The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by Zigmantas Balčytis, as published on www.alfa.lt, analysing Lithuania’s long-term energy strategy and whether refusing to build a new nuclear power plant is going to prolong the country’s energy dependence on its neighbours. Poland is becoming a nuclear …
BNS Lithuania’s power transmission system operator Litgrid said that the planned electricity link (LitPol Link) between Lithuania and Poland will primarily serve the interests of consumers in the two countries. The company said this in reaction to a statement by a Rosatom official that LitPol …
BNS Increasing numbers of emigrants return to Lithuania every year, however, the lower flow of emigration is still a few times higher than the returning numbers, shows statistics published on Friday. According to data published by the Statistics Department, 17,300 Lithuanian citizens returned to their …
Algirdas Sysas, Deputy Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, Member of the Seimas Delegation to the OSCE, Deputy Chairman of the Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party. 28/02/2013 One of the major priorities of Lithuania is ensuring its energy security, basically through establishing and securing the sustainable multiple or …
BNS Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius says the Polish foreign minister’s recent statement linking issues related to the Polish ethnic minority in Lithuania and bilateral energy and transport projects runs counter to the diplomatic language. “I have not read his comment but if he really said …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on Thursday is to meet with Pawel Olechnowicz, the CEO of Lotos, Poland’s second-largest oil group. Lotos said that Butkevicius and Olechnowicz would discuss prospects for oil and gas extraction in Lithuania. Minijos Nafta, a local oil production company that is …
Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski said on Wednesday that the resolution of issues of the Polish ethnic minority in Lithuania would help to “easier implement” bilateral transport and energy projects. “We hope that the resolution of the most burning issues, including those related …
CSC, a global IT services company that was among the first to establish an IT services centre in Lithuania, is set to continue growth, expand its customer base, and increase the number of its employees in the country, reports Invest Lithuania. “Lithuania remains an attractive …
Lithuania sees no need in building additional power links to the Kaliningrad region where Russia intends to build a nuclear power plant, Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovic said on Wednesday. “We already have a link with the Kaliningrad region, so we don’t need to build anything …
Lithuania ranks first in the European Union (EU) in terms of fatal casualties in traffic accidents, shows statistics published by the European Commission (EC) on Tuesday. The 100 traffic accident victims reported in Lithuania per population of 1 million people is considerably above the EU …
Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas says that Europe does not consider the United States’ decision to renounce one of the elements of its anti-missile defense system a “treason”, and existing plans perfectly ensure protection of NATO’s European part. According to the minister, at a …
President Dalia Grybauskaite says the United States’ decision against deploying elements of an anti-missile defense system in Poland, the so-called missile interceptors, should not affect NATO’s plans to defend its whole territory, including Lithuania. “The US decision on the review of the implementation of the …
Deputy-governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank Mikolaj Dowgielewicz has said that Lithuania is making good preparations for the presidency over the European Union (EU), emphasizing that relations with neighbors, primarily Ukraine, would be in focus over the period. “I have a very good …
In a meeting with the Ambassadors of the three Baltic States on March 11 in the Hague Defence Minister of the Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert made a formal notification of the decision of the Netherlands to ensure security of Lithuania’s, Latvia’s and Estonia’s airspace by contributing …
The issue of closure of Lithuanian schools in Poland will be resolved if Poland shows goodwill, Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis said on Monday after meeting with the Lithuanian community in Poland. The minister visited Ziburio school in Sejny as well as Lithuanian …
Lithuania would benefit from adopting the euro as soon as possible, as, while its national currency – the litas – being pegged to the European Union’s (EU) currency, the country has to abide by certain restrictions but does not have the benefits enjoyed by other …
On February 23, both the residents of Lithuania and Lithuanians abroad for the 6th time wrote the National Dictation, informed post.lt. More than 100 participants have sent their dictations by post. “The majority of letters have come from the largest cities – Vilnius, Kaunas, Šiauliai; however, …
The Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski, declared publicly that Lithuania should choose between two projects: either a liquefied gas terminal in Klaipėda or a gas link with Poland, since both projects would not pay off, writes Zigmantas Balcytis for DELFI. The Polish Minister’s statement is not accidental. …
Bbn.ee presented an interview that news2biz made to Lithuania’s Head of Foreign Direct Investment promotion agency, Milda Darguzaite. News2biz asked Milda Darguzaite, head of the state FDI promotion agency Invest Lithuania, to share her views on how investors have reacted to the government change, its …
Russia’s Rosatom concern has not been invited to join Lithuania’s Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project and the company itself is not offering to participate, says Alexander Merten, vice-president of Rusatom Overseas that represents the interests of the Russian nuclear technology giant. In a written …
