Lithuania successfully tests power link to continental Europe, minister says


FILE PHOTO: European Union and Lithuanian flags flutter at border crossing point in Medininkai, Lithuania September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania last week successfully tested a coupling of its power grid to the European continental system, boosting the country's energy security, Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys said on Wednesday.

Lithuania plans to fully decouple from Russia's electricity grid by 2025, he added.

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