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Energy

Winter and Gazprom won’t wait: What the geopolitics of LNG will mean for the people of Ukraine and Europe

As the crisis in Ukraine is escalating with the prospect of Russian military intervention, there is every reason to believe that Vladimir Putin will use other weapons at his disposal. Thus European nations are increasingly – and justifiably – worried about the impending winter months when Russia could ratchet up the pressure on Europe, as it has done in the past, by imposing another gas halt with the consequent loss of life and negative economic impacts. […]

Jaroslav Neverovič
Politics

Neverovič might be nominated for energy minister again, his party says

Dismissed Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič might be once again proposed for the position, the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), the party Neverovič represents, said on Tuesday. […]

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Opinion

Opinion: Putin’s white shield for terrorists in East Ukraine

On the night between 11 and 12 August, a convoy of 280 Kamaz trucks set out from Moscow to East Ukraine, loaded, according to the Moscow Oblast authorities, with humanitarian aid for civilian residents in the war zone. Even though the Russians immediately marked the convoy with the International Red Cross flags, the organization itself had no knowledge of it. It was not until 16 August that the Red Cross received the manifest of the shipment. […]

Foreign affairs

Belarus wants to step up trade in agriculture products with Lithuania

Belarus will not join Russia’s sanctions against the European Union (EU) and wants to step up trade in milk and beef with Lithuania, says Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė. […]

Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič
Politics

President Grybauskaitė dismisses Energy Minister Neverovič

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree, dismissing Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič from the post. […]

Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovič
Politics

Lithuanian PM sends proposal to sack energy minister

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Tuesday sent an official letter to President Dalia Grybauskaitė in which he proposes that Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič be dismissed from his post. […]