Energy

Disconnecting Baltics from BRELL could cost EUR 800m

According to representatives of the European Commission (EC), synchronisation of the Baltic states’ power network with transmission systems of the West could cost approximately EUR 800 million, including the LitPol Link electricity connection with Poland. […]

Bronislaw Komorowski
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian PM discusses strategic cooperation with Poland’s Komorowski

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with former Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski to discuss the strategically important projects: power bridge LitPol Link, gas connection GIPL, and Poland‘s involvement in Rail Baltica. The prime minister congratulated the president on the award of Rokiškis honorary citizenship, thanking the president for his merits to Lithuania, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Andante (Sonata II), 1907
Culture

Record insurance for paintings by Čiurlionis to be exhibited in Krakow

An exhibition of works by famous Lithuanian painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, set to be moved to Krakow, Poland, for exhibition, has been insured for a record amount of EUR 15 million. […]

Border Guard Service
Society

Lithuanian border guards bust Iraqi group headed for Finland

A group of illegal migrants from Iraq have been apprehended in Lithuania near the border with Poland. […]

Rokas Masiulis
Energy

Energy minister: Poland one of Lithuania’s key partners in energy

On 9 September, Lithuania’s Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis in Poland made a speech on energy security at the 25th Economic Forum in Krynica, and he is taking part in meetings with representatives from Polish government and energy companies. […]