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  • Economy

Big winter storm forces Klaipėda port to close to ships

A large winter storm that is battering the coast of Lithuania has forced Klaipėda port to stop ships from entering…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Klaipėda CHP plant generates record amount of power

Fortum Klaipėda heat and power plant, which runs on waste and biofuel, produced a record 416GWh of heat and 143GWh…

9 years ago
  • Society

“Soviet tanks rattled onto Klaipėda’s streets with paratroopers on top clutching their rifles”

Three Klaipėda City councilmen remember January 13, 1991 - the memories don’t fade. [...]

9 years ago
  • Economy

Record turnover at Klaipėda port

Klaipėda Seaport handled nearly 38.5 million tons of cargo last year, 1.85 million tons more than the highest level ever…

9 years ago
  • Economy

2016 looks promising for Klaipėda

With only a few days into 2016, decision-makers in the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipėda glance over their shoulders assessing the…

9 years ago
  • Defence

New motorized infantry brigade will be formed in Western Lithuania in 2016

Starting on 1 January, 2016, a new motorized infantry brigade named Žemaitija will be formed in Western Lithuania. [...]

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian-Russian school teachers say their schools are not vehicles for Moscow propaganda

A week after Gediminas Grina, the former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) compared the country’s ethnic minority schools…

9 years ago
  • Society

Latvian newspaper uncovers mercenary recruitment point in Klaipėda

Latvian weekly newspaper SestDiena has carried out an experiment on how to recruit fighters for Eastern Ukraine in the Baltics.…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Klaipėda University to develop LNG centre of excellence

Lithuania is preparing to establish a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) centre of excellence in Klaipėda. Within a month, the heads…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania planning refugee integration centres in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda

Refugee integration centres will be opened in Lithuania's largest cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, the Ministry of Welfare and…

9 years ago
  • Society

Dolphins spotted off Lithuania’s Baltic coast

A couple of dolphins have been spotted in the Baltic Sea close to the Smiltynė beach near the port city…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Cargo handling grows in Klaipėda Seaport

From January to June of 2015, Klaipėda Seaport cargo handling turnover increased by 6.2 percent to 18.86 million tons or…

9 years ago
  • Defence

USS Jason Dunham arrives in Lithuania

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) has arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda for a…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Ferry route Klaipeda-Karlshamn opened in Central Klaipėda Terminal

Ro-Pax ferry route connecting the ports of Klaipėda (Lithuania) and Karlshamn (Sweden) has been opened at the Central Klaipėda Terminal.…

9 years ago
  • Economy

PM says Lithuania must enhance its maritime sector

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is visiting Klaipėda on Monday. He says that Klaipėda University and companies located at the seaside…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Port CEO: Expansion will make Klaipėda more competitive

Expansion of the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda will make it more competitive vis-à-vis other ports in the region as it…

9 years ago
  • Defence

2nd motorized brigade to be headquartered in Klaipėda

The headquarters of a new motorized infantry brigade will be situated in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda in 2016,…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Klaipėda to rebuild church demolished after WWII

Klaipėda, Lithuania's third city on the Baltic coast, plans to rebuild St John's Church that was demolished after World War…

10 years ago

New terminal to connect Lithuanian and Swedish ports

Representatives of Central Terminal of Klaipėda, which was officially opened last summer, reached an agreement with the shipping company DFDS…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Klaipėda port resumes normal operations after storm

The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipėda resumed normal operations on Sunday evening after a storm that had halted vessel traffic during…

10 years ago