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05.03 2010
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Lithuania ex-nuke town protests over heating bills

Several thousand Lithuanians who live near a closed nuclear power station protested on Saturday against heating bills which have soared four-fold since the 2009 shut-down of the Ignalina plant, state radio reported.
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03.01 2010
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Unsafe nuclear power facility in Lithuania closed down

The closure was ordered by the European Union which declared the Chernobyl-style plant unsafe.
The EU granted Lithuania $1.1 billion to help fund the decommissioning, which has been a top topic in the country for more than ten years.
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20.10 2009
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Scientist heads to Chernobyl to help out

An environmental scientist from the University of Portsmouth will visit the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to help decommission the reactor's cooling ponds.
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16.10 2009
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Ukraine head criticises slow progress on Chernobyl cover

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko criticised his government on Tuesday for slow progress on building a new shelter to encase the wrecked fourth reactor of the Chernobyl power plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident.
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