Economy

Poland plans to boost shipments by Lithuanian railways – Skvernelis

Poland plans to boost railway shipments from Orlen‘s crude refinery in Mažeikiai, in northwestern Lithuania, to Poland, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]

Economy

Declaration between Lithuanian govt, Orlen stipulates modernization, jobs, PSO tariffs

The declaration signed between the Lithuanian government and the Polish oil concern Orlen on Tuesday envisages the Polish company’s investments in the Mažeikiai oil refinery and the same number of jobs, while the government should reconsider Public Service Obligation (PSO) tariffs for the company and examine the possibility of building a pipeline to Klaipeda. […]

Andrzej Duda
Foreign affairs

Breakthrough in Lithuania-Poland ties expected after Duda’s visit

Local Poles and analysts expect a breakthrough in relations between Vilnius and Warsaw after Polish President Andrzej Duda‘s three-day visit to Lithuania last week. […]

The dismantled railway track from Mažeikiai marked in red
Economy

Lithuanian Railways offers to rebuild dismantled track to Latvia by late 2019

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) has submitted to the European Commission a plan for rebuilding a dismantled railway track from Mažeikiai, a town in northwestern Lithuania where Orlen Lietuva‘s crude refinery is located, to Rengė, in Latvia, by the end of 2019. […]