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 "slug": "lithuania-baltic-metal-foundry-demz-ammunition-plant-special-status",
 "title": "Lithuania Gives Ukrainian-Owned Baltic Metal Foundry Special Status for an Ammunition Plant Near Balbieriškis",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/lithuania-baltic-metal-foundry-demz-ammunition-plant-special-status/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-05T19:29:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-06T19:30:13.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVilnius, 5 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Lithuania's Ministry of Economy and Innovation has drafted a government resolution designating the project of Baltic Metal Foundry, the Lithuanian subsidiary of Ukraine's Dnipro Electromechanical Plant (DEMZ), as meeting urgent state security and defence needs, which opens investment conditions beyond the ordinary law (BNS, 5 October)\n * The company has committed at least EUR 93.3 million and up to 450 jobs: an ammunition assembly plant on a",
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  "defense-industry",
  "russia-ukraine-conflict",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
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  "nato",
  "rheinmetall",
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