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Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski says that the project for synchronizing the Baltic power grids with the continental European network will be implemented, but that requires a final agreement among the three Baltic nations.

Construction of the first master gas pipeline, Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL), should start in Poland in 2019, Poland's Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski said in Vilnius on Friday.

Lina Sabaitienė, a former deputy economy minister, will on Feb. 6 take over as deputy energy minister from Simonas Šatūnas, who is returning to the diplomatic service.

Darius Janulevičius is stepping down from the leading post of the Lithuanian Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant amid allegations of lack of transparency in the sales of the company's properties.

Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant CEO Darius Janulevičius, suspected by law-enforcement bodies of involvement in a non-transparent auction of the plant's assets, refuses to comment on whether he intends to step down, saying that he will wait for the energy ministry's decision.

The European Commission (EC) and energy ministers of four countries – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland – agreed that the final political agreement on synchronization of the Baltic energy networks with continental Europe should be signed in June of 2018.

Lithuanian law-enforcement officials have brought formal suspicions against Darius Janulevičius, current CEO of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), and another five persons, including Osvaldas Čiukšys, its former CEO, over a suspected non-transparent auction of the plant's assets worth over 1.5 ...

Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga got the biggest media focus during the first year of the government's term, while Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas got the least attention from the press.

Lithuania is trying to secure Ukraine's support for its efforts to block the construction of the unsafe Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus, but it has received no concrete position from Kiev yet, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said.

After an extremely high content of radioactive substances, which was nearly 1,000 times above the usual radioactive pollution level, was registered in the Russian Chelyabinsk region in September, Lithuania sent a note to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says that a compromise satisfying all parties would be sought in parliamentary debates on proposals to obligate companies important for national security to notify authorities about large transactions.

The European Commission remains committed to providing funding for the decommissioning of Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, said after meeting with EU Budget Commissioner Guenther Oettinger in Vilnius on Thursday.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that there is no rush to find a replacement for Mindaugas Sinkevičius, who last month resigned as economy minister, but adds that he has several candidates for the post.

Guenther Oettinger, the EU commissioner in charge of budget and human resources, is to come on a visit to Lithuania on Thursday.

Lithuania and Luxembourg signed on Thursday a renewable energy deal, the first of its kind in the European Union, that will enable the Baltic country to sell a part of its renewable energy surplus for 10 million euros.

What a difference one ship makes in combination with shifts in production in less than 3 years. It took a bit longer to get from complete reliance on a Russian-controlled energy-monopoly to a competitive market with increased security and interconnectivity. However, the presence of the Independence ...

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country would search for the least unprofitable solution over the nearly 28-million-euro fine imposed on state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) by the European Commission, however, a conflict with Brussels will b...

Margrethe Vestager is meeting with Lithuanian leaders in Vilnius on Tuesday to discuss the fine of almost 28 million euros on Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) for dismantling a railway stretch to Latvia.

The Lithuanian government endorsed on Wednesday an action plan for blocking electricity imports from Belarus' Astravyets nuclear power and thus hampering the project.

The US Department of State has congratulated Lithuania on receiving its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from America, saying that the US will continue to support Europe's goal of diversifying its gas supplies.