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Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Lithuania Problems with decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

Although Lithuania obtained significant funds from the EU for a complete decommissioning and disassembly of the power plant by 2029, none of the projects of key significance for this process has been implemented and most are 3–4 years…
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Lithuania in a diplomatic dispute with Austria

On 14 July in Austria, a Russian citizen, Mikhail Golovatov, was arrested. He was wanted by Lithuania by means of a European arrest warrant on charges of leading the action of pacifying independence protests at the TV tower in Vilnius on…
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Lithuania is forcing the gas monopoly to sell pipelines

Lithuania’s Seimas adopted an amended gas law on 30 June. Lietuvos Dujos (LD), the largest wholesale supplier and the monopoly on the Lithuanian gas distribution market, will be split into individual companies dealing with gas transport…
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Polish inscriptions to be removed in Vilnius Region

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania on 11 July passed a non-appealable verdict in the dispute over information plates in Polish and Russian located in public places in the Vilnius Region. The local government of the Vilnius…
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Lithuania is looking for partners for gas co-operation in the USA

Arvydas Sekmokas, the Lithuanian energy minister, visited the USA on 11 May with the aim of gaining partners for co-operation in the gas sector among US companies. During the visit, the Lithuanian state-owned company Klaipedos Nafta, which…
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Arturas Zuokas re-elected as the mayor of Vilnius Poles outside the coalition in the capital

The escalation of the conflict between the conservatives/Christian democrats-EAPL has made it easier for Arturas Zuokas to return to the position of mayor of Vilnius whereas the two conflicting parties go into opposition.
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The Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė did not support the Polish minority

Since Lithuania’s Seimas had amended the education law thus narrowing the scope of education in the Polish language and significantly reducing the number of schools with Polish as the language of instruction, Poles from the Vilnius region…
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Lithuanian will have a much greater share as the language of instruction at Polish schools in Lithuania

Lithuania’s Seimas amended the education act on 17 March despite continuing protests by minority organisations. The new regulations, starting as early as 1 September, will radically reduce the use of minority languages at non-Lithuanian…
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Results of the local government elections in Lithuania as a test of the mood before parliamentary elections

The votes of the electorate do not forecast an easy victory over the governing right in the upcoming parliamentary elections, however they do confirm that the Polish minority stands a chance of having its own grouping in the Seimas of the…
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Deadlock over a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania

The commission receiving offers from strategic investors for the nuclear power plant building project on 3 December ended its operation without having selected a winner. One of the two offers received failed to meet the conditions, and the…