Ivanas Paleičikas
Economy

Lithuania’s oil industry and Swiss bank accounts: Panama Papers shed light on 1990s

The Panama Papers can offer some insight into Lithuania’s oil industry at its crucial moment two decades ago as documents leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca reveal bank accounts in Switzerland of former and present heads of Lukoil Baltija and Mažeikių Nafta. […]

Energy

Unsolved dilemma of Orlen Lietuva (Mažeikių Nafta)

The launch of Lithuania’s new LNG Terminal Independence in Klaipėda is cause for celebration as a victory over Russian gas dominance. as well as neighbouring Latvia and Estonia. However, another Lithuanian energy sector dilemma remains unresolved despite efforts of the European Commission and Vilnius and Warsaw –  the Russian eight year long oil ‘embargo’ against the Lithuanian oil refinery Orlen Lietuva (Mažeikių Nafta). […]