Lithuania asks Google and Apple to remove Yandex ride-hailing app -transport ministry

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VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s transport and economy ministers said on Monday they asked Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) to remove, in Lithuania, the app for the Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX).taxi ride-hailing service, owned by Uber (NYSE:UBER) and Russia’s Yandex.

The app is a threat to Lithuanian national security, Lithuania’s transport minister Marius Skuodsi said in his ministry’s statement on Monday.