Parliament approved the new CO2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, part of the “Fit for 55” package.

In the first month of 2023, the rapid recovery of aviation continued, with Kaunas and Palanga airports already exceeding their pre-pandemic performance since the beginning of the year. In January 2023, Lithuanian airports handled more than 384 thousand passengers and 3.6 thousand flights. Cargo volumes continue to grow steadily.

Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė, meeting today in Vilnius with the German Minister of Digital Affairs and Transport Dr Volker Wissing, presented Lithuania’s experience in consolidating public sector information technology infrastructure.

Last year Lithuanian Airports recorded the fastest growth of the number of new employees in the history of the organisation.147 employees were recruited in 2022. The majority of them are aviation security and passenger service specialists and airport operators. This year, Lithuanian Airports plans to further increase its workforce and offer more than 40 different job positions.

The expert working group of three Baltic states, consisting of representatives from LTG Infra AB, SIA Eiropas Dzelzcela linijas and Rail Baltic Estonia OU – the entities responsible for Rail Baltica railway infrastructure management – has prepared key proposals for railway infrastructure capacity allocation after the launch of operations on the Rail Baltica railway line which is currently under construction.

The digital collector coin LBCOIN is no longer available for purchase on the Bank of Lithuania’s e-shop (lbcoin.lb.lt) following the end of the project on 23 January 2023. However, clients, who still possess digital tokens and store them in the Bank of Lithuania’s digital token wallet, can exchange them for a physical silver collector coin or transfer them to a digital token wallet on the public NEM blockchain network until 2 May.

On Thursday, Parliament approved the decision to start negotiations on new measures to improve conditions for workers on digital labour platforms.

The Bank of Lithuania sets up the Climate Change Centre to increase ecological sustainability and mitigate climate change risks in all areas of its activity.

On 31 January, during an official ceremony, the construction of Vilnius Airport's new departure terminal was announced. The large-scale project is said to last two years. The first travellers will be able to use the new terminal in early 2025.

Tourism representatives of the governments of Lithuania and Kazakhstan agreed in Vilnius on joint actions to promote tourist flows and envisage more active cooperation in international tourism organisations.