As of 10 March, all passengers arriving or returning to Lithuania from abroad will be required to present a negative COVID-19 disease (coronavirus infection) test result obtained not earlier than 3 days before the arrival. This requirement applies to all modes of transport on international routes. This decision was adopted by the Government.

The population of Lithuania have confidence in the Lithuanian Armed Forces and are favourable to it, they have a very positive view on the presence of NATO allies in the country and welcome the increase of the national defence budget, shows a public opinion poll carried out by request of the Ministry of National Defence in December 2020 by Spinter Research, market and public opinion research company.

From March 1st, passenger travelling though Vilnius Airport will have the option of conveniently conducting the necessary Covid-19 test before or after the flight. Lithuanian laboratory “Rezus.lt” has opened a Coronavirus testing site in the premises of Lithuania’s main air gateway. The provider plans to open similar testing sites at Kaunas and Palanga airports in April.

EU criteria for safe and clean tourism, including a common vaccination certificate, should be a part of a new EU strategy on sustainable tourism, said MEPs.

“Belarusian electricity, which physically enters Lithuania via the BY-LT connection, is traded in the Latvian bidding area – in this way, Lithuania is consuming and paying for Belarusian electricity. This poses a threat to the Baltic electricity network synchronisation project, creates dependence on imports from third countries, and thus hinders the achievement of the European Union’s renewable energy targets,” said Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys, who met remotely today with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson.

Key priorities of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for cyber security are the following: to ensure effectively cyber security of critical information resources managers, to strengthen the resilience of cyberspace, to prevent the spread of technologies from unreliable manufacturers, and to complete the consolidation of national cyber capabilities. The priorities were presented on February 19 by Vice Minister of National Defence Margiris Abukevičius in a remote meeting of the Cyber Security Council of Lithuania.

On 10 November 2020, the Parliament, Council and Commission approved plans establishing the EU's space programme for 2021-27 and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme. Parliament will vote on the €14.8 billion space programme in March 2021. IThe programme brings all space-related activities together and covers Galileo, Copernicus and Space Situational Awareness.

MAAS Aviation, recognised experts in aircraft painting and exterior coatings, has opened a new purpose-built paint shop at Kaunas Airport (KUN). The facility, which is the first of its kind in Lithuania, grows MAAS Aviation’s global footprint to eleven best-in-class paint shops and increases their overall MRO capacity in Europe by 40%. Designed to achieve the highest industry quality standards, the facility features the very latest technologies, including systems to ensure safe and secure operations and to manage the environmental impact of the Company’s activities.

The European Union has announced today an additional €500 million for the COVAX Facility, doubling its contribution to date for the global initiative that is leading efforts to secure fair and equitable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in low and middle-income countries. This new pledge brings us closer to achieving COVAX's target to deliver 1.3 billion doses for 92 low and middle income countries by the end of 2021. Team Europe is one of the lead contributors to COVAX with over €2.2 billion, including another €900 million pledged today by Germany.

The Minister of Culture Simonas Kairys had a remote meeting with the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Lithuania Matthias Sonn.