BNS The three Baltic prime ministers will discuss the future of the Visaginas nuclear power plant project, the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan, Rail Baltica and other issues in Jurmala next Thursday. Algirdas Butkevičius, Valdis Dombrovskis and Andrus Ansip will meet in an informal work …
BNS The Japanese government is closely following the Lithuanian government’s steps in discussing a new energy strategy, the Japanese ambassador to Lithuania, Kazuko Shiraishi, said on Wednesday. “The Japanese government has carefully followed the process of the Lithuanian government review on energy strategy,” Japan’s ambassador …
BNS Lithuania’s government will decide on Wednesday whether a joint Baltic venture should be established for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Visaginas, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Tuesday. Alternatively, this task could be handled by existing Visagino Atomine Elektrine (Visaginas Nuclear …
The Lithuania Tribune presents an analytical review by Arūnas Spraunius, representing Laisvoji banga radio station and the magazine Valstybė, in which he speculates how the current events influence the future of Visaginas nuclear power plant, published by www.delfi.lt. Here are several episodes from the life …
BNS Japan’s businessmen and government are awaiting Lithuania’s decision about the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project where Japan’s Hitachi corporation was picked as strategic investor, Lithuania’s Ambassador in Tokyo Egidijus Meilūnas says. “From my communication with both businessmen and government figures I learned they are …
BNS The three Baltic countries may establish a joint venture to analyse the project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday. Butkevičius explained that the joint venture would perform calculations and analytical work. “We believe …
BNS Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius this week intends to inform his Latvian and Estonian counterparts about the findings of a special working group on the prospects for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas. Butkevičius’ spokeswoman, Evelina Butkutė-Lazdauskienė, told BNS on Monday that …
BNS Lithuania would like Japan’s corporation Hitachi to make bigger investments in the country, and not necessarily in the energy sector, Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič said in an interview to the weekly ‘Veidas’. His made this statement while speaking about the terms under which the …
BNS Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Hitachi/GE, the Japanese-US corporation chosen by the government as the strategic investor in a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, may begin talks on the project as soon as next week, Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday. “I have talked …
The current project of the Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP), experts say, cannot be implemented because the electricity price there would be too high said Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, The Baltic Course reports with reference to the news agency ELTA. After a sitting of the …
BNS Lithuania and Japan’s Hitachi, a potential investor in the country’s new nuclear power plant in Visaginas, might continue talks on the construction of the nuclear facility if Hitachi were willing to invest in this project, Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič has said. He noted, however, …
On Monday, after the meeting of the government’s strategic committee, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius claimed that the government has decided to continue the development of nuclear energy in Lithuania, writes www.delfi.lt. However, the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project could be further pursued on the condition …
BNS The Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, Vydas Gedvilas, representing the Labour Party, says he is in favour of nuclear energy. “Personally, I believe that Lithuania needs a nuclear reactor but we won’t be able to implement this project on our own. For example, 50 …
Professor and political scientist of St. Petersburg State University Nikolay Mezevic thinks that perspectives for Lithuania to construct the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) are quite vague, The Baltic Course informs, with reference to the news agency ELTA. On the other hand, if Lithuania had …
BNS Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom says power links between Poland or Germany and Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, where Russia plans to build a nuclear power plant, are currently under discussion. “There are some potential projects about connections between Kaliningrad and Poland or Kaliningrad and Germany, …
BNS Lithuania’s updated energy strategy will be presented to the ruling coalition and the Seimas at the end of April, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said. Meanwhile, Seimas Speaker, Vydas Gedvilas, stated that the parliament would dedicate three hours to this issue on April 25. …
BNS The project on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania, initiated by former right-wing authorities, should be continued but with major adjustments, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reports on Friday. The Energy Ministry and its special task group are inclined to propose …
The daily ‘Verslo Žinios’ has noticed changes happening in the work of the boards of directors and the supervisory boards of state enterprises. The daily writes that representatives of various ministries and political parties are pushing out independent members of the boards of directors, that …
BNS Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Vydas Gedvilas says the country needs a nuclear power plant, adding that a number of unanswered questions about funding of the project remains. “In my personal opinion, we need the nuclear power plant, however, it’s hard to say what money we …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said on Thursday final calculations regarding a new nuclear power plant will be made in May, BNS reported. Speaking on a new energy strategy, the prime minister said that a scenario without a nuclear facility has already been created and a …
