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1 person dies as Latvia and Lithuania are hit by a powerful storm

Jul. 29, 2024 10:39 AM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — One person died and some 200,000 households were left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the Baltic nations overnight. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, by...

Baltic countries notify Russia and Belarus they will exit the Moscow-controlled electricity grid

Jul. 16, 2024 12:15 PM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The electricity grid operators of the three Baltic countries on Tuesday officially notified Russia and Belarus that they will exit a 2001 agreement that has kept Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania connected to an electricity transmission system controlled by Moscow. ...