Nasdaq (NDAQ) announces that the Lithuanian Government Eurobonds have been admitted to trading on Nasdaq Baltic First North foreign securities trading list by Nasdaq Vilnius as of today, April 15.

On 9 April, Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas attended the annual conference of the European Wind Energy Association, Wind Europe 2025, in Copenhagen (Denmark).

The United States is not only a key ally but also an exceptionally important economic partner for Lithuania, Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas emphasized during a meeting with the American-Lithuanian Business Council.

Continuing his financial diplomacy, Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius participated in the conference "Capital Markets for a More Competitive Europe – a Nordic - Baltic Contribution and Perspective on the Capital Markets Union" in Stockholm. The Minister, together with the leaders of the Nordic and Baltic countries and the European Commission (EC), discussed how to promote economic competitiveness and growth in a security-sensitive situation and to exploit the potential of capital markets for this purpose.

Lietuvos bankas published the provisional data on direct investment (DI) for the fourth quarter of 2024. According to the latest data release:

Today in Vilnius, Isabell Koske, Deputy Director of the Country Studies Branch at the OECD, presented Lithuania's 2025 Economic Survey and Recommendations, which focused on the challenges posed by an ageing population and fiscal sustainability.

The Ministry of the Economy and Innovation (EIMIN) is initiating legislative changes to significantly speed up the implementation of major investment projects in Lithuania. The amendments aim to further remove bureaucratic bottlenecks and create a realistic "investment highway" model, which will allow up to ten times faster movement from the investor's decision to the start of construction.

The annual monitoring by the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation (EIMIN) has shown that the regulatory burden on business increased by €63 million last year, with an increase of almost €69 million in adaptation costs for business and a reduction of more than €6 million in administrative burdens.

On 14 March, Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius met with President of the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) André Küüsvek in Helsinki to discuss the possibility of the NIB contributing to the financing of defence-related investments in Lithuania.

The Government has approved the plan for drawing up a draft law on the approval of the budget for 2026-2028. The main changes compared to last year were the budget negotiations, which moved from autumn to summer, and the objective for ministries to reduce spending, thus contributing to ensuring adequate funding for defence.