The Education and Science Ministry and laser producers and scientists are trying to solve the issue of Lithuania's participation in the . Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) as soon as possible, with the country expected to become a member of the international organization by the end of the year.

In 2016, investors operating in Klaipėda Free Economic Zone (FEZ) purchased goods and services for EUR 200,5 mln from Lithuanian suppliers, 1,9% more than a year ago. Last year was the first time when purchases by FEZ companies in Lithuania exceeded EUR 200 mln.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in 2016 gross inland fuel and energy consumption amounted to 7.3 mln tonnes of oil equivalent and, against 2015, grew by 2.4%.

Lithuania's fertilizer manufacturer Achema , the country's single largest natural gas consumer, should buy less gas from Norway's Statoil concern this year due to changes in the gas pricing policies.

Prices in Lithuania are this year driven by global tendencies – growing prices for oil and food, analysts of the central Bank of Lithuania say, projecting a slow-down in the pace of inflation next year.

Russia's airline Rusline will Saturday start flying passengers between the Lithuanian seaside resort of Palanga and St.Petersburg.

Latvia’s national carrier airBaltic flew 1,193,243 air passengers during the first five months of this year, which was a 19% rise against the same period last year, BC was told at the company.

Estonia and Lithuania registered the EU's highest annual inflation rates for May, figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on Friday.

Bennet Distributors, a Lithuanian alcoholic beverage importer that is part of the international alcohol production and trade group S.P.I. Group, last year posted 89.967 mln euros in revenue, down 1.5% from 91.331 mln euros in 2015.

Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports), the operator of the country's three major international airports, said that its first-quarter revenue jumped by 26.4 % to 7.287 mln euros, from 5.765 mln euros in the same period last year.