Defence
Belarus
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IAEA didn’t assess site selection for Astravyets N-plant in Belarus
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did not analyze the selection of the site for the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) close to the Lithuanian border in Belarus, which runs counter to information provided by Belarus, which said that IAEA had found the construction site suitable. Nevertheless, the agency’s report does not say anything about this. […]
Defence
President sees Zapad, Belarus N-plant as key threats to transatlantic security
The world clearly understands that key threats to transatlantic security in our region arise from the militarization of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, the Zapad military exercise and Belarus‘ Astravyets nuclear power plant, which has become a geopolitical weapon, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
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Government names Belarus’ N-plant a threat to national security
The Lithuanian government has decided that Belarus‘ nuclear power plant under construction Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, poses a threat to national security. […]
Economy
Reliability of some people in Lithuania’s state-owned companies is a concern
Some of Lithuania’s enterprises of strategic importance employ some people whose reliability gives cause for concern and nepotism flourishes in them, the chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense said on Wednesday, underlining the need for streamlining the recruitment and decision-making procedures at such companies. […]
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Regardless of being neighbors with Belarus, Lithuania can’t ignore problems – Linkevičius
Lithuania values the economic partnership with Belarus, however, cannot ignore the problems the country is faced with, says Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
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Lithuania starting to build fence on border with Russia
Lithuania is Monday starting to build a protective fence on the border with the Russian Kaliningrad region. […]
Foreign affairs
Construction of fence on Lithuania’s border with Russia to start next week
Construction of a fence on Lithuania’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave is expected to start next week. […]
CORPORATE
“Zapad” approaching, Chair of Defence Committee says: quality of security’s changed drastically
In the report of the Second Investigation Department given to the Parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee (CNDS) talks about threats to Lithuania from the large-scale Russian and Belarusian armed forces exercise “Zapad” which will […]
CORPORATE
ARAS warning after Nemenčinė incident: don’t play war games in Lithuanian forests
Sunday morning at the Nemenčinė forest, a 12-person group gathers. It could be noted that some men are wearing the Russian model masked uniforms and are armed with the Russian machine guns. After getting signals from worried citizens, the police responds immediately, anti-terrorist operations team ARAS fighters come and detain potentially dangerous individuals. […]
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EU commissioner says no thaw in ties with Belarus until it proves its N-plant is safe
There will be no thaw in the energy dialog between the EU and Belarus until Minsk proves that the nuclear power plant it is building not far from Vilnius is safe, EU Energy Union Commissioner Maros Sefcovic said in the Lithuanian capital on Thursday. […]
European Union
CORPORATE
Scandalous alcohol data is analyzed: there is an important mistake in formulas and conclusions
Lithuania has some of the strictest alcohol control restrictions now but alcohol consumption in the country remains very high, says the Chairman of the public institution “European Social, Legal and Economic Projects” (ESTEP) Klaudijus Maniokas. […]
CORPORATE
Report on ‘little green men’ in Šalčininkai is out: it won‘t be funny for those who laugh at us
The routines in Šalčininkai was disrupted by an unprecedented commotion on the 11th of April. Men armed with guns stormed the city police station, took over a part of it stunning the officials and local residents. […]
CORPORATE
Surprise? In some regions Putin could make to the 2nd round of Lithuanian Presidential elections
At the general meeting between Education and Culture Committees which happened on Wednesday at the Parliament the issue of propaganda techniques in education and culture was discussed. Laurynas Kasčiūnas, who used to be the manager […]
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Society
European Humanities University fails to find new rector
The Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), whose students are mostly from Belarus, has completed its search for a new rector after without signing a contract with a finalist. […]
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Airspace violation posed no threat to Belarus
An aircraft from Lithuania posed no threat to Belarus when it violated the neighboring country’s airspace last week, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s law to help draw Brussels’ attention to Belarus’ N-plant problem – German MEP
A law passed by the Lithuanian parliament on Thursday to restrict electricity imports from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus will help attract more attention in Brussels to the project’s safety problems, Rebecca Harms, a leading German Greens politician, said in Vilnius on Friday. […]