BNS Lithuania’s Prime Minister discussed energy security with his Swedish counterpart, Fredrik Reinfeldt, in Stockholm on Friday. “I have to say that first we had a tete-a-tete meeting, which was followed by a lunch. We discussed energy security, financial and economic situation in Sweden, Lithuania …
BNS Sweden’s government on Thursday gave its final approval to the construction of a power cable, known as NordBalt, to Lithuania, reads the government’s website. “We confirm receipt of a decision made by the Swedish government today on its final approval to the NordBalt project,” …
In 2009, the Swedish parliament adopted the Defence Report Bill that included the Declaration of Solidarity, a document which not only represents changing approach to security and defence of the non-aligned state, but also offers a new approach to regional security of the Baltic and …
On 12 March, Lithuanian Ambassador in Stockholm Eitvydas Bajarūnas and Mikael Odenberg, Director General of the Swedish corporation Svenska Kraftnät, discussed the implementation of the NordBalt project, Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. The Swedish power grid and the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid are …
Sweden’s ABB has started to manufacture the 900 kilometres cable, for NordBalt power link, which will connect Lithuania and Sweden. The cable will be manufactured in 15 months and will link Lithuania’s and Sweden’s power grids. “All measures planned with respect to NordBalt are being …
Jorge Marcano | The Lithuania Tribune On November 10th, 2011, Vilnius became the host city of the Annual Energy Conference organised by Valstybe magazine. Under the slogan “Independent Energy – Strong Economy”, various officials from the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy, several international experts and other …
The Governments of the United States and Lithuania reaffirm their strong bilateral partnership and close cooperation, and recommit to strengthen energy security in promoting energy diversification efforts in the Baltic Sea region. Lithuania has taken a leading role in promoting regional energy security cooperation in …
Vilnius – President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a meeting with the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lene Espersen, who is attending the high-level conference ‘Women Enhancing Democracy: Best Practices’ , Presidential Press Office reported on 30 June. The discussion in the …
Lithuania and Sweden would follow closer cooperation in the field of energy and enhance opportunities for closer cooperation within the NB8 framework, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite and Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson agreed in Vilnius the President’s Press Service reported on 30 …
Westinghouse is interested in the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) because of plans to link Baltic, Nordic and Polish electricity grids, Anders Jackson, Westinghouse’s president for Europe, Middle East and Africa said to business daily Verslo Zinios daily. Westinghouse representative also indicated that the site …
Hiroaki Nakanishi, President of Hitachi, met with Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius yesterday (16 June) to discuss the future of Lithuania’s Visaginas nuclear plant, LiTnews.lt portal reported. In a press conference following the meeting Mr Nakanishi said that Hitachi were ready to start work as …
No one wants to be on the bottom while their colleagues and rivals get better and better, but that seems to be the dilemma that Latvia is facing. Estonia has been setting the bar high for years with their progressive policy, budget surpluses and more. …
President Dalia Grybauskaite will return to Lithuania from her to Norway with documents that release 84 million euros of funding as well as a boatload of Lithuanian prisoners that Norwegian authorities don’t want to deal with. Grybauskaite and her delegation signed off on memorandums of …
The Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius shared his thoughts on the situation in the country, on national minorities, on relations with Russia, and on many other things with the weekly in Russian Ekspress Nedelia. The interview was published on 26 February. We have experienced a …
Fredrik Rydström | The Lithuania Tribune In December 2010, after the withdrawal of the South Korean tender, it became clear that Lithuania’s efforts to rebuild the Ignalina nuclear power plant suffered yet another setback. Immediately after this purportedly devastating news, the Lithuanian government reassured the …
Energy producers from Scandinavia are likely to join Latvenergo competitors in the Latvian energy market in near future, the energy power supply enterprise Latvenergo ex-chairman Kārlis Miķelsons told in an interview to the business news portal Baltic News Network, adding that this will toughen the …
President Dalia Grybauskaitė received Thorvald Stoltenberg, former Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway and author of the Stoltenberg Report, and ambassadors of the Baltic and Nordic countries, resident in Lithuania, Presidential Office reported. The President underlined in the meeting that close …
Russian intrigues, an unfavourable situation in the international energy market, Lithuania’s financial situation – all these factors can become insurmountable roadblocks to Lithuania’s independent energy market and to the country’s aspiration to make this market much less dependent on Russia’s influence. The only thing that …
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) would consider funding Lithuania’s plans for building electricity power links with Poland and Sweden. The EBRD could also provide a loan for a project of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipeda and initiate talks between …
Read an extract of an interview with the Lithuanian President Dalia Gryubauskaite who was interviewed on domestic, foreign policy, energy projects published in Veidas magazine on 3 January Lithuanian President believes that Lithuania’s economy will regain its footing in 2011, but she says it will …
