Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas says that Karmenu Vella, the EU commissioner in charge of environment, maritime affairs and fisheries, has assured him that the European Commission supports Lithuania in raising safety issues at the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which Belarus is building just 50 kilometers from Vilnius. […]
Operating since 2015, the Eurasian Economic Union formed (EEU) over a relatively short period of time, and passed through all three stages of integration – from the customs union established in 2010 to the single market in 2012, culminating with the integrated economic union, which included coordination of the individual state economic policies starting in 2015. In principle, this inclusive structure and institutional framework is very similar to the European Union (EU), the difference being that the latter’s integration process, covering not only the single internal market but also various policies, took place over almost 40 years. The integration process arises from the bottom up. […]
Lithuania is considering filing a lawsuit against Belarus over the unfair and extremely cheap construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says. […]
The Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus may be used against the three Baltic states unconventionally, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday before a conference on geopolitical and nuclear impact of the Astravyets utility.
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The Belarusian Ministry of Energy confirmed, on July 26, that an emergency situation occurred earlier that month at the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP). The power station is being built 18 kilometers from the town of Ostrovets (Grodno oblast), and some 50 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. […]
The new nuclear power plant in Belarus may be launched one year later than originally planned, in 2019. The Russian company Rosatom, which is building the facility in Astravyets, says that the launch of the first reactor may be pushed back because its body needs to be replaced.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that Lithuania should think of helping his country run the nuclear power plant, which Vilnius has vehemently criticized as unsafe.
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The European Commission is looking into the address filed by three Lithuanian ministers about the Belarusian nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, some 50 km from Vilnius.
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Spending by tourists from Russia and Belarus in Lithuania’s shopping malls has dropped significantly over the last few years, but growing domestic consumption has made up for the losses. Russian tourists spent 50% less in […]
Rosatom, the Russian company which is building reactors for Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, has downplayed a recent incident at the facility, but Lithuania’s environment minister says the explanation is “childish”.
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Lithuania has no unified position on the nuclear power plant project in Astravyets, say experts and politicians themselves. Safety at the Belarusian plant and import bans on its electricity have become common refrains in party […]
Lithuania is stepping up its opposition to the nuclear power plant that Belarus is building in Astravyets, just across the common border, after reports of incidents at the construction site is coming in. A leading energy expert explains the dangers of the plant and what could be done to mitigating them.
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Lithuania’s government on Thursday handed a note to the Belarusian Embassy over the latest incident at the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border. Vilnius has also asked Brussels for involvement of the European Union (EU) in the matter.
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Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas thinks that Lithuanian politicians should not go to Belarus‘ Astravyets nuclear power plant construction site before it is visited by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Lithuania plans to send a diplomatic note to Belarus, asking the neighbouring country to provide it with the results of its investigation into a recent incident on the Astravyets nuclear power plant construction site.
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Modus Energija has already built the largest solar power plant in Belarus and is now turning to biogas plants in the country. The plants should use animal manure from an agro-complex. It has been announced […]
The only way to ensure safety at the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, which is under construction just 20km from the Lithuanian border, is shutting down the project, says Nikolai Ulasevich of the Belarusian opposition United Civil Party. […]
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