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The procedure for appointing outgoing Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas as Lithuania's consul general in Los Angeles is stalling at the Foreign Ministry, well-informed sources have confirmed to BNS.

Lithuania's outgoing Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas is seeking to become the country's consul general in Los Angeles, well-informed sources told BNS on Friday.

The safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant should be a priority for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Lithuanian Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas said on Thursday after meeting with the IAEA's new director general Rafael Mariano Grossi on Vienna.

Prezidentas Gitanas Nausėda šeštadienį priėmė aplinkos eurokomisaru paskirto ekonomikos ministro Virginijaus Sinkevičiaus atsistatydinimą.

As part of efforts to diversify its gas supply sources, Ukraine is taking a keen interest in the Klaipeda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and the planned Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL), Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas said.

Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas says Lithuania will take all possible measures to bar market access for electricity from Belarus' Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant.

The Lithuanian government approved on Wednesday the legislation, opening doors for the buyout of the country's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) which Lithuania currently leases.

The European Commission is getting ready to start consultations with Russia over the switching of the Baltic states' power networks off the post-Soviet system and their synchronization with that of western Europe.

Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas hopes Washington will back Lithuania in its effort to stop the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus, or to block power from the nuclear facility, if it started operating.

Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas in on Tuesday leaving for Japan to discuss renewable energy, the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's decommissioning and the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus with Japanese politicians and business people.

The European Parliament is recommended to approve 780 million euros in funding for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's decommissioning in the EU's next multiannual financial framework, the amount sought by Lithuania and 230 million euros more than proposed by the European Commission.

Lithuania will not appeal against the European Commission's decision regarding its anti-trust investigation against Russia's gas giant Gazprom, the Energy Ministry said on Monday.

Lithuania will not appeal against the European Commission's decision in its probe against Russia's gas giant Gazprom as this would not bring much benefit to the country, which has sufficient means to ensure its energy security, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Friday.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have reached a long sought-after agreement that opens the way for the further development of the key regional energy project, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Friday after a scenario for the Baltic power grids' synchronization with the Continental...

Lithuania's government is still undecided as to whether it will appeal the European Commission's decision regarding a probe against Russian gas giant Gazprom.

Lithuania is seeking to secure all necessary funding for the dismantling of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's reactors and the government is now asking the European Commission for more funds to ensure that works are not interrupted during the switchover from one EU budget period to another, Energy ...

Representatives of the European Parliament and European Commission are coming to Vilnius this week to see the progress of decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and discuss its funding beyond 2021.

The agreement is part of a wider amicable agreement between the Energy Ministry and Danpower. The court endorsed it in two other cases.