Lithuania's Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas and Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis are attending the European Economic Congress in Poland on Monday and Tuesday and will discuss energy and transport issues.
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Eleven people have applied for the job of chief executive officer at Lithuania's Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), which is carrying out decommissioning projects worth hundreds of millions of euros.
Lithuania's Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas is leaving for Ukraine on Thursday to meet with Ukrainian officials and discuss the gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 and possible cooperation in the decommissioning of nuclear power plants.
A spokeswoman for the Lithuanian energy minister has denied a report that an incident occurred in the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in late 2017, saying that it was a test that showed the need for improving equipment and that radiation level remained unchanged during the test.
An incident occurred in Lithuania's shutdown Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in late 2017, but the public was not informed about it, the 15min.lt news website reported on Monday.
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 energy ministers of the three Baltic states and Poland are meeting with officials of the European Commission in Brussels on Monday to discuss synchronization of the electricity network with Western Europe.
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.
