Viada LT, the operator of former Lukoil filling stations in Lithuania and Latvia, has posted a net profit of 6.565 mln euros for 2019, up 36.7% from 4.804 mln euros in 2018.

The first train with Russian oil for Belarus, delivered by a tanker to Klaipeda on Wednesday, is expected to depart for the neighboring country on Thursday evening.

Green Genius, a renewable energy company which is part of the Modus Group owned by Lithuanian businessman Kestutis Martinkenas, is launching operations in Hungary and Romania and plans to invest over 300 mln euros into solar energy projects in these countries.

A new large shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Norway is on its way to the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, marking the ninth delivery of Equinor gas and the 30th LNG cargo in the new gas year that started on October 1.

FL Technics, an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider controlled by Lithuanian businessman Gediminas Ziemelis, has purchased Flash Line Maintenance, an Italian company providing aircraft maintenance services in the Mediterranean region.

Swedbank has has began providing the option to receive payments by American Express cards in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Two more tankers with oil for Belarus are scheduled to arrive in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda in March, bringing 85,000 tons of crude oil each, Lithuania's state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways).

Lithuania's central government and municipalities collected a total of 927.5 mln euros in budget revenue in January, 14 mln euros, or 1.5%, above the projected level.

New car sales in Lithuania grew at the fastest rate in the European Union in January, according to the latest figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).

The seaport of Klaipeda handled 3.4 miln tons of cargo in January, down by 15% from 4 mln tons a year ago, the port authority said, adding that the overall cargo traffic, including that via the Butinge oil terminal, reached 3.99 mln tons.