The majority of highly qualified workers that use the blue card system come to Lithuania to work from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, according to lawyer Andrejus Mokšinas. Mokšinas, who was speaking at the LOGIN 2016 […]
Lithuania has summoned Belarus’ ambassador and handed him a diplomatic note over a reported incident in the construction site of Astravyets nuclear power plant. […]
Two members of the Night Wolves, a Russian motorcycle club that supports Russian president Vladimir Putin, were denied entry into Lithuania on Saturday when they failed to identify the purpose of their trip and were found to be wearing certain Soviet symbols, like a red star. […]
Belarusian journalist and author Svetlana Alexievich, who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, said during a visit in Lithuania that the Belarusian government’s decision to build Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant was a crime. […]
Illegal migrants coming from Belarus were the biggest problem for Lithuania a couple of years ago, but the direction of illegal migration flows has changed and an increasing number of illegals now cross Lithuania’s border from Latvia, the commander of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said on Friday. […]
During diplomatic consultations on Tuesday, Lithuania suggested that Belarus should set up a joint special expert commission that would help assess the environmental impact of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant. […]
There is a growing recognition that immigration will be needed to solve skill shortages in the Lithuanian labour market, but while Lithuanians are happy to let in highly qualified specialists from Belarus and Ukraine, they […]
Belarus’s new nuclear power plant is rising fast at Astrayvets but Lithuanian analysts have now published a study on the costs of preventing Belarusian electricity flowing through Lithuania. The researchers at Kaunas University of Technology […]
A study presented at the Ministry of Energy on Thursday outlines possibilities how Lithuania could respond to the construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus. […]
Developers of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus say they will perform stress tests on the facility to make sure it is safe even in extreme circumstances. […]
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), promised that the organisation would send several missions to Belarus by 2018 to evaluate the power plant’s safety during his visit to the Astravyets nuclear power […]
Lukashenko’s fortunes have changed. Once known as “Europe’s last dictator,” he has won friends in Europe, while antagonizing his traditional ally, Russia. It’s a situation that has left the Kremlin in a difficult positon: should it punish Belarus for its pro-Western tendencies? Or should it continue to prop up the Belarusian economy rather than risk further unrest in the region? […]
EU Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete supports Lithuania’s position that Belarus‘ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, some 50km from Vilnius, must comply with all Espoo Convention and nuclear safety requirements, the Environment Ministry said on Friday. […]
Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis met with Latvian Deputy Prime Minister Arvils Ašeradens and Estonian economy and infrastructure minister Kristen Michal in Riga to try to find a common position on the issue of electricity […]
Estonia‘s environment minister supports Lithuania’s concerns about Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant that Belarus is building just 50km from Vilnius, according to Lithuanian Ambassador Neilas Tankevičius. […]
Lithuania‘s State Border Guard Service (VSAT) officials will hold a tactical exercise in Švenčionių region near the border with Belarus to prepare for an expected increase in illegal immigrants trying to cross into Lithuania. After […]
As Belarus seeks to resume talks over membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lithuania has said it is willing to help with advice and technical assistance. […]
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