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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.
An environmental impact assessment report that Belarus has presented to Lithuania regarding its Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant reads like it was written with an automated translation engine and raises concerns that nuclear safety is not taken seriously, Lithuanian experts say.
Lithuania has been one of the loudest voices in Europe pushing for increasing energy independence from Russia, but not all EU countries are following this strategy. Finland, which is not a member of NATO, is set to increase its dependence on Russian gas and uranium, which has some in the country wor...
Poland agrees with Lithuania's and other Baltic states that electricity from unsafe power plants should not be imported, said Lithuanian Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis.
Lithuanian Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister of State Yosuke Takagi on using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
A liberalised gas market will soon be operating in all three Baltic states which, along with the LNG terminal in Klaipeda, will reduce prices, increase competition and improve security of supply, said Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis.
Lithuania wants to purchase the Klaipėda LNG terminal's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) from Norway's Hoegh LNG before the expiry of the 10-year lease period in an effort to reduce the terminal's costs and will seek support from the European Union for this purpose, Energy Minister Ro...
The French government is closely watching the dispute concerning Veolia’s investment in Vilnius and hopes it can be resolved amicably, Harlem Desir, French Minister of State for European Affairs, has said while on a visit to Lithuania.
The European Union along with Lithuania has recently softened its tone towards Belarus - often called the "last dictatorship of Europe" – and that shift in strategy has real implications for Lithuania’s approach to the construction of the country’s new nuclear power plant.
The European Commission has presented a package of proposals to ensure the Eropean Union's energy security, including a measure allowing the EC to review and block member states' agreements with third-country gas suppliers if they threaten other members' energy security.
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington has accepted a request to arbitrate between France's Veolia group and the Lithuanian government.
The Lithuanian government does not expect Belarus to take retaliatory measures against Lithuania over the country trying to block the construction of a new Belarusian nuclear power plant at Astravyets, said Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis.
Lithuania will import more gas from Norway than from Russia in 2016 for the first time after closing a number of supply deals with Statoil facilitated by its liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, Lithuania's energy minister said on Monday.
Most of Veolia's allegations against Lithuania seem to be unfounded, said Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis on Monday. Masiulis was commenting on the French group's request for arbitration in which it is seeking around €100 million in compensation from the Lithuanian state for allegedly unfa...
Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis says that a broad political consensus is needed in Lithuania on the issue of the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus.
Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that the arbitration case to be filed against Lithuania by the French group Veolia is a distraction tactic, adding that the government might counter-sue over violations by its subsidiary Vilniaus Energija.
Russia's gas behemoth Gazprom will have to be more flexible in order to sell gas in Lithuania, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday, commenting on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchase deal reached between Achema, the country's largest gas consumer, and Norway's Statoil.
Two former Lithuanian leaders – ex-president Valdas Adamkus and the country's first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis – have urged the government "to do everything in its power to immediately halt the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant" in Belarus some 50 km east of Vilni...
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close second. However, many government ministers are paid significantly less.
