Kruonis hydroelectric power plant
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian ministry drafts plan for blocking power from Belarus’ N-plant (Updated)

As part of efforts to force Belarus to ensure that its Astravyets nuclear plant is built safely and according to international standards, Lithuania’s authorities plan to restrict the transmission capacity for electricity from Belarus and to impose a transmission charge on power imports from it, as well as to ban the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant from providing services to the neighboring country. […]

Rima Urbonaitė
CORPORATE

R. Urbonaitė. Are we really prepared to obstruct the export of crooked mirrors from Russia?

“If a state has nothing to boast of in terms of social guarantees, science development, education or economics, all it can do is blame all its failures on an external opponent and fill the foundation […]

Map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
History

Journeys of diplomatic missions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to Moscow at the end of the 15th – the 16th centuries

After the State of Moscow, which grew into the Russian Empire in later ages, became the centre of Slavic statehood, Lithuania acquired a fierce rival with whom more than once it had to fight both on the battlefield and with the help of diplomatic measures. In the 15th -16th centuries, tension between the states determined not only the problems of foreign policy but also diplomatic contacts. […]

Queue at the migration office
Foreign affairs

Visa wait times increase to a month as applications double

People may have to wait for around a month to be issued with a Lithuanian national visa as the number of applications has doubled, the country’s Migration Department said. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuania wants to boost trade as EU-Ukraine agreement enters into full force

Lithuanian and Ukrainian officials announce their intentions to increase bilateral trade as Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, continues his visit to Ukraine. […]

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CORPORATE

Surfacing state owned company privatisation plan raises concerns

A special government workgroup has been preparing proposals over the privatisation of certain state owned companies, Delfi found. For example there are plans to sell a third of Lietuvos Energija [Lithuanian Energy], Lietuvos Geležinkeliai [Lithuanian […]