Klaipėda port
Economy

Lithuania has to be proactive in competition with Russian ports – PM

Lithuania has to be proactive in competing with Russian ports for cargoes, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday morning. […]

Astravyets N-plant in Belarus
Uncategorized

US Congressman Shimkus calls for pressure on Belarus on Astravyets N-plant

US Congressman John Shimkus of the Republican Party has made an address to US legislators, calling to pressure Belarus to give access to international observers to the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction merely 50 km from Lithuania’s capital Vilnius. […]

Andrei Oshurkov
Society

Man jailed for spying for Belarus to get compensation for poor prison conditions

Andrei Oshurkov, a former military paramedic convicted of spying for Belarus, is to receive 1,500 euros in compensation from the Lithuanian state for non-material damage he suffered while waiting for his sentence in an overcrowded prison cell. […]

Astravyets N-plant in Belarus
Energy

ForMin: Belarusian stance on Astravyets devaluates intl conventions

The Belarusian attitude towards the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction in its territory undermines the importance of international conventions in the settlement of disputes on possibly negative environmental effects of nuclear utilities, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]