EU Economic and Monetary Union needs an overhaul
BNS The economic governance regime in the European Union needs to be tightened and the foundation of the EU Economic and Monetary Union needs to be overhauled to prevent future financial crises in...
View ArticleVilnius meeting of EU ministers mulling ways of improving voter turnout in EP...
BNS European affairs ministers of countries of the European Union’s (EU) are meeting in Vilnius on Friday to discuss ways of improving the turnout of voters in the next year’s elections to the European...
View ArticlePro-European forces must mobilise ahead of EP polls
BNS Pro-European forces have to mobilise ahead of the European Parliament elections next year to prevent radical and xenophobic political powers from setting in, the European Commission and the...
View ArticleLithuania presidency participated in the State of the Union debate in the...
Yesterday during a European Parliament debate in Strasbourg in which the EC President José Manuel Barroso delivered the annual report on the State of the Union, the Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas...
View ArticleLithuanians give EU commissioner hot-air balloon ride to show him Belarus’...
In an unconventional effort to convince EU officials that Belarus' nuclear power plant is a safety hazard, the Lithuanian government has arranged a hot-air balloon ride for the bloc's energy...
View ArticleGazprom must compensate consumers for losses over unfair practices –...
Russia's gas giant Gazprom must compensate European gas consumers for losses they suffered due to its non-transparent gas trade practices, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting...
View ArticleFurther funding for Lithuanian N-plant closure to depend on Brexit – Sefcovic
EU Energy Union Commissioner Maros Sefcovic says that whether or not Lithuania will secure funding for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's closure after 2020 will depend, among other things, on the...
View ArticleBaltic grid synchronization with Europe possible via one LitPol Link – Sefcovic
The European Commission's vice-president in charge of the energy union says that the Baltic countries could synchronize their power grids with the continental European system via a single LitPol Link...
View ArticleLithuania ready to ensure power from unsafe plants has no access to its...
Amid doubts whether Lithuania's efforts to impose an embargo on electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus will be compatible with WTO rules, Prime Minister...
View ArticleEU commissioner says no thaw in ties with Belarus until it proves its N-plant...
There will be no thaw in the energy dialog between the EU and Belarus until Minsk proves that the nuclear power plant it is building not far from Vilnius is safe, EU Energy Union Commissioner Maros...
View ArticleFinal political deal on energy synchronization expected next June –...
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...
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