Ministry of Environment

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Ugnė Karaliūnaitė

More than three years already have passed since Lithuania implemented the packaging deposit system in the country. Both citizens and environmentalists notice that after the introduction of the system there is much less litter in public spaces such as forests, lakesides, parks or along roads and high...

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Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas says that Karmenu Vella, the EU commissioner in charge of environment, maritime affairs and fisheries, has assured him that the European Commission supports Lithuania in raising safety issues at the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which Belarus is building just...

The state forest service and forest officials have responded to more than 320 potential fires in forests this year, but the Ministry of Environment has said that the terrible Curonian spit forest fires of 2014 will not happen again. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking ...

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT) broke the news on Monday that it was investigating suspected influence peddling that involves the leader of a ruling party, the head of a major media group and a grocery supermarket chain. Here are the key facts: