:06ships, but as you can imagine, you can't build them
00:18:10overnight. It usually takes 1.5 to
00:18:143 years to build a ship, depending on its size. And of course, considering
00:18:18the size of the Rhine fleet, this is only possible gradually.
00:18:22Just last week, the government reassured that there would be no significant
00:18:25impact on the economy. Apparently, many companies had already reorganized their supply
00:18:29chains, arranged for other ways to transport goods, and had warehouses
00:18:32in other locations. But today's meeting, in the middle
00:18:36of the holiday season, shows that
00:18:38assessments are changing.
00:18:41Today, storms, strong winds, or even squalls are forecast
00:18:45in different Lithuanian cities. In the afternoon, short thunderstorms are expected in most
00:18:49of the country, and in southern Lithuania, squalls and hail
00:18:52may occur. According to the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service,
00:18:55the strongest storms are forecast to pass through the Marijampolė, Alytus, Kaunas
00:18:59and Vilnius districts. Some residents of the country also received
00:19:03warnings from the public alert system that trees may fall
00:19:06and power outages may occur due to the severe storm. The service emphasized that it is difficult
00:19:10to forecast summer thunderstorms, so the location where the most powerful storm
00:19:13clouds will form may still change.
00:19:17We expect heavy rain in a short period of time, when
00:19:20more than 15 mm of rain would fall, squally
00:19:24wind strengthening also more than 15 m/s, those sudden
00:19:28ones and hail from 6 mm. Everything will depend
00:19:31on the development of the clouds, so it may be that
00:19:34we will experience something similar, when
00:19:38truly very large amounts of rain will fall in a very short time,
00:19:41and again, the trajectory
00:19:45that those clouds will take will depend, because it may
00:19:48be that in a very small,
00:19:51narrow strip we will experience such more intense,
00:19:54let's say, downpours, while elsewhere just such summery thunderstorms
00:19:58will pass.
00:20:02As heat waves scorched pastures, European cattle farmers are facing
00:20:06decreasing milk yields and falling milk fat content. Some
00:20:10try to cool their cattle and change their feed, while others simply send them to
00:20:13slaughterhouses because it is no longer profitable to buy additional
00:20:17feed. Still others are looking for long-term solutions, such as raising more resilient
00:20:21cattle. Fans in this Slovak
00:20:24cow farm operate day and night. Yesterday, temperatures reached
00:20:28a historic record, and this cooperative near Bratislava milks one and a half
00:20:32liters less per day than a week ago. Purchase prices are already
00:20:35low. "We must create a better
00:20:39environment for the cows, it's in our hands, so we do what we can, but
00:20:42under current conditions, we cannot talk about any profit."
00:20:46Milked cows are sprayed with water. Zootechnicians ensure that
00:20:50there is enough. On a hot day, a cow drinks 100 liters, and to eat
00:20:54less but better. We concentrate the diet so that cows
00:20:58get more nutrients in smaller amounts of feed,
00:21:02more potassium, yeast, and trace elements. They are essential when
00:21:05it's very hot. Austrian cows are driven into farms,
00:21:08but with daily heat records, pastures
00:21:11are scorched, and buying additional feed is becoming too
00:21:15expensive. So farmers are already taking cows to
00:21:17slaughterhouses.
00:21:30requesting compensation from the emergency fund of €300 per cow, but this farmer
00:21:34says that not just one-time measures will be needed, but a complete rethinking
00:21:37of everything, as this is not the last heatwave.
00:21:41He says a hay bale is 80 or 90
00:21:44€. What the hell is going on? I don't need to
00:21:47milk cows anymore. For that kind of money, I'd rather sell their
00:21:50feed.
00:21:53Swiss cows are accustomed to mountain coolness, they prefer
00:21:57between 5 and 15 degrees.
00:22:00Heat stress in cows can start when the outside temperature is only
00:22:0423°, and when humidity is high and nights
00:22:08are tropical, above 20 degrees, conditions for animals become
00:22:12truly
00:22:14critical. Cheesemakers say that cows not only started producing less milk,
00:22:18its fat content dropped, so more is needed to make cheese. We
00:22:21really see that milk production decreases
00:22:23by 20-30%.
00:22:25That's one problem, another problem is that we already have to use feed that
00:22:29we normally save for winter. We live with our cows, if
00:22:33they are not well, neither are we.
00:22:37In scorched Belgian pastures, one solution: this farmer
00:22:40switched to the French Aubrac breed. It originated in
00:22:44a mountainous region where grass is scarce due to droughts and dry winters,
00:22:47so the cows are not as demanding. They produce less milk,
00:22:50but it's a cow that's easy to care for, the daily
00:22:54cost is low and generally inexpensive. Maybe
00:22:57reselling brings less profit, but the cost of keeping and feeding is not too
00:23:01high. These are typical Belgian Blue beef
00:23:04cattle, but scientists suggest breeding crossbreeds with Aubrac
00:23:08cattle. This way, the advantages of both
00:23:12breeds can be combined, and positive results can be achieved very
00:23:15quickly, because after all, if we have to adapt to extreme heat,
00:23:18we should have...
00:23:25When farming becomes increasingly difficult, as it has for centuries, farmers will need scientific
00:23:28advice more
00:23:30and more.
00:23:33Even more and in more detail about the day's events, the important hour, half past seven, stay
00:23:37with Lithuanian
00:23:37television.
00:23:47In the coming night, partly cloudy, scattered short rains,
00:23:50some thunderstorms, 12-17 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow during the day,
00:23:54partly cloudy, scattered short showers, warming up to 21-26