Economy
Lithuania takes first steps toward 5G wireless technology
Lithuania’s authorities are taking the first steps to make it possible for mobile operations to start deploying fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology in mid-2022. […]
Belarus
Energy
Lithuania not in talks with Belarus on electricity from N-plan
Commenting on Minsk’s statement that negotiations are underway with neighbors on the supply of electricity from its yet-to-be-finished Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry reiterated on Wednesday that it is not holding any talks with Belarus and that a law bans selling power imported from the facility on the Lithuanian market. […]
Economy
Vilnius posts 8 pct growth to 0.53 mln in H1 tourist numbers
The Lithuanian capital saw the number of visitors rise by 8 percent in the first half of 2018 from a year earlier and the total number of overnight stays grow by 6.5 percent to almost a million, Go Vilnius, the city’s tourism and business development and agency, said. […]
Foreign affairs
Israeli PM arrives in Lithuania for historic visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Lithuania on Thursday for a historic visit. […]
Foreign affairs
Israeli PM Netanyahu to arrive in Lithuania for historic visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is arriving in Lithuania for a historic visit on Thursday. […]
Society
Vilnius-based EHU attracts fewer students
The Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU) has enrolled 260 students to BA and MA programs this year, slightly fewer than last year, its representative Maksimas Milta says. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s ForMin to renounce commercial visa intermediaries in Russia
Lithuania’s visa services will stop cooperation with commercial intermediaries selling travel organization services in Russia while issuing Schengen visas as of February, according to an order signed by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
CORPORATE
Threats to Lithuanian energy: blackout for 3 billion and VSD warnings
A political agreement was signed in late June in Brussels regarding the Baltic States electricity network synchronisation with continental Europe. The process should conclude in 2025, but it is turning out that up to then, […]
Society
CORPORATE
Astravyets NPP stress testing: is it time for the government to consider iodine pills?
The Belarussian Nuclear Power Plant (Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant) stress testing result evaluation from European Union investigators announced this week is “overall positive.” That said, the experts presented a number of recommendations to the Belarussian […]
Energy
Belarus’ N-plant shouldn’t work until EC recommendations are met – Lithuanian regulator
Reactors at Belarus‘ Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) should not come online until all recommendations by the European Commission‘s experts have been fulfilled and other safety questions raised by Lithuania have been answered, the Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) said on Wednesday. […]
Energy
Lithuanian PM doubts that Belarus will implement EC’s Astravyets recommendations
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has expressed his doubts that Belarus will implement the European Commission‘s recommendations on the safety of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. […]
Energy
EC calls on Belarus to assess Astravyets NPP’s seismic safety, improve accident management
The European Commission is expected to publish on Wednesday a stress test review of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, under construction in Belarus. According to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the report revealed quite a number of the projects’ drawbacks, and experts from the EU and other countries presented important recommendations on ways to eliminate them and improve the nuclear facility’s safety level. […]
Energy
Astravyets NPP’s stress tests are only beginning of road – Lithuanian formin
The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) review of the stress tests carried out at the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, under construction in Belarus, which revealed a number of drawbacks, is just the beginning of its assessment, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said. […]
Energy
Minsk may fail to fully implement N-plant project – Lithuanian PM
Lithuania expects that Belarus will fail to fully implement its Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Energy
Belarusian N-plant assessment shouldn’t be limited to stress tests – president’s aide
With the European Commission expected to publish on Tuesday its assessment of stress tests at Belarus‘ Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s chief advisor says that the tests are only part of the assessment of the facility under construction close to Lithuania’s border and fail to give full answers to Vilnius’ questions. […]
Politics
MP Skardžius avoids impeachment
Lithuanian MP Artūras Skardžius, a member of the Social Democratic Labor Party political group in the Seimas, has avoided impeachment after the parliament on Saturday endorsed the conclusions of a special commission, stating that there’s no basis for the impeachment procedure. […]
Energy
EU to present its assessment of Astravyets NPP’ stress tests
The European Union is set to publish its stress test assessment for Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus near the Lithuanian border. […]
Energy
Power grid synchronization is final step in Lithuania’s European integration – president
A political agreement to be signed in Brussels on Thursday on the Baltic power grids’ synchronization with the Continental European system marks Lithuania’s final step toward full energy independence and integration into Europe, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]
Energy