The European Commission's ruling that Apple should pay Ireland €13 billion in taxes has reignited the discussion of how much tax large companies should pay. We talked to Markus Ferber, one of the Parliament's leading members on tax issues, who said the Commission's decision enjoyed the Parliament's full backing. He also warned that EU countries need to understand that attracting investment by granting tax deals is illegal under EU rules established by member states themselves.

After observers of the joint Baltic enterprise, RB Rail, which will implement the joint European-gauge railway project Rail Baltica, managed to agree on the scheme of tenders earlier this week, the tenders will be open to Lithuanian companies, as well.

Sweden's furniture giant Ikea has purchased about 38,000 hectares of forest in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for about 65 mln euros.

With Poland experiencing technical problems, the Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) gas pipeline project will be completed at least a year later than planned, in 2020 to 2021, but Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that this will not cause any problems to Lithuania.

New alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) registrations in Lithuania went up in the first half of 2016, but their number remains among the lowest in the European Union, figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) showed on Wednesday.

During the first half of 2016 leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines grew its revenues by 9,9% to 72,3 million EUR when compared to the same period in 2015. The main reasons behind revenue growth was increased activity in Lithuania, Poland, and the United Kingdom, launch of flights under the German AOC, and return to the French market. Over the period of six months Small Planet Airlines added six new aircraft and carried 660 thousand passengers: 26% more than during the same period last year.

The Lithuanian business market is not very attractive to investors due to its inflexible legal base and excessive bureaucratic requirements.

Consolidated net profits of Baltic Mill, the Baltic milling group, stood at 852,000 euros in the past financial year, up by a factor of 3.6, from 238,000 euros, in the year before, Baltic Mill informs in a statement to the Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange.

Lithuania's gross domestic product (GDP) went up by a seasonally and workday-adjusted 2.1 % in the second quarter of 2016 from a year ago to reach 9.611 bln euros at current prices, Statistics Lithuania said in a specified report on Tuesday.

FL Technics, an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services company that is part of the Lithuanian-owned, Warsaw-listed aviation group Avia Solutions Group (ASG), will represent the UK ground equipment manufacturer Semmco.