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Fires around Chernobyl ‘pose no hazard’ in Lithuania

July 18, 2016 BNS 0

Fires which broke out in the restricted zone around Chernobyl, north Ukraine, last weekend have not raised radiation levels in Lithuania.

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Lithuania strengthens preparations for nuclear incident

May 23, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuania intends to follow in the footsteps of other European countries in strengthening the protection of its population against a possible nuclear accident. Residents of 14 municipalities nearest the new Belarusian nuclear power plant would […]

IAEA to test nuclear safety in Lithuania for the first time

April 18, 2016 LT Daily 0

An International Atomic Energy Agency mission (IAEA) is coming to Lithuania for the first time to assess nuclear and radiation safety in Lithuania. IAEA experts will meet with Lithuanian authorities and business representatives, visit and […]

Lithuanian president to raise Astravyets NPP issue at Nuclear Security Summit

March 30, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is planning to raise the issue of Belarus’ Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., this week. […]

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Change of tactics needed on Belarus nuclear plant

February 23, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The European Union along with Lithuania has recently softened its tone towards Belarus – often called the “last dictatorship of Europe” – and that shift in strategy has real implications for Lithuania’s approach to the construction of the country’s new nuclear power plant. […]

Putin says Russia to add 40 missiles to its nuclear arsenal

June 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will add more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal in 2015. […]

Nuclear discussions with Estonia resumed, Lithuanian PM says

February 6, 2015 ELTA EN 0

During his visit of Klaipėda Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal on Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told the media that discussions with Estonia over Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) project have been renewed. […]

Economist: Lithuania to choose between “green” EU and “nuclear” Russia

October 11, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania in the future will be able to choose between “green” energy from the European Union and nuclear energy from Russia, an economist at Nordea bank said on Wednesday. […]

Opinion: Looking into the Far East – how Japan might affect our energy security

October 3, 2014 Lukas Trakimavicius 0

Once Japan restarts its nuclear capabilities, it will reduce its reliance on LNG. As a result, global LNG prices should drop, benefiting European states that are eyeing LNG as an alternative to Russian gas. This is particularly crucial for such Eastern European states as Lithuania and Poland that have placed great hopes in their liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Klaipėda and Świnoujście. […]

Israel’s foreign minister in Vilnius: Nuclear proliferation in Middle East a “horror film”

September 11, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Israel‘s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who paid a working visit to Lithuania, said the nuclear programme of Iran was a threat to the whole world and compared the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East to a horror film. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]