The foreign ministers of Lithuania and Denmark on Tuesday criticized the plans of expanding the Nord Stream gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany, pledging efforts to influence the European Commission (EC) into being stricter in connection to the project. […]
After German parliamentary elections secured Chancellor Angela Merkel with yet another term in office, Berlin will remain Lithuania’s most important partner in Europe, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
In a discussion at the European Parliament, Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas on Thursday called on politicians to refrain from criticizing plans to expand the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany and to look for benefits in the project that causes concern to the Lithuanian government. […]
This week Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said that unfortunately Molotov still lives and is looking for his Ribbentrop. The tensions caused by an aggressive neighbour, which tests European unity at every opportunity, raises […]
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday is starting his two-day official visit to Lithuania. […]
Lithuania’s former President Valdas Adamkus on Tuesday called for convening a meeting of the region’s political leaders on energy issues. […]
The United States seek to undermine Russia‘s influence in the energy sector, therefore, is skeptical about the Nord Stream 2 project, which would make Europe more dependent on the Kremlin, says US congressman Rob Bishop. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė told US President Donald Trump at the summit of Central and Eastern European leaders in Warsaw on Thursday about the importance of regional security and the threats of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). […]
Three years ago the Lithuanian news media and some politicians seriously considered the possibility that Russia will attack Lithuania and the rest of the Baltics. Such concerns are not voiced as often nowadays, there are […]
An increasing number of nations back a firm stance on Nord Stream 2 as the European Commission seeks a mandate from the EU’s member states in talks on the project, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said. […]
On Sunday Gazprom started constructing the “TurkStream” pipeline, which is another piece of the puzzle for Russia to supply gas to Western Europe by bypassing East European countries. Romas Švedas, who is an independent energy […]
The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries and Poland reiterated on Monday that the planned second Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea is a political project and underlined their opposition to the project. […]
Lithuania will verify whether the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Europe will have no adverse environmental impact on its territorial waters and economic zone in the Baltic Sea as stated in the project’s environmental impact assessment, a Lithuanian official said, adding that Lithuania has doubts about the economic feasibility of the project. […]
Lithuania has joined Poland‘s appeal against the European Commission’s decision to give Russia’s Gazprom more capacity on a branch of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in Germany, with the government saying that Brussels’ move may increase Europe’s dependence on Russian gas and harm Ukraine. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is leaving for Sweden on Monday on a brief visit to discuss energy and investment matters with the country’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to focus on energy issues, such as the planned synchronization of the Baltic power transmission grids with the Western European system and the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, during Thursday’s meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. […]
The Nord Stream 2 project must be considered not just for its economic and energy significance, but for its military security aspect. Political scientist Margarita Šešelgytė believes that the pipeline would give the Russian military a reason to militarise the Swedish island of Gotland, which is significant when it comes to NATO forces and access to the Baltics. […]
Lithuania and Slovenia agree that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Russia plans to build would shatter the European Union‘s unity and distort competition on the European gas market, the Lithuanian President’s Office says. […]
The safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant that Belarus is building near the border with Lithuania should be a matter of concern for the entire European Union, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said, calling on the EU to seriously consider restricting the import of electricity generated by that facility to the EU market. […]
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany, which Russia plans to build across the Baltic Sea, is economically unsound and is a political project aimed at dividing European Union countries, said Lithuania’s President, Dalia Grybauskaite. […]
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