Lithuania's Biriu Kroviniu Terminalas (Bulk Cargo Terminal, or BKT), which is set to double in size, last year managed to keep the loading pace and the 2015 cargo volume of 7 million tons, with plans to have the same volume this year.

The NordBalt power interconnection between Lithuania and Sweden is offline due to unknown reasons.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis has decided that Air Force Commander Colonel Audronis Navickas, who was suspended several months ago due to an investigation, cannot return to his duties after the probe has been completed.

FL Technics has commenced operation of its third line maintenance station in Georgia by opening a new center at Batumi International Airport.

The European Commission (EC) has expressed doubts about the plans of the Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy) state holding to build two new waste-burning cogeneration power plants in Vilnius and Kaunas, which, according to the EC, may keep the population from recycling.

Lithuania's unemployment rate stood at 8.7 percent in early February, up by 0.2 percentage points compared with a month ago, but down by 0.7 points year-on-year, according to figures from the country's Labor Exchange.

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (2 Feb) celebrated carrying 10 million customers in Lithuania since it commenced operations in Kaunas in 2005. This summer Ryanair will offer Lithuanian customers a choice of 33 routes, including 6 new routes from Vilnius to Berlin Schönefeld, Leeds Bradford, Malta and Oslo, from Kaunas to Naples and from Palanga to Glasgow.

MJ Systems, a UK company which produces containers for several transport industry giants, has set up operations in Plungė, a town in Western Lithuania. The company plans to invest almost €100,000 over the next three years and create about 50 jobs.

Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy, LE), the state-owned energy holding company, expects the country's government to shortly make a positive decision on the Kaunas cogeneration power plant estimated at a preliminary 147 mln euros to end discussions on the need to build it.