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. […]

Warsaw, Poland
Foreign affairs

PM leaves for Warsaw

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Monday evening is leaving for Warsaw to meet with his Polish and Baltic counterparts. […]

Jūrmala
Foreign affairs

Seimas speaker meeting with Latvian colleague in Jūrmala

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is meeting with his Latvian counterpart, Inara Murniece, in the Latvian seaside resort of Jūrmala on Thursday to discuss the positions on the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus. […]

At the Farmers and Greens rally in Naisiai
CORPORATE

How “green” are the Farmer Greens’ decisions?

The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union won the parliamentary elections pledging to perform effective reforms and establish “harmony”. Among other things, the electoral programme promised “harmony of man and nature”, which was to be ensured […]

Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction
Energy

Lithuanians’ OSCE resolution on Belarus’ N-plant blocked in ‘painful blow from Sweden’

At Sweden‘s imitative, Lithuanian parliamentarians’ resolution criticizing the construction of Belarus’ Astravyets nuclear power plant was blocked at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday. […]