Dalia Grybauskaitė
Defence

Lithuanian president: Baltics face real threat

The Baltic states are facing a real threat and must be prepared to independently withstand for at least three days in case of a military conflict until NATO allies arrive, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, when asked by foreign journalists about the planned restoration of conscription in Lithuania. […]

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Energy

Lithuania among EU leaders in lowest greenhouse gas emissions

Annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Lithuania amount to 4-5 tons per capita and are among the lowest in the European Union (EU), the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in a report The European Environment – State and Outlook 2015. […]

Vilnius City Municipality
Politics

Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius

After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]

LESTO, Lietuvos dujos
Energy

Lithuania’s state-owned electricity and gas providers to merge

State-owned energy company group Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy) intends to merge electricity and gas distribution network operators, AB LESTO and AB Lietuvos Dujos (Lithuanian Gas). It is said that the synergy of the two companies will enable to increase the group’s efficiency, reduce operating costs and create additional benefits to electricity and natural gas consumers. […]

Kęstutis Trečiokas
Energy

Shale gas is not very topical for Lithuania now, environment minister says

Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas says the country should not speed up the international shale gas exploration tender. […]