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Energy

EU grants assistance to Poland-Lithuania gas interconnection

Lithuania’s natural gas transmission system operator, AB Amber Grid, and Poland‘s gas transmission system operator, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., signed a tripartite agreement with the European Union‘s (EU) Innovation Network Executive Agency (INEA) on the financial assistance of the EU to the project Preparatory Works for the Poland-Lithuania Gas Interconnection up to building permission(s) obtainment. Under this agreement, the project was granted financial assistance of the EU of EUR 10.6 million under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), AB Amber Grid said in a statement. […]

Bronislaw Komorowski
Uncategorized

Polish president: Many EU countries want to lift sanctions on Russia

Many European Union countries want to lift the sanctions on Russia, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said in an interview with the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. […]

Alexander Zaldostanov
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Russian bikers’ flirtation with Kremlin politics sparks protest from Lithuanian fellows

Global politics is undermining the international solidarity of the biker community. Lithuanian bikers have declared they do not want to see members of the Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves MC, including its leader Alexander Zaldostanov, in their country, because the Russians have trampled on a central principle of the biker movement – stay away from politics. […]

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Uncategorized

Russia’s military games for Baltic and Polish civilians and youth

With the Russian 9th of May celebrations of Soviet victory in World War Two approaching, many in the Baltic States are concerned about the potential risk of provocations or confrontation stemming from the more radical and disgruntled elements of the local Russian minority. Moreover, since Russia launched a shadow war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, NATO, American, and European governments have been increasingly concerned about the risks of hybrid warfare in Poland and the Baltic region. […]

Gediminas Kirkilas
Energy
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Opinion

Opinion: Russia’s nuclear blackmail and new threats of covert diplomacy

The world has truly entered a new era. Even Russia‘s nuclear blackmail has become such an everyday occurrence that it sometimes passes underappreciated. One concludes thus after last week’s reports in British dailies The Times and The Independent about a meeting between Russian and US generals in March where Russia voiced threats of a nuclear response should NATO continue to deploy forces in the Baltic states. […]

Rokas Masiulis
European Union

Lithuanian energy minister: Vision of Energy Union meets our interests

Last week, Lithuanian Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis participated in the EU Energy Council in Brussels, dedicated to the discussion of the major goals to be pursued by the EU through the establishment of the Energy Union, the ministry reports. […]