The Latvian Saeima has urgently adopted, in the final reading, amendments to the Law on Restrictions of Activities Threatening National Security. The changes ban deputies of city and municipal councils from travelling to Russia and Belarus. The amendments were submitted by a group of MPs, including Edmunds Jurēvics, chairman of...
Lithuania proposes banning Russian grain transit through the EU
Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said he will propose that the European Union ban the transit of Russian food grain through the bloc and impose sanctions on individual Russian agribusiness figures who, in his view, support the war against Ukraine. The head of the Lithuanian government wrote this on Facebook...
Belgium confirms ban on geolocation apps for military personnel at and near military sites
Belgium’s Ministry of Defence has confirmed an existing ban on military personnel using geolocation apps on military compounds and in their immediate vicinity. A ministry spokesman restated the rule amid a data leak from the travel app Polarsteps. Dutch investigative outlet Follow the Money found a vulnerability in Polarsteps that...