Last Saturday Rasa Juknevičienė was elected the president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. She believes that Ukraine and Georgia have only begun on the path of seeking NATO membership, even if their entry to the […]
With the Poles showing interesting in potential oil fields in Baltic Sea territory belonging to Lithuania, energy expert Romas Švedas and Conservative leader Gabrielius Landsbergis point out what measures should be taken so that the […]
Over and over again, we keep hearing the same imperative on Lithuania’s relations with Russia. Over and over again we are beckoned to remain friends and blamed for the lack of friendship. In fact, the […]
The Constitutional Court of Lithuania ruled on Wednesday that hydraulic fracturing waste can be buried underground. […]
Lithuania’s minister of environment admits being increasingly sceptical about a new tender for exploration of shale resources, saying that no one may be interested in searching for gas in Lithuania amid low prices of crude and gas in the market. […]
Lithuanian authorities’ decision to postpone a new shale gas exploration and production tender makes sense, says Jaroslav Neverovič, former energy minister and now energy expert, adding that the key task now is to put the respective legal base in order. […]
Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas says the country should not speed up the international shale gas exploration tender. […]
Lithuania’s authorities are planning to launch a new shale gas exploration tender early next year after parliament last week approved new tax rates for unconventional hydrocarbons, Deputy Environment Minister Daiva Matonienė said on Tuesday. […]
Just prior to his mid-October 2014 visit to the United States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius revealed that his talks with the US government would devote special attention to energy issues, including trying to invite US companies to take part in a new shale gas exploration tender to be announced in the near future. […]
The hybrid war, tested in Ukraine, was a big surprise for some time even for defence experts. Now, it seems that this lesson has been learned – Lithuania is one of the first countries in NATO which started to form a rapid reaction force aimed at responding to the new military threats. […]
One year ago, on 8 October 2013, US energy giant Chevron, which had won the competition for exploring and digging into Lithuania’s shale gas deposits, announced it was leaving the country. To this Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius responded: if you want to leave, then leave. The market is big, others will come. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has stressed during his visit in the United States of America that Lithuania wants to attract shale exploration and extraction companies to invest in Lithuania. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has played down Chevron’s statement that the US energy giant is no longer interested in exploring for shale gas in Lithuania, saying that he expects other investors to come to the country. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is planning a visit to the United States where he will meet with representatives of the US energy company Chevron to inform them about changes in the regulatory environment regarding shale gas exploration in Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expects that the government and the parliament will approve new rules for taxing shale gas exploration and production this autumn. He also hopes the rules will be favourable for investors and will open the way for launching a new tender for a shale gas production license. […]
The Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) says that the country should explore its shale gas potential and possibilities of using it for energy production. […]
US energy giant Chevron’s withdrawal from Lithuania is not changing the government’s plans regarding shale gas exploration, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday, adding that a new call for tenders will be announced this autumn. […]
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