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On 7 February 2019, the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention) in Geneva definitively concluded that during the construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in the vicinity of the Lithuanian border and Vil...
Lithuania's government has given a cautious opinion about the pledges made by Belarus to provide the European Commission (EC) with results of stress tests at the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP), saying that many security questions remain unanswered.
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the public must be informed about the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction close to Belarus' border with Lithuania and reiterates Vilnius' demand that the project meet the Espoo Convention standards and that risk tests be performed under the ...
Lithuania will try to prove the need for an international expert body for the Astravyets nuclear power plant under the construction in Belarus at a high-level meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention that is starting in Minsk on Monday.
Lithuania has asked Belarus to suspend construction work of its nuclear power plant in Astravyets until stress tests and other studies by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can be performed. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
During diplomatic consultations on Tuesday, Lithuania suggested that Belarus should set up a joint special expert commission that would help assess the environmental impact of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant.
Developers of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus say they will perform stress tests on the facility to make sure it is safe even in extreme circumstances.
EU Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete supports Lithuania's position that Belarus' nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, some 50km from Vilnius, must comply with all Espoo Convention and nuclear safety requirements, the Environment Ministry said on Friday.
Estonia's environment minister supports Lithuania's concerns about Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant that Belarus is building just 50km from Vilnius, according to Lithuanian Ambassador Neilas Tankevičius.
Belarus is playing games over the Astravyets nuclear power plant and its answers about safety sound like a broken record, Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas said on Wednesday.
A meeting in Geneva on Tuesday is to discuss progress that Belarus has made in reassuring Lithuania about a nuclear power plant that is being built near the Lithuanian-Belarusian border.
Latvia will back Lithuania in opposing the construction of a nuclear power plant some 50 kilometres from Vilnius in Belarus, Prime Minister Māris Kučinskis said on Thursday.
Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis says that a broad political consensus is needed in Lithuania on the issue of the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus.
