Lithuania’s state-owned LNG terminal operator, Klaipedos Nafta, plans to expand the annual regasification capacity of its floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), the Independence, from 3.75 bcm to 5 bcm, Baltic News Network reports. Earlier, the company planned to expand the Klaipeda-based terminal’s capacity to 6.25 bcm. CEO Darius Silenskis expects the company to make…
The Estonian nation has never been extinguished despite having once lost independence through occupation and oppression, Estonia’s President, Alar Karis, stated, ERR reports. Speaking on Estonia’s 32nd Independence Restoration Day, Karis said that the Estonian state was founded on “liberty, justice, and the rule of law,” in that order. He said that freedom constituted the…
Estonia is celebrating the 32nd Independence Restoration Day on 20 August 2023, Estonian World reports. Estonia formally restored its independence on 20 August 1991 during the failed Soviet coup attempt, reconstituting the pre-1940 Estonian state. The first country to recognise Estonia’s reclaimed independence was Iceland. The Estonian War Museum (ESM) has placed a giant Estonian…
