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00:00:13Good evening, this is news time on LRT television,
00:00:16here are some of the topics you will see.
00:00:20As elections to the Duma are taking place in Russia, Ukraine launched one of the largest drone
00:00:23attacks against Moscow.
00:00:26Due to the Lithuanian presidency of the Council of the European Union, some events taking place in the Lit Expo palace
00:00:30will be postponed, including the book fair.
00:00:33Although the school year has begun, school renovations continue. Directors say
00:00:37it's impossible to fix buildings constructed during the Soviet era over the summer. Sometimes
00:00:41something is drilled during lessons or something that is
00:00:44already necessary.
00:00:47The last day of elections to the Duma is coming to an end in Russia.
00:00:51The process, which Kremlin critics compare to a show, was marked
00:00:54tonight by a powerful Ukrainian missile and drone attack against Moscow and its
00:00:58region. According to the mayor of the Russian capital, this attack was
00:01:01the largest, but the Ukrainian strikes will not change the election
00:01:04results. Only systemic opposition parties that received the Kremlin's blessing
00:01:08were allowed to participate, and the results are always classified
00:01:12as inevitable. There is no doubt that Vladimir Putin's United
00:01:15Russia party will again declare
00:01:18victory.
00:01:20In elections that are not about electing a new government, but about showing that
00:01:24the current one controls everything, Ukraine also made its
00:01:27statement. According to the Moscow mayor, this drone
00:01:31attack was the largest against the Russian capital so far. According to Sergei
00:01:34Sobyanin, Kyiv launched 450
00:01:36drones towards Moscow. Ukraine itself also
00:01:40reports attacks against Moscow and its region. According to President
00:01:44Volodymyr Zelensky, the main target was an oil
00:01:47refinery. Russian logistics were also
00:01:50hit. Among the weapons used, Zelensky
00:01:53also named Ukrainian Flamingo missiles.
00:01:56According to Russian officials, more than
00:02:001600 Ukrainian drones were shot down on all fronts.
00:02:03Due to the Ukrainian strikes, two major Moscow airports
00:02:07were closed, residential buildings were damaged, and there
00:02:10were casualties. One woman died in this apartment building, and there
00:02:14are injured. It was about 4 am. I walked out of
00:02:18the stairwell, took 20 steps, there was an explosion, glass flew out,
00:02:21shouts and screams were heard. I turned to look,
00:02:25the door was blown off, debris everywhere.
00:02:27Elections to the Duma are taking place today for the third and last day. Although in Vladimir Putin's
00:02:31Russia, election results are systematically rigged, there is still
00:02:35no choice. Only lists of parties supporting the war in Ukraine
00:02:38were allowed to run. The so-called systemic opposition
00:02:41parties vote on the most important issues
00:02:45according to the Kremlin's wishes. According to
00:02:48old tradition, as always, to vote, it is an honorable civic
00:02:52duty. The only party advocating for a truce,
00:02:55Yabloko, was removed from the election
00:02:58list. The party leader who came to vote
00:03:02demonstrated a spoiled ballot in front of the cameras, on which he wrote the party's slogan
00:03:05"For Peace". However, even with the most optimistic calculations,
00:03:09the party would have been able to get only about a quarter
00:03:13of the votes. Russian citizens living in Lithuania
00:03:15also went to the Russian embassy in Vilnius today to vote.
00:03:19Some said they came to cast a protest vote, others
00:03:23complained about the Western countries surrounding
00:03:26Russia. I am here not to vote for any
00:03:30party, but to cast a vote against United
00:03:33Russia. I came so that there would be peace in the world.
00:03:37Russia has helped everyone in the world, but now it has found itself in such
00:03:40a system that has surrounded all of Europe and is forced to carry out its duties
00:03:44by maintaining peace. And what they say here, that Putin is a dangerous
00:03:47man, I don't know about that. I am Russian and have lived
00:03:50here for 47 years.
00:03:54Most people say they don't trust the elections. At the same time, they choose
00:03:57to vote either for the Communist Party or for the party "New
00:04:01People", because it is seen as the least evil
00:04:04choice. Voting ends
00:04:08today at 8:00 p.m., but the result is already clear
00:04:11to everyone. Putin's party last won the Duma
00:04:14elections almost 27 years ago, and
00:04:18we will have to wait
00:04:20for a different outcome.
00:04:23As Lithuania prepares to chair the Council of the European Union
00:04:26next year, exhibitions and congresses at the Lit Expo center, next year's exhibitions
00:04:30and events are being postponed. For example, the Vilnius Book Fair will be moved almost
00:04:34seven months to September, and the study fair
00:04:37is canceled and will only take place
00:04:38in 2028.
00:04:42Residents eagerly anticipate the Vilnius Book Fair at the end of every
00:04:46winter. At the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Centre, it is
00:04:49the most popular event, attracting more than 50,000
00:04:53visitors.
00:04:56True, next year this event will have to wait until mid-September.
00:05:00From January to the end of June, Litexpo will host top-ranking
00:05:03European officials, as Lithuania presides over the Council of the European
00:05:07Union. This will be a bit of a secret that I cannot
00:05:10talk about right now, but I really want the book fair to be different. It will take place
00:05:14in September, it will have a completely different atmosphere, so we are
00:05:18really trying with our organizational partners and our partners,
00:05:21the Publishers Association and Agata
00:05:24to find a slightly different format for the book fair.
00:05:28Other events are also moving to the autumn.
00:05:31The popular culture festival Comicon Baltics will take place not
00:05:35as usual in spring, but in September. We are already
00:05:38prepared for various unexpected situations, so we have to
00:05:42react very quickly. Next year will be a bit
00:05:45sadder, because we will have to work more in the summer, because
00:05:48the event will be at the beginning of September. Meanwhile, the largest technology and
00:05:52innovation conference in the Baltic countries, Login, held annually
00:05:56in May, will take place in October. The organizers considered not postponing
00:05:59the conference, but could not find suitable premises. This year
00:06:03we reached the limit of 10,000 participants, and essentially
00:06:07we do not have any other place or space
00:06:10to organize such a large-scale event in Lithuania
00:06:14at this moment. Some events next year are canceled
00:06:18altogether and will only take place in 2028. This means
00:06:21that one of our biggest exhibitions, Resta,
00:06:24is canceled. There will be no study exhibitions, no
00:06:27Allianze exhibitions, no engineering exhibitions.
00:06:30In preparation for the presidency, some Lit Expo premises are currently
00:06:34being renovated. For example, the fifth pavilion, well-known to event
00:06:37visitors. New conference halls are being prepared
00:06:41there. Construction work is currently underway,
00:06:45which is nearing completion, because after all, our
00:06:48schedule returns from the end of September, October, so we have
00:06:51to prepare. When Lithuania presides over the Council of the European Union, Lit Expo
00:06:55will become one of the main venues for important international
00:06:58events. It is planned that approximately 2000
00:07:01representatives of countries will arrive here. These will also be informal
00:07:05meetings of ministers, there will be about 16 of them throughout
00:07:09the six months. The first event of the presidency will take place, such
00:07:12a traditional visit of the European Commission College at the beginning of
00:07:15January, and the largest and most important event of the presidency
00:07:19will take place here, the informal European Council of Leaders,
00:07:22in May. The presiding Member State of the European
00:07:26Union changes every six months. Currently, Ireland
00:07:29holds the presidency. This will be Lithuania's second time after a 13-year
00:07:33break.
00:07:36In Panevėžys, teenagers on scooters injured a senior citizen and
00:07:40a minor sitting on a bench. The police admit that so far,
00:07:44attempts are being made to discipline preventatively, although they have the right to confiscate
00:07:48such measures. Municipalities are choosing various paths, some
00:07:52restrict traffic, others have not yet introduced additional
00:07:54prohibitions. The Ministry of Transport intends to submit proposals
00:07:58in October regarding electric micromobility
00:08:01vehicles.
00:08:05Shouts overshadowing the concert, after which the image is already from
00:08:08a hospital ward. Ugnė from Panevėžys posted
00:08:11on social media a recording describing how
00:08:14a scooter knocked down family members sitting on a bench
00:08:18and watching the concert, an 80-year-old grandmother
00:08:22and a three-year-old son. After the impact, the grandmother could not get up,
00:08:25and the ambulance took her away lying down. My three-year-old
00:08:29son is bruised, we are all very frightened and in
00:08:33shock. It turned out that two minors, 12
00:08:36and eight years old, were riding the electric scooter. Since the
00:08:40children riding the scooter are minors,
00:08:44their parents must take responsibility for them. The children
00:08:47rode one scooter without helmets and without even having the right
00:08:51to ride them. According to traffic rules, electric
00:08:54micromobility vehicles can only be ridden by people aged
00:08:5816 or not younger than 14,
00:09:01and only after completing a training course. Everyone understands
00:09:04that a child cannot just take their parents' car and
00:09:08drive to school. Everyone understands that this is a violation. But the exact same
00:09:12rules apply to the same scooter. Some
00:09:15municipalities have further tightened the rules for riding
00:09:18electric micromobility vehicles in the city. For example, in some places,
00:09:21it is forbidden to ride them in the city during events or
00:09:25near children's playgrounds. Elsewhere, it is forbidden
00:09:28to ride in the central part of the city. Although the Panevėžys
00:09:31municipality agrees that the problem is pressing, it does
00:09:35not plan to apply such restrictions yet. A lot
00:09:38of infrastructure has been installed in the city, Panevėžys is renewing, let's say,
00:09:42and there are indeed many paths and everything else, so by introducing
00:09:45such signs, we would prohibit individuals who use them properly
00:09:49from using them, and the situation should be assessed
00:09:52from other aspects, why these rule violations are committed, here
00:09:56let's try to drive the front wheel, not even the back one, well. Residents
00:10:00of Panevėžys say they feel unsafe walking on sidewalks.
00:10:03The latest incident showed it's not safe even to sit
00:10:06on a bench. What is our police for, I don't understand. Now, with a bicycle,
00:10:10if you're caught, you get a fine for a scooter. Nobody fines
00:10:13for scooters, just take them all away, as they used to
00:10:17take them away, or punish them in such a way that, well,
00:10:21I don't know, parents would be severely punished if they buy an expensive
00:10:25item and then lose it, that would probably be
00:10:28a disciplinary measure. The police say they have the right
00:10:32to confiscate electric micromobility devices
00:10:35in cases where violations are committed more than once. However, so far,
00:10:39not a single scooter has been confiscated. Since minor
00:10:42children usually instinctively run away from
00:10:45police officers, we cannot take drastic
00:10:49measures to stop them, protecting their own
00:10:51health, so as much as possible, we try
00:10:55to approach them preventatively and draw their attention.
00:10:59The number of injured scooter riders has increased by
00:11:0365% compared to last year.
00:11:05Half of the injured drivers
00:11:07are minors.
00:11:10In Germany, two more state elections will soon end, which could
00:11:14strengthen pressure on the unpopular Chancellor Friedrich
00:11:17Merz. In the capital Berlin, the Chancellor's Christian
00:11:20Democrats may cede power to the far-left
00:11:24party. And the far-right Alternative for Germany
00:11:27could double its results from the previous election.
00:11:31In the elections in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, a fierce
00:11:34battle for first place is expected between the ruling
00:11:37Social Democrats and Alternative for Germany,
00:11:41which wants to revive the Nord Stream pipeline. Merz's
00:11:44party faces its worst result in history,
00:11:47failing to enter the state
00:11:49parliament.
00:11:52The victory of Alternative for Germany in Saxony-Anhalt
00:11:56was not a surprise, but it is still compared to an earthquake.
00:11:59The unprecedented success of the far-right has cornered German Chancellor
00:12:02Friedrich Merz himself. Only one
00:12:06in ten Germans supports him, and opponents are already
00:12:09calling for him to resign. Today, two more shocks
00:12:13await him. Local authorities are electing two more
00:12:16states in Eastern Germany, the capital Berlin and
00:12:20Mecklenburg- Vorpommern.
00:12:22In both, Merz's Christian Democrats are expected
00:12:26to lose ground. They may cede first place in Berlin
00:12:29to the far-left party, which emerged from
00:12:32East German communists and has recently taken a path
00:12:36of progressive Marxism.
00:12:40We aim for an affordable Berlin where all people can live with dignity.
00:12:44The left promises to expropriate housing belonging to large
00:12:47real estate agencies and thus solve
00:12:51the housing crisis. In a city where 85% of residents
00:12:55can only afford to rent, such ideas are becoming
00:12:58increasingly popular, and compensations could amount
00:13:01to 36 billion.
00:13:04Berlin residents are always very
00:13:07critical and interested in politics. We were the first in the republic to form
00:13:11a red coalition, and the experience with it was good. Amidst
00:13:14scandals, Berlin's Christian Democrats are trying to
00:13:18hold on to power by scaring people with the radicalism
00:13:21of the left, but the far-right
00:13:25is also breathing down their necks. Alternative for Germany will likely
00:13:29remain only third in Berlin, but it should double its
00:13:32previous election result. Even in the liberal capital,
00:13:35its anti-elitist ideas are becoming increasingly
00:13:38popular. In the elections in Saxony-Anhalt,
00:13:42we saw that much is said about Alternative for Germany, but
00:13:45too little is said with Alternative for Germany. This
00:13:48must change. Dissatisfaction with traditional
00:13:52parties is even stronger in Mecklenburg-
00:13:56Vorpommern, where far-right forces are expected to get
00:13:58about half of the votes. Our money is needed for our land,
00:14:02for pensioners and children and everything else. All this
00:14:05armament, why do we send millions, billions abroad,
00:14:09leaving nothing for ourselves. In the region,
00:14:11grievances are still felt due to unfulfilled expectations
00:14:15of German reunification. These sentiments were best
00:14:18exploited by Alternative for Germany, which could become
00:14:21the largest party in the state.
00:14:25"We must and want to maintain good relations with Russia in the future, and
00:14:28here, in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, we see it at
00:14:31our doorstep, in Lubmin, where Nord Stream reached the coast,
00:14:35we want to renew this connection." True,
00:14:38they will most likely not gain power. The Social Democrats,
00:14:41who are neck and neck with Alternative for Germany in the polls,
00:14:45find it easier to attract coalition partners
00:14:48than the far-right on the political fringe.
00:14:51However, it will be most interesting to observe the results of
00:14:55the Christian Democrats, with the federal chancellor's party
00:14:58predicted to barely exceed the necessary 5%
00:15:01threshold. This would mean the worst result in the party's
00:15:05history and most likely even more questions
00:15:08about whether Merz still has the mandate of the people to lead
00:15:11the country.
00:15:14During the reconstruction of school buildings constructed during the Soviet era,
00:15:17students have to get used to the proximity of scaffolding and the construction
00:15:21noises heard during lessons. School principals
00:15:24say it is impossible to carry out large-scale
00:15:27work during a two-month renovations, alternative spaces are sought
00:15:31for students, and attempts are made to negotiate with constructors so
00:15:34that the noisiest work takes place after classes.
00:15:39In the gym of Žiežmariai Gymnasium in Kaišiadorys district,
00:15:42students exercising are separated from workers carrying out renovations
00:15:46by a wall covered with construction film. In the corridor, there are cement bags, construction
00:15:49tools. The school is being adapted to the needs of people with disabilities,
00:15:53and electrical wiring is being renewed. The work, started in summer,
00:15:56will last throughout the school year. We have large
00:16:00premises in the gymnasium, we have unused premises, we have
00:16:03domes, so all those lessons that
00:16:06need to be moved from one place to another,
00:16:09we reorganize.
00:16:11According to the principal, the builders also adapt. The noisiest work is organized
00:16:15after classes or on weekends. It will not be possible to completely avoid
00:16:18noise and dust, and it is already
00:16:22normal, sometimes something is drilled during lessons
00:16:25or something that is already necessary, but if you compare it to
00:16:28after classes, then the whole school rings. Together with
00:16:32the builders, students of Vytautas Magnus University's Karvelė Gymnasium
00:16:36in Akademija, Kaunas district, are also studying next
00:16:39door. During the reconstruction of part of the building, 12 classes
00:16:42had to be moved to the annex. The schedule was made
00:16:45in such a way that all lessons were utilized in other
00:16:48areas of the school. The school building is 50
00:16:52years old, there is a lot of
00:16:56work and it takes time, it's not a classroom
00:16:59renovation. The National Public Health Center has not yet received
00:17:03any questions or complaints regarding renovation works during the educational
00:17:07process. According to hygiene norms, they cannot be in the
00:17:10premises where children are studying. The renovated
00:17:13premises must be isolated, meaning that they must be
00:17:16protected from dust entering other
00:17:20premises where the process can continue, and attention is drawn to the fact
00:17:24that they must follow this norm. When coordinating
00:17:27renovation and learning, rented premises are sought for students,
00:17:30and modular classrooms are built. Representatives of municipalities
00:17:34say that when not just one class is being renovated, but the entire
00:17:37building is being reconstructed, student holidays are not enough for the work.
00:17:41If we take Raudondvaris Gymnasium as an example, 600 children
00:17:44studied there, today the need is 1200. It is
00:17:47impossible to create this in two months. In any case, we would have
00:17:51to suffer a bit, because just like at home, when we renovate,
00:17:54we also experience certain inconveniences. The situation could
00:17:58be changed by simpler public procurement procedures or a wider
00:18:01selection of companies carrying out large-scale reconstruction
00:18:05works. Constant supervision and perhaps continuous renovations or
00:18:09other things on a smaller scale could perhaps ease the situation,
00:18:12but that would prolong the school's renewal in terms of time,
00:18:16it would take not one or two years, but decades.
00:18:19The mayor of Kaunas district says the solution is not only to divide
00:18:23the work into stages, but also to seek new technological
00:18:26solutions. Panel renovation, I think, is especially important
00:18:29for municipalities, for educational because
00:18:3380% of the entire production of panels
00:18:37takes place in the factory, and only
00:18:4020% of the work is done in relation to
00:18:43the educational institution and its territory. Typically, school reconstructions,
00:18:46which improve the energy efficiency of buildings built during the Soviet era
00:18:50and create new sports laboratory spaces, can last from one and a half
00:18:53to three
00:23:59Here is the weather forecast and the week
00:24:0338 awaits your attention.
00:24:11After a sluggish and windy Monday the weather will remain
00:24:14autumnal, and it will be determined by an old and not very
00:24:18active cyclone to the east. from us, on Tuesday
00:24:21night we will receive rain in some places, and during the day in many
00:24:25districts, short rain is expected. At night, some places
00:24:28will have fog, and the temperature at night will drop to as low as 5-10
00:24:32degrees Celsius, and only on the coast will it be 11-13
00:24:35degrees Celsius. During the day it will be autumnal 14-19
00:24:38degrees Celsius. On Wednesday night, short rain
00:24:42will be mostly in the eastern regions, and during the day it will spread
00:24:45to many regions. The temperature at night will drop to
00:24:486:1 degrees Celsius. and only in the Curonian Spit it will remain around 13 degrees
00:24:52Celsius. During the day it will be a modest 12-17 degrees Celsius.
00:24:56On Thursday it will rain in many places, but short rain will prevail, the temperature at night
00:25:00will be only 6-1 degrees Celsius, it will be a bit warmer on the coast,
00:25:03about 12-14 degrees, during the day the
00:25:06thermometer will continue to show autumnal 12-17 degrees Celsius.
00:25:10On Friday, the southern cyclone that has moved in will bring
00:25:13rain to almost all of Lithuania, and in some places heavy rain, the wind will strengthen to
00:25:17a noticeable 9-14 m/s, the tem...
00:25:20at night it will be about 7-12 degrees Celsius, and on the coast about
00:25:2414 degrees Celsius, but during the day the temperature will not rise above
00:25:2712-17 degrees. During the weekend, the influence of
00:25:30the anticyclone will strengthen and the weather will dry up, but it will remain autumnally
00:25:34cool.
00:25:37Tonight in Lithuania it will be cloudy with clearings, it will rain in many places,
00:25:40short rain will prevail, there may be hail, it will be about
00:25:449-14 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow during the day
00:25:47in the country it will be cloudy with clearings, short rains in many places, locally with
00:25:51hail, warming up to 13-18
00:25:53degrees.
00:26:10The Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra presents the fifth international
00:26:14festival Vilnius Winds in the program Oscar Navaro's
00:26:16music. World premiere for Irish bagpipes and symphony orchestra
00:26:20and the Norwegian ensemble Standfing on September
00:26:2324th and October 17th. General
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00:26:29LRT.
00:26:54There are no perfect children, but there are those who need
00:26:57you, become
00:26:59guardians.
00:27:41show gaps in Lithuanian air defense. This is like, after getting
00:27:44beaten in the evening, coming back in the morning and
00:27:48and and and and and giving back. It will give
00:27:51Trump powers, but will not oblige him to punish Russia. Democrats are concerned about
00:27:55the so-called hellish sanctions package passed by Congress.
00:27:59Some urge to stop, others to press faster, who will listen. AI
00:28:02artificial intelligence can destroy humanity tonight from
00:28:0613:00.
00:30:21Thank you, before we move on to the next
00:30:25item on the agenda, I would like to draw your attention, perhaps
00:30:28someone lost car keys.
00:30:33Asked the Vice Speaker of the Seimas Leiputė, and I want to ask her,
00:30:37what kind of answer, madam, were you expecting? No, you know,
00:30:40I didn't lose them, I keep them there, please return them to the first row, to
00:30:44that aisle there between Brazilienė and
00:30:46Vaitekunienė, this is a member of the Seimas, if you are not yet
00:30:49acquainted. So, good evening, another interesting
00:30:53week, the week when the Prosecutor General suspected of corruption fled from
00:30:56Ukraine, but still the same.