Lietuvos Geležinkeliai
Economy

Lawyers see appeal against fine on railway co possible

Lawyers say that the Lithuanian government should give serious thought to the possibility of filing an appeal against the European Commission‘s (EC) fine against the state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), however, admit that the available information does not give reasons to strongly expect a successful outcome. […]

Kruonis hydroelectric power plant
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian ministry drafts plan for blocking power from Belarus’ N-plant (Updated)

As part of efforts to force Belarus to ensure that its Astravyets nuclear plant is built safely and according to international standards, Lithuania’s authorities plan to restrict the transmission capacity for electricity from Belarus and to impose a transmission charge on power imports from it, as well as to ban the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant from providing services to the neighboring country. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis, Saulius Skvernelis, Ramūnas Karbauskis
CORPORATE

Farmers now definitely to take up what the voters have most been awaiting

The Farmer Greens intend to take up dealing with social questions next political season, which, experts and the opposition say, is what the people are most expecting of them. “No doubt important works also await […]

Raimundas Karoblis
Defence

Lithuania backs Brussels initiative on defense fund

Lithuania’s government supports the European Commission (EC) initiative to set up a European Defense Fund, which Brussels believes would enable countries of the community to make more efficient investments in the weaponry they purchase. […]