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Seimas deputy speaker wants Poland back in NPP project

April 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Seimas Deputy Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas wants to include Poland in the planned construction of Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP). […]

Are the Baltic states at risk of Russian aggression?

April 16, 2015 Agnia Grigas 0

As tensions are brewing between Russia and the West, the three tiny states on the coast of the Baltic Sea – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – seem to be at the epicentre of this imminent showdown. […]

Prime Minister: Lithuania doesn’t consider building new nuclear plant without Baltic partners

April 15, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania is not considering building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas on its own, without Latvia and Estonia, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]

Estonians want to use Klaipėda’s future LNG distribution station

April 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Estonian company JetGas has expressed interest to use Lithuania’s future liquefied natural gas (LNG) distribution station which will be constructed in Klaipėda. […]

Lithuanian government rumoured to consider building nuclear plant without Latvia and Estonia

April 15, 2015 BNS 0

Although the three Baltic countries continue official discussions about possibilities to build a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas together, the Lithuanian authorities have started to consider chances to develop the project with just one partner – the supplier of technology, Japan’s Hitachi. […]

Lithuanian president: Estonia provides example on strengthening military capabilities

April 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

During Friday’s meeting with Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė stressed that regional security is a common interest of both Lithuania and Estonia. […]

Lithuanian PM suggests Baltic states could buy weaponry together

April 11, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said after meeting with his Baltic counterparts on Friday that the three Baltic states should consider joint acquisition of weaponry as part of defence cooperation. […]

Latvia and Estonia rule out supplying weapons to Ukraine

April 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Heads of Latvian and Estonian governments say their support to Ukraine will be limited to humanitarian and expertise assistance and, therefore, they will not send lethal weapons to Ukraine in the nearest future. […]

Estonia and Latvia still waiting for profitability assessment of Lithuanian NPP

April 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The prime ministers of Latvia and Estonia, who are on a visit to Lithuania on Friday, have emphasised that their countries will participate in Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project if it generates a return on investment. […]

Baltic PMs meeting in Vilnius to discuss security and energy

April 10, 2015 BNS 0

Prime ministers of the three Baltic states are holding an informal meeting in Vilnius on Friday on the situation in Ukraine and joint energy and transport projects. […]

Laimdota Straujuma, Algirdas Butkevičius

Baltic PMs to meet in Vilnius to discuss security and energy

April 8, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In order to discuss matters related to security, energy and transportation, the prime ministers of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will meet in Vilnius on Friday for informal talks. […]

AGM of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania

Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania holds annual meeting

April 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Members of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania (ECC) took place at the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius on March 30, 2015. Participants of the AGM were welcomed by the Estonian Ambassador Mr. Toomas Kukk. […]

New coalition in Estonia promises higher minimum wage and lower social tax

April 7, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The new Estonian government coalition has agreed on raising the minimum wage to 45 percent of the average wage and lowering social tax by one percent from 2017, Postimees Online reports. […]

Russia blackmails NATO over Baltics

April 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Russia has threatened to use “nuclear force” to defend its annexation of Crimea and warned that the “same conditions” that prompted it to take military action in Ukraine exist in the three Baltic states, all members of NATO, The Independent reports. […]

Estonian Air accuses airBaltic of unfair competition

April 1, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Estonia‘s airline Estonian Air is accusing the Latvian national airline airBaltic of unfair competition, according to the Estonian daily Postimees. […]

Estonians ask what makes Lithuania more attractive to foreign investors

March 23, 2015 Invest Lithuania 0

Last year, Lithuania attracted 29 foreign companies. In the next three years the country should have about 2,000 additional jobs thanks to these new investors. A recent report by the “Kapital” program, broadcast on Estonian national television, investigated what Lithuania has that Estonia doesn’t, Invest Lithuania reported. […]

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