energy independence

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yle.fi

Lithuania has been one of the loudest voices in Europe pushing for increasing energy independence from Russia, but not all EU countries are following this strategy. Finland, which is not a member of NATO, is set to increase its dependence on Russian gas and uranium, which has some in the country wor...

Justinas Šuliokas

Big changes often seem to move forward painfully slowly, while the most sweeping of them get triggered by steps no one thought very consequential. It is especially true of the policies of the European Union with its notoriously cumbersome decision-making procedures and contradictory interests. Could...

Dainius Genys | Eurasia Daily Monitor

Just prior to his mid-October 2014 visit to the United States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius revealed that his talks with the US government would devote special attention to energy issues, including trying to invite US companies to take part in a new shale gas exploration tender to ...

STRATFOR

Lithuania is set to open a floating liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Klaipėda on 27 October. The LNG terminal, once fully operational, will play a significant role in reducing Lithuania and other Baltic states' energy dependence on Russia. This will weaken Russia's use of energy as a poli...

The Independence, floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) built for Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, underwent various types of tests on its way to Lithuania, therefore, the vessel, which left Korea in mid-May, will only reach Klaipėda late in October, a presidential aide ha...