On 18 December 2014, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid and European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement on a EUR 65m loan for a maximum period of sixteen years. The funds will be used to partially finance implementation of LitPol Link project and the new power line from Alytus to Kruonis PSHP (Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Plant), Litgrid said in a statement. […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says that even though relations with Poland have cooled off, strategic cooperation with Warsaw should be regarded as Lithuania’s strategic interest. […]
The spread of the Ukrainian crisis has aroused strong reactions of the USA and the European Union against Russian interference in Ukrainian politics. Russia is a strategic market for Europe and the close trades and financial links have pushed the European Union in the direction of a more moderate and careful response, at first. Because of the stalemate in the dialogue between Moscow and Kiev and the threat of a Russian military intervention in Ukraine, the EU has aligned its plan sanctions against Russia with the USA one, between July and September. […]
The Baltic and Polish defence ministers held a meeting in Latvia and agreed on a joint response in deterring Russia, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Friday. […]
More than 619,000 Lithuanians live abroad, show statistical data published by the Lithuanian Statistics Department on Friday. One in five of the expatriates live in the United Kingdom. […]
Poland‘s Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak says that there has been “unprecedented” activity by Russia‘s navy and air force in the Baltic Sea region in recent days, AP reports. […]
If, hypothetically, Russia imposed a gas embargo on Lithuania and the country would have to look for alternatives at a 50-to-100-percent surcharge, then in the first year of such an embargo Lithuania’s economy would lose LTL 1.6-1.9 billion (EUR 467-550 million), which is about what the country has invested in the pipeline connections with Poland and the LNG terminal. […]
Lithuania’s 500-million-litas (EUR 145m) liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, which is the country’s first alternative to Russian gas supplies and which the government believes could become a regional terminal, is officially launching operations on Wednesday, but Latvia and Estonia will have to wait until they are able to make use of its full potential. […]
The increasingly frequent Russian provocations by flying its military jets close to the Baltic air-space shows “stupidity, not power,” says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with her Latvian, Estonian and Polish counterparts in Tallinn on Tuesday, where she discussed the importance of long-term collective defence instruments and energy projects. […]
Purchased for arming the Lithuanian Armed Forces and enhancing defence of its subdivisions and objects against air attacks, the first portion of man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) GROM is due to arrive in Lithuania by the end of this year. Four Lithuanian soldiers are currently deployed in Poland for learning to operate the system, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has offered to supply natural gas to Ukraine and to help the country in building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. […]
Troops of the United States will remain in the Baltic states and Poland for at least another year to deter Russia, commander of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) Lieutenant General Ben Hodges stated in Vilnius on Sunday. […]
Lithuania does not need a special law on the spelling of names and surnames as amendments to existing legislation are only needed, says Jūratė Pavilionytė, deputy chairperson of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]
On 17 November, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) organized the discussion “The Dynamics of Defence Cooperation: Possibilities and Limits in a Changing Europe”, which brought international expert perspectives on the possibilities and limits of Swedish defence cooperation. […]
Editor-in-chief of Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, dissident Adam Michnik has been awarded the 2014 Freedom Prize, the Lithuanian parliament said on Tuesday. […]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes