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A Baltic Sea region index compiled by Swedbank shows that despite considerable progress, Lithuania is still not as competitive as it could be. Lithuania was placed among the top third of the most competitive countries in the world, which is a better result than last year, but essential progress is s...
On 20 October in Vilnius, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Andrius Krivas, officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of National Defence met with a group of experts from the Influential US think tank Atlantic Council, led by Magnus Nordenman, to discuss current cha...
At the invitation of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his wife Queen Silvia will arrive on an official state visit to Lithuania on 7-9 October.
The 453-kilometer long 700 megawatt NordBalt power interconnection is one of the most important projects in the history of Baltic countries’ energy sectors. Although the submarine cable is laid between the coasts of Lithuania and Sweden, the project will equally benefit to Lithuania and Latvia,” sai...
NATO command centres officially start operating in Lithuania and five other Eastern European countries on Tuesday.
Most of the time history can’t be put to bed even though agreements to end wars have been concluded, victors have drawn new boundary lines, promises made, but they soon get either forgotten or swept under the rug, as if they weren’t there. The story of the northern part of former East Prussia (now k...
The European Commission and European Union (EU) member-states have approved financial support in the amount of EUR 27.4 million for the LitPol Link power interconnection between Lithuania and Poland, Litgrid AB, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, reports.
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).
During its month-long work in 2015, the special vessel Topaz Installer laid more than 50 kilometres of HVDC cable NordBalt in the Baltic Sea. At the moment, she is completing a second stretch of the same length.
In March the electricity price was the lowest since the Nord Pool Spot have been launched in Lithuania in 2012. The average electricity price in the Lithuanian bidding area was 32 EUR/MWh. The demand of electricity fell by 8 percent due to warmer weather and lengthening daylight. Compared to March l...
Construction of the the high voltage power interconnection LitPol Link between Poland and Lithuania is progressing according to the planned timeline.
At a meeting with NATO's Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius called for rapid implementation of the decisions made at the Alliance's Wales summit.
The news agency Bloomberg has included the Baltic states in the list of places in the world where geopolitical tensions could run high next year.
The European Commission has on Friday adopted a programme for the 8 EU countries and neighbouring countries in the Baltic Sea Region. Focussing on key issues such as the environmental status of the Baltic Sea or maritime safety and security, the programme is worth more than €263 million from EU inve...
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 lin...
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.
On 6 December, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to President Sauli Niinisto of the Republic of Finland on the occasion of the country's national holiday - Independence Day, the presidential press service said.
The Independence, a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, was docked in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda on Monday. The terminal gives Lithuania the capability to import up to 4 billion cubic metres of gas a year after 2015, Invest Lithuania said.
The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Pof. Dr. Mindaugas Jurkynas, head of Public Administration Department of Vytautas Magnus University. A pattern seems to be developing in the Baltic Sea region, he says. Russian military activity has increased near non-NATO member states Sweden and Finland as well as ne...
120s: Land tax for new apartment owners, Bad timing for important shipment, Russia flexes muscles in Baltic Sea, Bear cub comes to shop.
