Chersonesus, Crimea
Foreign affairs

8 European minister: We’ll never forget Crimea

Ministers of foreign affairs of Lithuania and seven other European countries said on the 4-year anniversary of annexation of Crimea that they would not allow the occupation of the peninsula disappear from the international agenda. […]

Energy

Baltic, Polish, EC leaders to discuss electricity grid synchronization

The leaders of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the European Commission (EC) are meeting in Brussels this week to discuss the Baltic plans of disconnecting from the post-Soviet system and synchronizing their networks with Western Europe. […]

Ignalina NPP disassembly
Foreign affairs

Vilnius’ response to Minsk: No incidents occurred at Ignalina N-plant

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has stated that no incidents that would be dangerous to the public had occurred at the shutdown Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). […]

FLTR Brolis'  Kristijonas Vizbaras, FIT's Thomas Castrel and AWEX's Jean-Philippe Schklar   Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune
Economy

Why Lithuanian companies are investing in Belgium

While Lithuania might claim to be the geographic centre of Europe, “Belgium is at the heart of European purchasing power,” according to Thomas Castrel, Economic Counsellor for Flanders. He and his Walloon counterpart Jean-Philippe Schklar explained to members and guests of the EBN’s monthly business breakfast what put Belgium in a unique position as an attractive destination for investment, including from Lithuanian businesses. […]

Lithuanian Ministry of Justice
Politics

President says search for new justice minister unsuccessful so far

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the search for the country’s next justice minister has been unsuccessful so far. […]