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00:00:00short rains in many places and in some places
00:00:18Time to know everything.
00:00:22In the German state elections, a double triumph
00:00:25for extremists. Chancellor Merc calls the elections for his party
00:00:28a catastrophe, but promises to continue
00:00:30reforms.
00:00:33In preparation for the presidency of the Council of the European Union, events at Litexpo are being postponed,
00:00:37the book fair
00:00:39in autumn.
00:00:41Litexpo will become one of the main venues for the most important international
00:00:45events.
00:00:48The Duma elections, called a spectacle by Kremlin critics, were marked
00:00:52tonight by a powerful Ukrainian missile and drone attack against
00:00:55Moscow.
00:00:58Lessons alongside renovation work, schools say it's impossible
00:01:02to renovate Soviet buildings during summer holidays.
00:01:06Sometimes they drill something during lessons there or something that is absolutely necessary.
00:01:24Good evening, I'm Jovita Vitkauskė, about this Sunday now
00:01:28in detail. In Germany. A double triumph
00:01:31for extremists in the state elections. According to exit polls,
00:01:35in Berlin the far-left party won first place,
00:01:39and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the far-right
00:01:42Alternative for Germany. These
00:01:45results are another blow to the unpopular Chancellor
00:01:48Friedrich Merz, whose party lost first place
00:01:52in the capital, and in Mecklenburg,
00:01:54in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, may not even enter
00:01:57parliament, as according to polls men. near the 5%
00:02:01electoral threshold. Merz called the results in this state
00:02:05a tragedy, but did not resign and promises to continue
00:02:08reforms.
00:02:12In Berlin, the first victory for the far-left, a party
00:02:15born from East German communists, will only be able to govern after finding
00:02:19coalition partners, but unlike with Alternative
00:02:23for Germany, other parties have agreed to work with
00:02:26the left in the past. From today we will change our.
00:02:33The party attracted new voters by changing its image, trading old
00:02:37communism for more progressive Marxism,
00:02:40and promising to tackle the housing crisis in the city
00:02:43with drastic measures, where 85%
00:02:46of residents rent their homes. The left
00:02:49promises to expropriate homes belonging to large
00:02:52real estate agencies, even if it could cost
00:02:5636 billion in compensation.
00:03:00"Berlin residents are always very critical and interested
00:03:03in politics, we were the first in the republic to form a red coalition and
00:03:07the experience with it was good. Alternative for Germany may
00:03:10not celebrate as much as two weeks ago in Saxony-
00:03:13Anhalt, but these two elections are just another proof
00:03:17of how strengthened this far-right
00:03:20party is. Sensational result, we received
00:03:24a clear mandate to form a government in Mecklenburg-
00:03:26Vorpommern, after all, we more than doubled our result."
00:03:30"All three elections this month took place in East Germany, where
00:03:34resentment is strong over unfulfilled expectations
00:03:38of reunification. Our money is needed for our land,
00:03:41for pensioners and children and for everything else. All this
00:03:44armament, why do we send millions, billions abroad,
00:03:48without keeping anything for ourselves.
00:03:50Alternative for Germany perfectly exploited these
00:03:53sentiments and in the last days of the campaign
00:03:57promised to turn Mecklenburg-Vorpommern back into.
00:04:03We must and want to maintain good relations with Russia in the future, and
00:04:07here in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, we see
00:04:10it at our doorstep, in Lubmin, where North Stream reaches the coast,
00:04:13we want to renew this connection. In the Christian Democratic headquarters,
00:04:17Chancellor Friedrich Merz went to acknowledge two
00:04:21more defeats. In Berlin, the Chancellor's party lost
00:04:25first place, and in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern it may not
00:04:28even enter parliament. "An exit poll shows
00:04:32that they exceed the 5% threshold,
00:04:35but the final results may still be
00:04:37different. The result in Mecklenburg-
00:04:41Vorpommern cannot be improved. It is a real tragedy. The Christian Democrats
00:04:45were crushed by the Social Democrats and Alternative for Germany.
00:04:49Although only one German in ten trusts the Chancellor
00:04:53and opponents call for him to resign, Merz,
00:04:55who spoke immediately after the vote, promises
00:04:58to continue his work. Changes require effort, not
00:05:02everything will be approved immediately, I know that for many of you these changes
00:05:06will bring additional difficulties and a feeling of uncertainty, in some
00:05:09areas their impact will become apparent only after some time, which is
00:05:12precisely why we cannot postpone these decisions now, reforms must
00:05:16continue. Perhaps traditional parties have no other
00:05:19choice but to try to implement reforms, not to pander
00:05:23to voters whose disappointment and support for populist
00:05:27forces are growing across Europe, whatever
00:05:30traditional parties
00:05:31do.
00:05:34After Latvia reduced value-added tax on some food
00:05:38products, milk, bread, chicken, eggs became cheaper. Retail
00:05:41chains say. say their sales increased slightly, but
00:05:45there is no influx of buyers, Lithuanians are not flocking to Latvia
00:05:49to shop. According to economists, the Latvian government's decision
00:05:52will not have much benefit.
00:05:56In Latvia, essential food products have been cheaper since July.
00:05:59From the usual 21 to 12%, the value-added
00:06:03tax was reduced, making milk and bread products,
00:06:06eggs, and chicken cheaper. However, Latvian buyers say they have not noticed
00:06:10a big difference in prices. Some. noted that VAT
00:06:13was reduced, I think so, prices have decreased, but if
00:06:17honestly I look at promotions, as all people do, I think prices have somewhat
00:06:21stabilized,
00:06:23overall, maybe slightly decreased, milk costs
00:06:27similar, maybe slightly
00:06:28cheaper,
00:06:32not much difference, but overall, maybe cheaper, vegetables, bread,
00:06:35milk,
00:06:38prices should be lower, especially for families raising
00:06:41children. A liter of the cheapest milk in the Jelgava shopping
00:06:45center these days costs 54 cents,
00:06:49a larger tub of sour cream about 1 euro 70,
00:06:52a kilogram of chicken breast almost 7 euros,
00:06:56a carton of eggs about 23. Representatives of one
00:06:59popular retail chain in Latvia say that
00:07:02after reducing value-added tax, in two months
00:07:06customers of their chain alone saved about one million
00:07:09euros.
00:07:12Sales increased slightly, but the increase in sales for all four
00:07:16product categories is not sharp, egg sales grew the most, but it's still too early to say
00:07:19whether more is being bought due to the reduced
00:07:23value-added tax or our
00:07:25promotions. Lithuanians say they look
00:07:29with envy at Latvia's decision to reduce VAT on food
00:07:32products, but they are not flocking to shop across the border, fuel
00:07:36prices are too high, so the trip would not pay off, but
00:07:39they would like VAT on food to be reduced. and
00:07:43in Lithuania, food should be reduced, maybe for something else
00:07:46it shouldn't be reduced, but for food it really should be reduced, so
00:07:50everything is more expensive now, food products and everything else, so
00:07:54somehow we already pay very expensively
00:07:57for everything. Economist Žygimantas
00:08:00Mauricas says the Latvian government's decision will not
00:08:03bring benefits, a tragic decision, because it is a populist
00:08:07decision before the elections, they have elections in October, it is only part of food products,
00:08:10very strange, by the way, part. there it only includes
00:08:14only five categories out of 20, so again
00:08:18this also creates a corruption risk and then endless discussions will begin
00:08:22why for some categories and not others and the overall
00:08:25price change, it will not
00:08:28be felt. The reduced value-added
00:08:31tax on some food products in Latvia will be
00:08:34valid for a year.
00:08:37As Lithuania prepares to chair the Council of the European Union next year,
00:08:40exhibitions and events at the Litexpo exhibition and congress center
00:08:43are being postponed until next year, for example, the Vilnius Book Fair will be postponed by almost
00:08:47seven months to September, and the study exhibition
00:08:50is canceled and will only take place
00:08:51in 2028.
00:08:56The Vilnius Book Fair will gather residents at the end of every winter.
00:09:00The Litexpo exhibition and congress center, it's the most popular
00:09:03event, attracting more than 5000
00:09:07visitors.
00:09:09True, next year we will have to wait until mid-September for this event.
00:09:13From January until the end of June,
00:09:16high-ranking European officials will gather
00:09:19at Litexpo as Lithuania chairs the Council of the European Union. This will be a little
00:09:22secret, which I cannot talk about at the moment, but I really want the
00:09:26book fair to be different, it will take place in September, it will have a completely
00:09:29different atmosphere, so we are really trying with
00:09:32our organizational partners and our partners, the Publishers Association
00:09:36and Agata
00:09:38to find a slightly different format for the book fair.
00:09:42Other events are also moving to autumn.
00:09:45The popular culture festival Comic-Con Baltics will take place not in
00:09:48spring as usual, but in September. We are already
00:09:52prepared for various unexpected situations, that we have to
00:09:55react very quickly. So, next year will be a little
00:09:58sad, because we will have to work more in the summer, because
00:10:02the event will be at the beginning of September. Meanwhile, the largest technology and
00:10:06innovation conference in the Baltic States, Login, held annually
00:10:09in May, will take place in October. Organizers considered not moving
00:10:13the conference, but could not find suitable premises. This year
00:10:17we reached the 10,000 participant limit and essentially,
00:10:21we have no other place or space
00:10:24to organize such a large-scale event in Lithuania
00:10:28at the moment. Some events next year will be canceled
00:10:31altogether and will only take place in 2028. This means
00:10:34some of our biggest exhibitions, such as Resta,
00:10:37will be cancelled, there will be no study exhibitions.
00:10:41There will be no Palenė exhibitions, no engineering exhibitions, no Enjin. In preparation
00:10:44for the presidency, some Litexpo premises are currently being renovated,
00:10:48for example, the fifth pavilion, well-known to event
00:10:51visitors. In it, new conference
00:10:55halls are being prepared, the main construction works are taking place now,
00:10:58which are already nearing completion,
00:11:02because after all, from returns, so we have to be prepared. As Lithuania
00:11:05presides over the Council of the European Union, Lit Expo will become
00:11:09one of the main venues where the most important international
00:11:11events will take place. It is planned that approximately 20,000 representatives
00:11:15of countries will arrive here. There will be
00:11:18informal meetings of ministers, there will be about 16
00:11:22throughout the half-year. The first event of the presidency will take place,
00:11:26a traditional visit of the European Commission college at the beginning
00:11:29of January, and the biggest or most important
00:11:33event of the presidency, an informal European Council, will take place here in May.
00:11:36The presiding member state of the European Union
00:11:40changes every six months, Ireland is currently presiding.
00:11:44For Lithuania, this will be the second time after a 13-year
00:11:47break.
00:11:50In Russia, the three-day Duma elections will soon end.
00:11:54The process, which Kremlin to a spectacle, was marked tonight
00:11:57by a powerful Ukrainian missile and drone attack against
00:12:01Moscow and its region. According to the mayor of the Russian capital, this attack was
00:12:05the largest, but the Ukrainian strike will not change
00:12:08the election results. Only systemic opposition parties that received
00:12:12the Kremlin's blessing were allowed to participate, and
00:12:15the results are always rigged.
00:12:19In elections that are not meant to elect a new government, but to show that
00:12:23the current one controls everything. "Ukraine also spoke
00:12:26its word. According to the mayor of Moscow, this drone attack is the largest
00:12:30against the Russian capital so far. According to Sergei
00:12:32Sobyanin, Kyiv launched 450
00:12:35drones towards Moscow. Ukraine also reports
00:12:39an attack against Moscow and its region. According to President
00:12:42Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the main target was an oil
00:12:46refinery, and Russian logistics were also
00:12:49struck. Among the weapons used, Zelenskyy
00:12:52named Ukrainian Flamingo missiles. According to Russian
00:12:56officials, more than 1,600
00:12:59Ukrainian drones were shot down on all fronts. Due to
00:13:02the Ukrainian strikes, two main Moscow airports
00:13:06were closed, residential buildings were damaged,
00:13:09and there were casualties. One woman died
00:13:12in this apartment building. There were about 4:44 in the morning, I came out of
00:13:16the stairwell, walked 20 steps and an explosion occurred. Glass
00:13:20shattered, screams and shouts were heard. I turned to look,
00:13:23doors were blown out everywhere.
00:13:26The Duma elections are taking place today for the third and final day,
00:13:30although in Vladimir Putin's Russia election results are systematically
00:13:34falsified, there is still no choice. Only
00:13:37lists of parties supporting the war in Ukraine
00:13:40were allowed to run, the so-called systemic opposition parties
00:13:44vote on the most important issues according to the Kremlin's
00:13:47wishes.
00:13:50As always, voting is the honorable duty of a
00:13:52citizen.
00:13:55The Yabloko party list, which says this, was removed
00:13:57from the elections. The party leader, who came to vote, demonstrated
00:14:01a spoiled ballot in front of the cameras, on which he wrote
00:14:05the party's slogan for peace. However, even
00:14:07by the most optimistic calculations, the party could have received only
00:14:11about a quarter of the votes. Russian
00:14:14citizens living in Lithuania also went to vote at the Russian
00:14:17embassy in Vilnius today. Some said
00:14:20they came to cast a protest vote, others complained
00:14:24about Russia's encirclement. "I am here not
00:14:27to vote for any party, but to cast a vote
00:14:31against United Russia.
00:14:34I came so that there would be peace in the world. Russia helped everyone in the world, but
00:14:37now it finds itself in such a system that has surrounded all of
00:14:40Europe, and it is forced to fulfill its duties by maintaining peace. And what
00:14:44they say here, that Putin is a dangerous man, I don't know about that,
00:14:48I am Russian and I have lived here for 47
00:14:50years. Most people say they don't trust
00:14:54the elections." At the same time, they choose to vote either for the Communist
00:14:58Party or for the party New People, as they are seen as
00:15:01the least evil choices.
00:15:05There are a few minutes left until the end of voting, but
00:15:08the result is already clear to everyone. Putin's party
00:15:12last won the Duma elections almost 27 years ago
00:15:16and for a different outcome we will have to wait
00:15:18longer.
00:15:21During the reconstruction of school buildings built during the Soviet era, students
00:15:25have to get used to the proximity of scaffolding and to the construction
00:15:28sounds heard during classes. School administrators say it is impossible
00:15:32to carry out large-scale work during the couple of months
00:15:35of holidays.
00:15:38In the hall of Žiežmariai Gymnasium in Kaišiadorys district,
00:15:41students exercising are separated from workers carrying out repairs
00:15:44by a wall covered with construction film, in the corridor there are cement
00:15:48bags, construction tools, of people with disabilities, the electrical
00:15:52installation is being updated. Works started in summer will last
00:15:56We have large premises in the gymnasium, we have unused
00:15:59premises, we have domes, so all those lessons,
00:16:03which need to be moved, so that we move from one place
00:16:07to another, we reorganize. According to
00:16:10the director, the builders also adapt, the noisiest works are organized after
00:16:14lessons or on weekends. Sometimes they drill something
00:16:17during lessons there or something that is absolutely necessary, but if you
00:16:21compare it after lessons, then the whole school
00:16:24rings. Together with the builders, students of Vytautas Magnus
00:16:28University Ugnė Karvelė Gymnasium in Akademija, Kaunas district
00:16:31are also learning. During the reconstruction of part of the building, 12 classes
00:16:34had to be moved to an extension. The school building
00:16:37is 50 years old,
00:16:41there are big works and it takes
00:16:44time, it's not a classroom renovation. The National Public
00:16:48Health Center has not yet received any questions or complaints about renovation works during
00:16:52the educational process. are not allowed in the premises where
00:16:55children are studying. The premises must be isolated, the premises being
00:16:59renovated, this means that they must be
00:17:02protected from dust entering
00:17:05other premises where the process can continue and it is emphasized that they must
00:17:09adhere to this norm. When combining renovation
00:17:12and learning, rented premises are sought for students,
00:17:15modular classrooms are built. Municipal representatives say that when not just one
00:17:19classroom is being renovated, but the entire building is being reconstructed, student
00:17:22holidays are not enough for the works. In Raudondvaris
00:17:26Gymnasium, if we take it as an example, 600 children
00:17:29studied, today the need is 1200, so
00:17:33it is impossible to create in two months. The situation
00:17:36could be changed by more flexible public procurement procedures or a wider
00:17:40selection of companies carrying out reconstruction works, continuous
00:17:43supervision and perhaps continuous smaller-scale
00:17:47repairs or other things could perhaps alleviate it, but this
00:17:51would prolong the school's renewal in time,
00:17:54it would take perhaps not one or two years, but
00:17:57decades. The mayor of Kaunas district says
00:18:00the solution is not only to divide the works into stages, but also to look for new
00:18:04technological solutions. Panel renovation. "I think that
00:18:08it is especially important for municipalities, educational facilities,
00:18:12because 80% of the
00:18:14panels' entire production takes place
00:18:17in the factory, and only 20% of those works
00:18:21are carried out in relation to the educational institution and its
00:18:24territory. Typically, school reconstructions, when the energy
00:18:27efficiency of buildings built during the Soviet era is improved and new sports
00:18:31laboratory spaces are created, can take from one and a half to three
00:18:34years."
00:18:37The reconstruction of Vinco Kudirka Bridge over Šešupė, which is listed
00:18:41in the cultural heritage register, is nearing completion, with the opening planned for October.
00:18:44Restored bas-reliefs with the image of Vincas Kudirka will return
00:18:48to the bridge.
00:18:52On the Vincas Kudirka Bridge in Kudirkos Naumiestis, builders are still working,
00:18:56but traffic is already flowing on one side. "The historic day is approaching when traffic
00:19:00will be fully opened on the new bridge," say residents.
00:19:03The works are progressing rapidly, we are very happy. Previously,
00:19:07of course. Of course, it was very inconvenient, there were two very prominent
00:19:10thresholds and the car
00:19:13would bounce. The history of the bridge that divides Kudirkos Naumiestis in half
00:19:17is interesting. The first wooden one was built
00:19:19in 1876,
00:19:21which Vincas Kudirka liked to walk on, described in his
00:19:24satire, "Memories of the Lithuanian Bridge" was burned down. The second and
00:19:28third were built by the Germans, but they were also burned. This reinforced concrete
00:19:32one, now being completed, is already the fifth. The old one served
00:19:35for almost 90 years. It was in an emergency state and
00:19:39today it did not meet either trafficability
00:19:42or loads, not to mention the visual
00:19:46aspect itself. The reconstruction of the Vincas Kudirka Bridge began more
00:19:49than a year ago, now the wider two-lane roadway
00:19:53of the bridge, the pedestrian and bicycle path has widened. It was a great pity
00:19:57when they demolished the old bridge, we grew up
00:20:00here, so it was very heartbreaking,
00:20:03but now, now there will be a new
00:20:06bridge. Beautiful, convenient,
00:20:09wider. The bridge is inscribed in the cultural heritage
00:20:13register. The valuable features include intermediate supports
00:20:16and foundations, railing decor, authentic hexagonal
00:20:20slope tiles. The architectural appearance
00:20:23has been preserved during the reconstruction. Restored bas-reliefs with the image
00:20:27of Vincas Kudirka and the year of the bridge's construction will return to the bridge.
00:20:30It looks analogically, identically, as it
00:20:33was, its entire shape, its entire, entire.
00:20:37elections, even the railing structures,
00:20:40everything remains as it was, it is
00:20:43authentically rebuilt Kudirka Bridge, it
00:20:47is, it is, one of the symbols of Naumiestis.
00:20:50"Kudirkos Naumiestis is a popular place, the Vincas Kudirka
00:20:54Museum operates here, in the park stands
00:20:55a monument to Kudirka
00:20:58created by Vincas Grybas in 1934 and not destroyed during the Soviet era.
00:21:01The aesthetic appearance of the town improved,
00:21:04beautified, people come to the museum, excursions and
00:21:07theatrical excursions are also organized through the town. The final
00:21:11reconstruction works of the Vincas Kudirka Bridge are underway,
00:21:14the temporary bridge is being dismantled, as well as the road
00:21:18surface at the approaches, slope tiles are being laid,
00:21:21the bridge deck is being repaired from below and other
00:21:25landscaping works are being carried out. The bridge
00:21:28reconstruction is planned to be completed
00:25:08weather forecast for the new week. Have a good evening and a good
00:25:11rest.
00:25:19For Monday's windy weather, the week's weather will remain
00:25:22autumnal, and will be determined by an old and less
00:25:25active cyclone to the east of us. On Tuesday
00:25:29night, we will have rain in some places, and by day, a short
00:25:32rain is expected in many regions. At night, fog
00:25:35will form in some places, and the temperature at night will drop to 5-10
00:25:39degrees Celsius, and only in the coastal area will it be 11-13
00:25:43degrees Celsius. And the day will be autumnal, 14-19
00:25:46degrees Celsius. On Wednesday night, a short rain
00:25:50will mostly be in the eastern regions, and by day it will spread
00:25:53to many regions. The temperature at night will drop to
00:25:566:1 degrees Celsius, and only in the coastal area will it remain about 13
00:25:59degrees Celsius. By day it will be modest.
00:26:04On Thursday, it will rain in many places, but short rain will prevail. The temperature at night
00:26:07will be only 6-1 degrees Celsius. It will be a little warmer in the coastal area,
00:26:11about 12-14 degrees. By day, the
00:26:14thermometers will continue to show autumnal 12-17
00:26:16degrees Celsius. On Friday, a coming cyclon will bring
00:26:20rain to almost all of Lithuania, and in some places heavy rain. The wind
00:26:24will intensify to a noticeable 9-14 meters per
00:26:26second. The temperature at night will be about 7-12 degrees
00:26:30Celsius, and in the coastal area about 14 degrees Celsius.
00:26:33But by day, the temperature will not rise above 12-17
00:26:36degrees. On the weekend, the influence of the anticyclone will intensify
00:26:39and the weather will become drier, but it will remain cool in an autumnal
00:26:42way. The coming night in Lithuania
00:26:46will be cloudy with clearings, it will rain in many places, short rain will prevail, it is possible
00:26:50to be around 9-14 degrees
00:26:53Celsius. Tomorrow during the day, the country will be cloudy with clearings,
00:26:57daug kur trumpi lietūs vietomis per kūniją, šils iki
00:27:0013-18 degrees.
00:27:36Good morning, Lithuania invites you to start the new week
00:27:40together. Another challenge for the German ruling party, elections
00:27:43in two of that country's states. Discussion
00:27:46of the results in the show. Also in the show, with a nutritionist,
00:27:50we will discuss Lithuanian eating habits and sandwiches
00:27:53for breakfast. Turtles, not
00:27:56in soup. An incredible fact and this incredible fact
00:27:59we will discuss with the Aquatic Wildlife Researcher. With
00:28:03sandwiches and without them, let's start the new week
00:28:05together.
00:28:09The Danklaivės Globe crashed into the northern Klaipėda
00:28:12port gate pier. The ropes that
00:28:15held the ship did not hold. This was the beginning of the biggest
00:28:18ecological catastrophe in the Baltic Sea. In a few
00:28:21hours, almost a third of the 160 cubic
00:28:25meters of mazut and sand was broken
00:28:28and transported to landfills. Lithuania's catastrophes on Tuesday at 21:30
00:29:24a nine-headed king. Although it was a pity
00:29:28to pull it out, Volodja intends to give this mushroom, like other porcini mushrooms,
00:29:31and so he earns about 60 litas per day. By the way, for those who
00:29:35like mushroom picking, Volodja says
00:29:38that there are many mushrooms in Lithuania at the moment. In five hours in the Kalvių forest, he finds up to 100
00:29:42porcini mushrooms. An unexpected
00:29:46story of all of us in the LRT archives, watch
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