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In October, Estonian and Finnish gas companies, with the support of the national governments, jointly applied to the European Commission for financing of the construction of Balticconnector – the transmission pipeline network that would connect the gas networks of the two countries. Reaching an agre...

On 27 October 2014, the port of Klaipėda on the sea coast of Lithuania was crowded with people and heads of the Baltic States. The day marked a new era in the energy security sector for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, as an LNG ship called “Independence” was met with Lithuanian flags waving high. Eve...

Should Lithuania be worried about Estonia's plans to build its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal? If it becomes a regional gas supply facility, it could supply gas to Latvia and Estonia and take away desperately needed clients from Lithuania's Klaipėda LNG terminal, already struggling to oper...

Combined cycle unit of Elektrėnai Power Plant increased electricity generation due to significant price hike in the Nord Pool Spot power market. Thursday afternoon the unit was generating electricity at 420 MW capacity, thus ensuring the security of electricity supply. For comparison, almost the who...

Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom says she does not support the idea of joining NATO, since that would diminish the significance of Sweden's common security policy with Finland, BNS reports.

On 24 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini, who was visiting Lithuania, to discuss bilateral political and economic relations, regional cooperation and key issues on European agenda, including migration, the...

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris Germanas took part in political consultations between the Foreign Ministries of Lithuania and Finland on 16 September in Helsinki, Lithuania's MFA said.

Lithuanian border guards on Thursday handed over eight migrants from Iraq to their Polish counterparts, the State Border Guard Service said.

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

W najbliższym czasie USA przyśle do Europy grupę myśliwców F-22 jako wsparcie dla wschodnioeuropejskich sojuszników NATO, poinformowała sekretarz sił powietrznych USA Deborah James.

Europe's new front-line states are the Nordic countries, Baltic countries, plus Poland, which share a common concern about a "revisionist and rapidly-rearming Russia", according to the Baltic Sea Security Report by the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).

The World's only Press Rally 2015 kicked off in Trakai, Lithuania, on June 5. Over 50 teams will compete for the main prize.

Finnish investments generated more jobs in Lithuania than any other foreign investment in 2014. Finland made nearly 30 million euros worth of new direct investments last year, retaining its position from 2013 as the country’s eighth largest foreign investor. The most significant foreign investors in...

Lithuanian Dalia Grybauskaitė and former Finnish President Tarja Halonen on Thursday unveiled a sculpture entitled Suomis (The Finn) in Vilnius, given as a president to Lithuania by Finland. The unveiling ceremony was attended by several dozen Vilnius residents. The Finnish gift was symbolically acc...

On Thursday, May 21, in Vilnius, a sculpture entitled Suomis (the Finn) will be unveiled to commemorate 24 years of Finno-Lithuanian co-operation and the common history between the two countries.

The Lithuania Tribune / EN.DELFI TV spoke to Ambassador Matthew Bryza, CEO and Member of the Board of Directors LAMOR. What is the status of Estonian-Finish LNG terminal, we asked Mr. Bryza.

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Responding to a joint declaration of the Nordic countries of intentions to step up military cooperation in the face of Russian aggression, Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday, saying that moves by Finland and Sweden towards closer ties with NATO were of "special concern", Reuters ...

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland have announced a joint declaration on Friday, pledging to step up military cooperation among themselves and the Baltic states, AFP reports.

Savaitgalį Suomijos sostinėje Helsinkyje vyko tarptautinės sportinių šokių federacijos (WDSF) reitingo varžybos „Finland Open 2015”, kuriose Lietuvos šokėjai tapo prizininkais ir finalininkais.