A bill providing some measure of relief for Jewish merchants in Lithuania from the compulsory Sunday rest law was passed by the Lithuanian parliament yesterday. This was the first reading of the bill.

As of the start of October, nearly 41,000 refugees from Ukraine were registered for temporary protection in Latvia and around 67,000 in Lithuania. The relief items consist of foldable field cots, ...

The commissioner, however, is authorized to make exceptions in certain cases. Another decree concentrates refugee relief in Lithuania in the hands of the Lithuanian Red Cross.