EU Energy Commissioner to meet with Lithuanian leaders and take part in...
BNS EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger is scheduled to meet with Lithuania’s top leaders and take part in the Second Energy Summit 29+1 conference during his visit to Vilnius on Thursday and...
View ArticleEstonia and Finland should agree on place for LNG terminal this year
BNS Estonia and Finland should manage to agree on a site for a regional liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal this year, Lithuania’s Energy Minister believes. The European Commission (EC) had set an...
View ArticleAs experts’ talks with Gazprom finished, Lithuania expects ‘rational’ proposals
BNS Expert-level talks with Russia’s gas giant Gazprom, Lithuania’s sole gas supplier, have been brought to a conclusion, Lithuania’s Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič has said adding that Vilnius is...
View ArticleLithuania won’t get what it expects from Gazprom
As Lithuania was one the first countries in the EU to start implementing the EU’s Third Energy Package, the country should not expect any concessions from the Russian monopoly Gazprom, writes...
View ArticlePM Butkevičius wants answers to Gazprom’s proposals as soon as possible
BNS Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Tuesday that he wants Lithuania’s answers to proposals from Russia’s Gazprom to be prepared as soon as possible. “There are no deadlines, but we want...
View ArticleGazprom’s Medvedev invites Lithuanian government to continue talks
BNS With talks between Lithuania and Gazprom having stalled, the Russian gas company has called on Lithuania to continue negotiating. Gazprom’s deputy board chairman, Alexander Medvedev, on Tuesday...
View ArticleEnergmin says no reason to worry about Lithuania’s energy security
BNS Lithuanian Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič said on Friday that Lithuanian consumers should not worry about the country’s energy security due to recent events in Ukraine. “[There is] no reason to...
View ArticleOpening of US LNG export market will break monopoly – Lithuanian Energy Minister
BNS Lithuanian Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovic on Tuesday called on the United States to expedite the liberalisation of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export market, saying this would beneficial...
View ArticleUS politicians positive towards LNG exports
BNS Lithuanian Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič says that US politicians are positive towards the liberalization of the US liquefied natural gas (LNG) export market. “The reactions and the speeches...
View ArticleEurope has made ‘unbelievably stupid moves’ in energy
BNS William Wells, head for Central and Eastern Europe at the British investment bank Rothschild, says that if would be “great” if Lithuanian Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič’s statements became a...
View ArticleLithuania’s Minister of Energy meets with Qatari counterpart
BNS Lithuania’s Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič paid an official visit to Qatar early this week. Sources told BNS that the minister went to Qatar to discuss possibilities of gas supply to Lithuania....
View ArticlePM: Lithuania’s government would ask for public opinion about new Visagianas...
BNS If the idea to build a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania was approved, the general public would once again be asked to state its opinion on the project, Prime Minister said while delivering the...
View ArticleGovernment discussed acquisition of shares in Lithuania’s gas from E.ON
BNS The government discussed acquisition of shares held by Germany’s E.ON Ruhrgas International in three Lithuanian energy companies at a closed-door meeting on Wednesday. Prime Minister later said...
View ArticleLithuania’s PM hopes EU agrees to support LitPol Link project
BNS Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius hopes that the European Union (EU) will support LitPol Link, a Lithuanian-Polish electricity interconnection project. Application for support to this project had...
View ArticleQatar ‘serious candidate’ to supply gas to Lithuania
BNS Qatar Liquefied Gas, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas supplier, is “a serious candidate” for a contract to supply 0.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Lithuania for five years,...
View ArticleLithuania won’t withdraw its arbitration claim due to Gazprom’s discount for gas
BNS Lithuania’s government will continue demanding more than 4 billion litas (EUR 1.16 b) from Gazprom as compensation for overpriced gas despite a gas price discount offered by Russia’s gas concern to...
View ArticlePM dismisses as ‘lies’ political scientist’s words about Lithuania’s suit...
BNS Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has dismissed as untrue the statement by political scientist Raimundas Lopata that Lietuvos Dujos (Lithuanian Gas) has allegedly abandoned plans to...
View ArticleNeverovič: Lithuania’s state suit against Gazprom still underway
BNS Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič on Thursday did not refute unconfirmed reports that Lietuvos Dujos (Lithuanian Gas) dropped international arbitration proceedings against Russian gas supplier...
View ArticleEvery school leaver must have sufficient knowledge of Lithuanian language
BNS Every school leaver in Lithuania must have sufficient knowledge of the Lithuanian language, irrespective of which school – national minority of Lithuania – they graduated from, says Genoveitė...
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