As Lithuania seeks to fully liberalize its retail power market in 2021-2023, Elektrum Lietuva, a power supplier owned by Latvia's Latvenergo, has entered Lithuania's private consumer market and started supplying power to households in Lithuania.

A train carrying postal parcels from China to 30 European countries, the first of its kind, arrived in Lithuania on the Easter weekend, Lietuvos Pastas (Lithuanian Post, LP) said on Tuesday.

This year's sixth tanker with oil for Belarus, this time from Norway, arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on Monday.

Every company can make a significant contribution to the fight against the pandemic in Vilnius. The biggest task at the moment is to provide hospitals in the city with the inventory and personal protective equipment needed to combat the COVID-19 virus. Most recently, a search for manufacturers and suppliers of such equipment has been taking place.

Statement by European Parliament President David Sassoli on Eurogroup meeting

As some online vendors exploit fears around the coronavirus outbreak to peddle fake cures or hike prices, the EU is taking action.

Maxima, one of the largest retail chains in Lithuania, has received an approximately 1.5 mln euros worth shipment containing several millions of disposable face masks and gloves, which will be sold in the stores of the chain and in the pharmacies of Eurovaistine, a pharmacy chain that is part of Maxima group.

- Vakaru Medienos Grupe (VMG), one of the largest wood processing and furniture production groups in the Baltic states, said on Monday it was temporarily suspending production.

A 16 kilometers long line of passenger cars has built up at the Grenctale crossing on Latvian-Lithuanian border, Zane Plone, a representative of the Latvian Road Transport Administration.

As Lithuania plans to liberalize its electricity retail market in 2021-2023, Enefit, part of the Estonia energy business group Eesti Energia, has started supplying electricity to some Lithuanian households on Wednesday.