Arvydas Sekmokas
Energy

Lithuania’s capacity to supply gas to Belarus limited, former energy minister says

Lithuania could ship natural gas from Klaipėda to Belarus only by rail as volumes would be too low to make investing in infrastructure worthwhile, Arvydas Sekmokas, a former Lithuanian energy minister, said on Tuesday. […]

No Picture
Society

Almost third of Lithuanians face poverty risk

Some 30.8 percent of the Lithuanian population were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2013, figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat shows. […]

Pranciškus Šliužas
Politics

New political party to be founded in Lithuania

Pranciškus Šliužas, a Lithuanian activist who was part of the group behind this year’s referendum on banning land sale to foreigners, is planning to found a new political party Gimtasis Kraštas (Native Land). […]

Andrei Gavrilov
Culture

Pianist Andrei Gavrilov to give concert in Kaunas

Herald of freedom, Don Quixote of the 21st century, lion at the piano – these are only several descriptions of one of the most famous and controversial music personalities in the world Andrei Gavrilov. Vytautas Magnus University and Kaunas Philharmonic Hall will invite to the only concert of maestro in the Baltic states, in the Big Hall of Kaunas Philharmonic Hall on 6 November. […]

Opinion

Opinion: Baltic states’ gas supply independence – a few more years to wait

“Thank you for ‘Independence’, Lithuania”, said Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma at the welcome ceremony of the very first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal of the Baltic states, called “Independence”, on 27 October 2014 in the Lithuanian seacoast city Klaipėda. […]