Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant

The European Union has expressed solidarity with Lithuania over a nuclear plant that Belarus is building close to the border, thus sending an important and clear message to Minsk, an adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday.

All of Europe is concerned about the Belarusian nuclear power plant project in Astravyets, which constantly comes under severe criticism from Lithuania due to its safety standards, says the European Commission's President Jean-Claude Juncker, adding that Brussels would keep a close eye on the situat...

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko does not participate in Friday's Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels because of Moscow's decisions.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Thursday leaving for Brussels to attend the European Union's (EU) Eastern Partnership summit that should set guidelines for the organization's relationship with the six Eastern neighbours.

In the lead-up to the European Union's Eastern Partnership summit, officials in Brussels hail improving relations with Belarus, but promise Lithuania that they will keep up pressure on Minsk to ensure the safety and security of its Astravyets nuclear power plant.

The majority of Lithuania's residents are unhappy with the parliament's performance over the first year after the 2016 parliamentary elections, shows a survey conducted by RAIT pollster for BNS news agency.

The stress tests of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus close to Lithuania's border do not prove that the nuclear facility is being built safely, says Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius.

Lithuania's State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) has opened scrutiny in Belarusian findings of stress tests of the Astravyets nuclear power plant. The Lithuanian government said the stress tests did not address the key problems of the power plant, as they had not been conducted in full a...

Lithuania's government has given a cautious opinion about the pledges made by Belarus to provide the European Commission (EC) with results of stress tests at the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP), saying that many security questions remain unanswered.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn on Friday to discuss the EU's possible support for the planned electricity grid synchronization with the Western European system.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with European Commission's (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn on Friday to discuss the European Union's (EU) support to the synchronization of electricity networks with Western Europe, the President's Office said on Thursday.

The much-criticized project where Lithuanian scientists have provided consultations to Belarus on the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction close to Vilnius also involved the Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI).

In a reversal of its earlier position that Lithuania benefits from its scientists providing advice to Belarus on nuclear safety, the Education and Science Ministry said on Tuesday that the Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) should not participate in the European Commission-funded international projec...

After the Foreign Ministry recommended that the Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) review its position on providing advice to Belarus on nuclear safety issues, the institute is considering withdrawing from the program, a step that would be welcomed by Minsk, which does not like Lithuania's position o...

Parties to the UN Aarhus Convention acknowledged during their meeting in Montenegro on Thursday that in building the Astravyets nuclear power plant, Belarus had violated the right of the public, granted by the convention, to receive information and participate in environmental decision-making, the L...

The Lithuanian government endorsed on Wednesday an action plan for blocking electricity imports from Belarus' Astravyets nuclear power and thus hampering the project.

Lithuania's Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis discussed with Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, the speaker of the Israeli parliament Knesset, the need to open direct air transportation between the two countries.

Lithuania's Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas is going to the Montenegrin resort of Budva this week to join the international community for a meeting, which will discuss, among other matters, the security of the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus.