Ministry of Environment

  • Economy

Over 11,000 reports on environmental violations received last year in Lithuania

During its first year of activities, the Centre for Information Gathering and Management at the State Environmental Protection Agency (VAAT)…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuanian companies invest more in environment protection

Statistics Lithuania has released its annual publication Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for 2014. [...]

9 years ago
  • Economy

OECD gives high rating to Lithuania’s construction regulations

This year, Lithuania has been listed among three countries in the region that are most favourable to business in terms…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania will not grow any GM crops

Lithuania's Ministry of Environment will submit the requirements via the European Commission with a view to ensuring that no genetically…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Baltic ministers meeting in Lithuania to discuss water protection and climate change

A meeting of the ministers of environment of the Baltic Council of Ministers is starting near Lake Plateliai in western…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian municipalities restrict entering forests amid fire hazard

At least 25 of Lithuania's 60 municipalities have restricted entry into forests amid fire hazard, the Environment Ministry said on…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania considers 44-fold tax hike on amber

The Ministry of Environment would like to raise taxes for amber extraction in Lithuania. It has proposed a 44-fold increase…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania’s environment minister sceptical about shale gas exploration tender

Lithuania’s minister of environment admits being increasingly sceptical about a new tender for exploration of shale resources, saying that no…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s prosecutors to launch investigation into airplane search operation

Lithuania's Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas turned to the Prosecutor General's Office asking to launch a pre-trial investigation into…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Investigators raid Lithuania’s Environment Ministry

Officers of the Special Investigation Service (STT) carried out a search and seizure at Lithuania's Ministry of Environment on Wednesday.…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Lithuania’s pavilion at EXPO 2015 visited by 10,000 people

It is estimated that over 10,000 people visited the Lithuania's Pavilion at the universal exposition EXPO 2015 in Milan, Italy,…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Parliament proposes to declare Lithuania GMO-free zone

The Seimas Committee on Rural Affairs has addressed the Government asking to ban cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Postponing new shale gas tender makes sense, Lithuania’s former energy minister says

Lithuanian authorities’ decision to postpone a new shale gas exploration and production tender makes sense, says Jaroslav Neverovič, former energy…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania will not launch new shale gas tender for now

A new tender for exploration and extraction of shale resources in the west of Lithuania will not be launched at…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Shale gas is not very topical for Lithuania now, environment minister says

Lithuania's Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas says the country should not speed up the international shale gas exploration tender. [...]

9 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania supports EU Emissions Trading System Market Stability Reserve

Lithuania supports the proposal of the European Commission revised by Latvia, which is presiding over the EU Council, to establish…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania is approaching its waste management target

Lithuania is approaching the target established in the waste management plan to recycle or reuse at least 45 percent of…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania may launch new shale gas tender in spring

The terms and conditions for a new tender for shale hydrocarbon exploration rights in Lithuania are to be drawn up…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Discarded Christmas trees to be used for biofuel in Lithuania

Eleven towns and cities in Lithuania are organizing a traditional winter campaign that sees Christmas trees collected for biofuel, the…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania to launch new shale gas tender early next year

Lithuania's authorities are planning to launch a new shale gas exploration tender early next year after parliament last week approved…

10 years ago