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A month ago, Lithuania was the first country in Europe to grant a specialised banking license to the company Revolut, which caused member of Seimas Stasys Jakeliūnas suspicions. The MP contacted the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) and State Security Department (VSD), asking them to chec...
Lithuanian farmers will not receive the sort of direct grants from the EU as were promised already in 2013. “This means that the EU will owe us,” Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told LRT Radio before departing to negotiations on the EU’s new budget. However, the situation could be even worse...
The synchronization of the Baltic states' power systems with continental Europe has been given a strong foundation after the Baltic states, Poland and the European Commission signed a political deal on Thursday, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says.
A political agreement on the synchronization of the Baltic states' power networks with continental Europe by 2025 has been signed in Brussels on Thursday.
A political agreement to be signed in Brussels on Thursday on the Baltic power grids' synchronization with the Continental European system marks Lithuania's final step toward full energy independence and integration into Europe, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said.
The existing interconnection between Lithuania and Poland and a reserve link will be used for the synchronization of the Baltic power grids with the Continental European network, the Lithuanian president's chief advisor said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania has chances to secure more funding in the EU's post-2020 budget, but much will depend on further negotiations.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is going to Brussels on Wednesday to present Lithuania's position on the European Union's 2021–2027 budget to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
The prime ministers of the three Baltic states and Poland will discuss the planned synchronization of the Baltics' power networks with continental Europe as the Baltic countries plan to sign a political agreement on the project later this month.
Surely many people will remember the famous story about the Apollo 13 spaceship which almost killed three astronauts in April 1970 because of technical problems. The astronauts saved themselves thanks to their professionalism and to the self-denying and highly professional activities of the support ...
Leaders of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland agreed in Brussels on Thursday on the Baltic power grid's synchronization with the continental European network, the Lithuanian president's press office said.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet in Brussels on Thursday with Latvian, Estonian, Polish and European Commission leaders to discuss the Baltic countries' plans to disconnect their power grids from the Soviet-era BRELL ring and synchronize them with Western Europe.
The leaders of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the European Commission (EC) are meeting in Brussels this week to discuss the Baltic plans of disconnecting from the post-Soviet system and synchronizing their networks with Western Europe.
The three Baltic prime ministers said in Vilnius on Friday that they were against EU sanctions on Poland over its judicial reform.
