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New giant turbine wind farm to supply 12% of Lithuania’s wind power
Estonian renewable energy company Nelja Energia has begun energy production at its 60MW wind farm in Šilutė in the south west of Lithuania, its biggest wind farm in the Baltic States. The wind farm will […]
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Blocking Belarusian nuclear plant electricity ‘requires Baltic collaboration’
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Energy Commission met to discuss a study on the technical means to restrict electricity produced at the Astravyets nuclear power plant from entering Lithuania. The authors of the study said all the investigated […]
Global LT
Lithuania’s Coffee Inn opens first coffee shop in Florida
The Lithuanian coffee shop chain Coffee Inn opened its first outlet in the United States. […]
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Latvia calls on Lithuania to speed up Rail Baltica
Latvia‘s minister of transport has urged Lithuania to pick up pace on implementing the European-gauge Baltic railway project Rail Baltica. Uldis Augulis met with Lithuania’s ambassador in Riga last week, telling him that the project […]
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Russia ‘should not even dream about touching Baltic States’ – German Defence Minister
Russia needs to be given a clear message that interfering in NATO member states in any way is not acceptable, said German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen. “Russia needs to get a clear message […]
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Latvia celebrates 26th independence anniversary
Latvia is celebrating the 26th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday. […]
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Lithuanian entrepreneurs push for adoption of Estonian tax model
A number of Lithuanian entrepreneurs are pushing for Lithuania to adopt Estonia‘s approach to taxation to stop a flight of companies from the country to its Baltic neighbour. “Income tax administration in Lithuania both for […]
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Crimea scenario ‘will not be repeated in Baltics’
Military aggression against the Baltic countries is not among the future moves to be expected from the Kremlin, said independent Russian political scientist Kirill Martynov during a meeting in Vilnius. Political scientist, philosopher and Novaya […]
Defence
NATO jets in Lithuania scrambled 5 times last week to intercept Russian planes
NATO air policing fighters stationed in the Baltic States performed five scrambles last week to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has reported. […]
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Biggest wind farm in Baltic gets go-ahead
Two of Europe’s largest energy companies, Statoil and E.ON have launched a €1.2 billion joint venture to develop the largest offshore wind farm in the Baltic sea. Over 60 6MW turbines will be located at […]
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Germany ‘will send more troops to Lithuania to deter Russia’
Germany is to send more troops to Lithuania, the influential German news magazine Der Spiegel reports. “Due to requests from Eastern partners, NATO will send more troops to the border of Russia,” reports Der Spiegel, […]
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Energy
Can Nord Stream 2 be stopped?
Nord Stream 2, the controversial Russian-German pipeline project, is generating fierce opposition in Central and Eastern Europe as well as from the European Parliament and the European Commission. But could the opponents of the pipeline, owned 50% by Gazprom and 50% by some of the largest Western European companies, stop the project? […]
Society
Non-obstruction is Vilnius Municipality’s way of supporting Baltic Pride 2016
The Lithuanian Gay League says that it is “very happy” with the support it has received from Vilnius Municipality for Baltic Pride 2016. […]
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