The Environmental Protection Department (AAD) has concluded that nearly 2 tonnes of oil had spilled into the Baltic Sea from the Būtingė oil terminal in February and damage to the environment exceeded EUR 146 thousand.
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A large fire erupted at the Ecoservice waste sorting facility in Gariūnai, southwest Vilnius, on Saturday morning. Clouds of black smoke could be seen rising from the location for hours. The fire was localised the same day and extinguished on Sunday afternoon, but firefighters remained at the scene ...
Up to two tons of crude oil spilled on Monday from the loading buoy at the Butinge oil terminal of the Polish-owned Lithuanian oil refining and import company Orlen Lietuva, the Environment Ministry said, based on preliminary data.
Limited salmon and sea-trout fishing is banned in Lithuania from Friday, the country's Environmental Protection Department said.
