Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant

  • Central/Eastern Europe

A. Kubilius: “would you like to have a power plant built by Lukashenko and Rosatom barely 30 km away from the European Parliament building?”

Last week, when the EP members expressed their concern regarding the started operation of the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant and…

4 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

(Non)Lithuanian foreign policy accents on the other side of the new year

Following the end of the year, three foreign policy events would be good to discuss, having one way or another…

4 years ago
  • Latest

Foreign Policy Coordination Council discussed key objectives in 2021 foreign policy

President Gitanas Nausėda convened a meeting of the Foreign Policy Coordination Council to discuss key priorities and objectives in foreign…

4 years ago
  • Energy

Kubilius. Astravyets – why do the Latvians need to import electrical power from Russia?

It has been announced that on November 7, Lukashenko will officially open Astravyets Nuclear power Plant. Of course, such news…

4 years ago
  • Energy

Energy experts: we don’t want it, but Belarussian electricity will reach the Baltic States anyway?

It appears that Lithuania is no longer combatting the opening of Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant along, with Latvia joining. The…

4 years ago
  • Energy

Landsbergis criticises Latvia: betraying Lithuania is a pit the Latvians will never escape

Professor Vytautas Landsbergis is critical of the Baltic States’ agreement on Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. What the Latvian foreign minister…

4 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Astravyets divides the brothers: Linkevičius does not see common ground, while Latvia presses ahead

When the Baltic and Polish Foreign Ministers met in Vilnius, they welcomed the success of the fight against the coronavirus.…

4 years ago
  • Latest

Astravyets on an electoral platter: why are the Conservatives so aggressive and the “Farmers” so silent?

The approaching Seimas elections and launch date of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant have linked these seemingly unrelated events. The opposition Conservatives…

4 years ago
  • Latest

Can hardly wait for Nausėda to bang his fist on the table

President Gitanas Nausėda is increasingly often reproached for being too passive, and a “search for the president” is being announced…

5 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

P.Auštrevičius and Ž. Pavilionis: Dialogue with Belarus

Until quite recently, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Belarusian Health Minister Vladimir Karanik have been inviting the public to ward…

5 years ago
  • Latest

Laurinkus. In the face of obvious danger, Lithuania gets moving

At the end of the year, two ideas emerged, which are worthy of spending time and energy. It is the…

5 years ago
  • Politics

Liudas Mažylis on the danger of Astravyets: We have only one destiny – to be united

The opening of the first Astravyets nuclear power plant reactor is scheduled for the beginning of this year. At the…

5 years ago
  • Central/Eastern Europe

Astravyets due to launch soon: how will Lithuania protect itself?

There is ever less time left to the launch of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. Lithuania is taking measures to…

5 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Laurinkus. Relations with a weird Belarus: what plan to prepare?

With a thaw happening, geopolitics ever more courageously is making its way into the discussion arena. The global balance of…

5 years ago
  • Politics

Laurinkus. Grybauskaitė‘s policies had many stops causing disputes

I recently got acquainted with young professor T. Janeliūnas’ study D. Grybauskaitė’s Doctrine: Changes in Lithuanian Foreign Policy 2009-2019. It…

5 years ago
  • Energy

Astravyets opens a “pit” in Lithuanian-Belarussian relations and opens paths for Russia

On November 5, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda presented the Finnish president Lithuania’s position on the threats posed by Astravyets Nuclear…

5 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Edward Lucas: Lithuania can do a better job as Lithuania

The Lithuania Tribune team spoke to Edward Lucas at the Riga Conference on 12 October. We spoke about French President…

5 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

We know how to growl at Belarus, but not talk to it

Following a decade of no foreign policy-related disputes, currently, we are increasingly hearing unexpected things. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian…

5 years ago
  • Nordic/Baltic

Lithuanian efforts to come to agreement with Latvia viewed with reserve by political scientists

Actively engaged in foreign policy, President Gitanas Nausėda was confronted with the reality of Prime Minister S. Skvernelis’ words from…

5 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania should take note of changes in Washington’s policy toward Minsk

During a visit to Minsk, US Deputy Secretary of State D. Hale announced that after a break of 11 years,…

5 years ago