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The synchronization of the Baltic states' power systems with continental Europe has been given a strong foundation after the Baltic states, Poland and the European Commission signed a political deal on Thursday, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says.
Lithuania's Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas will pay a visit to Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant on Fruday and will discuss its decommissioning with its new CEO Audrius Kamienas.
Lithuania's former Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis refrains from commenting on the prime minister's recent critical statements on state-run energy company Lietuvos Energija's (Lithuanian Energy) cogeneration plant projects in Vilnius and Kaunas.
Technical details on the planned synchronization of the three Baltic states' power networks with continental Europe will be known in late June when the parties involved plan to sign a political agreement, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiunas says.
The European Commission wants Lithuania to increase its share of co-financing for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) decommissioning.
The prime ministers of the three Baltic states and Poland will discuss the planned synchronization of the Baltics' power networks with continental Europe as the Baltic countries plan to sign a political agreement on the project later this month.
Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says that the European Commission's investigation into Gazprom's operations in Central and Eastern Europe will help to better control the Russian gas giant's behavior in the European gas market.
As the European Commission plans to announce about an amicable agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom over its activity in eastern Europe, Lithuania's former and incumbent energy ministers say the Russian company's potential commitment are no longer significant for Lithuania after it diversified i...
Belarus' reports about plans to build another two reactors at the Astravyets nuclear power plant are an attempt to direct attention from the problems the NPP builders are facing, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says.
Lithuania's Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas and Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis are attending the European Economic Congress in Poland on Monday and Tuesday and will discuss energy and transport issues.
Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas sees the European Commission's proposal to provide EUR 552 million euros for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) decommissioning in 2021-2027 as a basis for talks and expects that the country will negotiate more funding for the shutdown facility.
Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas on Thursday reiterated that Nord Stream 2, an underwater gas pipeline to be built in the Baltic Sea, will make the European Union even more energy-dependent and will let Russia strengthen its influence on the European energy sector.
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline planed on the bottom of the Baltic Sea is a geopolitical project of Russia and should not become reality, says Lithuania's Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas, stressing the need to ensure compliance to top safety standards in the construction of the Belarusian nuclea...
Lithuania's Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas is leaving for Ukraine on Thursday to meet with Ukrainian officials and discuss the gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 and possible cooperation in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants.
Lithuania's Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says he still has hope that the second line of the Nord Stream gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea will not be built.
The European Commission should take into account the argumentation of Lithuania's government when deciding on the dispute with Russia's gas concern Gazprom, says Lithuania's Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas.
As the Baltic countries ready for synchronization of their electricity networks with continental Europe, Estonia is awaiting results of the final study, as they should determine whether Tallinn will support one or two links with Poland. Nevertheless, Estonia's Economy and Infrastructure Minister Kad...
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday in Vilnius with PKN Orlen CEO Daniel Obajtek and Michal Rudnicki, CEO of the Polish oil group's Lithuanian unit Orlen Lietuva.
Lithuania expects to sign this year new contracts with US liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Monday.
