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 and leaving the port. […]
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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 of electricity during 2015. […]
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. […]
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 recorded for a year. […]
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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. […]
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 to “education ghettos” and called for their removal, Klaipeda’s Russian school teachers are still upset about his comments. […]
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Energy
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 Labour said. […]
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 of Klaipėda. […]
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 1.1 million tons more compared with the corresponding period of 2014, the port reports. […]
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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 must cooperate and contribute to the development of Lithuania’s maritime sector. […]
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 will be able to handle larger ships and increase reloadings simultaneously, the port’s CEO has said. […]
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, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says. It will be a second brigade in the Lithuanian army. […]
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 Two. The new church will feature a tower of the original height of 75 meters, Klaipėda Municipality said on Wednesday. […]
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 Seaways to form a new passenger-cargo (ro-pax) ferry line connecting the ports of Klaipėda and Sweden, Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications reports. […]
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 the weekend, a spokeswoman said on Monday. […]