Quotes

dalia-grybauskaite"A second set of priorities that I see for myself and this government is a further reduction of dependence on a single source. First of all, this involves putting forward three bills during the spring session, namely: the LNG law, the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) law, and amendments to the Law on Heating Sector... talks on the Visaginas NPP (VAE) and debates on the required laws will be one of the key tasks during the parliamentary spring session." Dalia Grybauskaite, Lithuanian President, on 12 January 2012 (source: BNS)

"We have already lost five years - now the launch of the new nuclear power plant moves to 2018-2020. Our energy independence will not be what it could be if we began the construction of the facility in due time. We should not make any delays. The Poles and the Belarussians could build nuclear power plants sooner than us," Arvydas Sekmokas, Energy Minister, Lithuania, beginning of January