Virginija Baltraitienė
European Union

EU should cover 75 percent of Lithuania’s ASF-related costs, agriculture minister says

The European Union (EU) should cover up to 75 percent of Lithuania’s costs in combating African Swine Fever (ASF), Agriculture Minister Virginija Baltraitienė has said, adding that the officials representing the Community’s Member States have agreed to increase financing for Lithuania at the Informal Council of Agriculture Ministers. […]

No Picture
Energy

Economist: Lithuania to choose between “green” EU and “nuclear” Russia

Lithuania in the future will be able to choose between “green” energy from the European Union and nuclear energy from Russia, an economist at Nordea bank said on Wednesday. […]

Dainius Pavalkis
Politics

Lithuanian education minister under fire after reports of children taken to Russian paramilitary camps

Lithuanian parliamentary opposition leader Andrius Kubilius demanded on Thursday that Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis be summoned to respond to reports that senior schoolchildren from Russian-language schools are allegedly taken to paramilitary camps in Russia. […]

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant
Economy

British law firm wins 2.5-million-euro contract to advise Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP

Britain’s law firm DLA Piper has won a contract worth 2.472 million euros, including VAT, to advise Lithuania’s shut-down Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), which is carrying out multi-billion-litas decommissioning projects. […]