The new Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas does not deny the possibility that in negotiations to disconnect from the so-called BRELL ring there could be tensions, but states that Russia understands the goals of Lithuania and other Baltic States perfectly well.
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Rokas Masiulis (born 6 August 1969) is a Lithuanian politician, former Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania. He was previously Minister of Energy of Lithuania.
Lithuania will have to improve its reputation that has been harmed by the country's inability to find common ground with its partners in Rail Baltica and to prove that it is not holding back the European standard-gauge railway project, Rokas Masiulis, the new transport minister, said.
The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytauta...
Mantas Bartuška, the new chief executive officer of Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG), is confident that he will manage to turn the country's largest state-owned enterprise, which has recently come on the radar screen of law-enforcement, into a transparent company.
A new management board of the state railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG), which has lately come on the radar screen of law-enforcement, was appointed on Wednesday, the day when Rokas Masiulis took over the helm of the Transport Ministry.
After the parliament on Tuesday approved the government's program, the country's 17th Cabinet headed by Saulius Skvernelis took oath.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday signed a decree to appoint a new Cabinet led by Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis.
Rokas Masiulis, a candidate to swap his post of energy minister for Lithuania's minister of transport and communications, will have a lot of work – experts see restructuring of the state-run railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai as one of his major challenges where Masiulis would have to demonstrat...
The Lithuanian and Swedish electricity markets should be connected by the second interconnection, NordBalt 2, by 2025, while the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project should be frozen, suggests a new energy strategy worked out by the outgoing Lithuanian Energy Ministry and presented by Minister Roka...
Lithuania's failure to win a dispute against Gazprom over too high natural gas prices should not influence the European Commission's decision in its antitrust probe into the Russian gas giant's operations, Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis.
By stating plans to turn to Lithuania over problems with decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Belarus aims to draw the attention from the nuclear utility under construction in Astravyets, says Lithuania's Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis.
Rosatom, Russia's state corporation that is building nuclear power plants in Europe, Asia and Middle East, is turning into an instrument of geopolitical pressure, Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis said during his visit to the United States.
Lithuania is considering filing a lawsuit against Belarus over the unfair and extremely cheap construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says.
Lithuanian Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas and Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis are going to Klaipėda on Friday to inspect security arrangements at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuania's LNG terminal in Klaipėda, launched in late 2014, has been a symbol of its aspiration towards energy independence, although maintaining the facility has proved a heavy financial load. That, however, is changing.
A Stockholm arbitration court, which examined Lithuania’s €1.4-billion suit against Russia’s gas supplier Gazprom over overcharging for gas supplies, has found no guilt on Gazprom’s part, Lithuania’s energy minister has said. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Lithuania would not feel the effects of the Kaliningrad liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal within the next decade because Russia is contractually obligated to pay Lithuania for pipeline access regardless of whether or not the pipeline is used, said Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis.
The Baltic States are considering creating a single gas market that would facilitate gas trading among the three countries and may include Finland.