The European Commission has opened two separate in-depth investigations to examine if measures in favour of two publicly-owned airports in Transylvania, Romania (Cluj-Napoca International Airport and Târgu Mureş Transilvania Airport) and airlines operating there (notably Wizz Air) are in line with EU State aid rules. The investigations concern in particular marketing fees paid to Wizz Air by Cluj-Napoca International Airport and low airport charges offered by Târgu Mureş Transilvania Airport to airlines operating there. Furthermore, the Commission will also investigate subsidies by local authorities to the airports themselves. The opening of proceedings gives interested parties an opportunity to submit comments on the measures under assessment. It does not prejudge the outcome of the investigation.

The good days are coming to an end: as Lithuania's development level is rising and catching up with the EU's average rate, the EU's support after 2020 will probably decrease sharply.

A new tender for shale gas exploration should be announced, thinks Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius.

The United Nations Security Council failed to adopt a resolution on 29 July in New York that would allow to set up International Criminal Tribunal to establish responsibility for the crime associated with Malaysia Airlines plane MH17 downing. Minister Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations Dainius Baublys expressed his regret for Russia's action which had denied a possibility for the families of the victims to bring perpetrators to justice. Lithuania will support further efforts to ensure perpetrators' accountability for the disaster.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to Jovita Neliupšienė, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the European Union.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has extended greetings to Kazakhstan over the successful completion of 20 years of negotiations for the membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

The conditions for exports of Lithuanian-made information technology (IT) products should improve after 54 member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) reached an agreement on expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) on 24 July 2015.

The National Audit Office of Lithuania after the audit stated that the Ministry of Health encounters difficulties in managing State budget funds and assets allocated to implementation of its functions.

On July 24 a delegation headed by the Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas paid a visit to Lviv, Ukraine.

State company Lithuanian Railways (Lietuvos gelezinkeliai), whose 100 percent of shares belong to the Ministry of Transport and Communications, is acting like a state within a state. Such lawlessness and irresponsibility of the company can cost very dearly to all of us, said Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite after a meeting with Transport and Communications Minister Rimantas Sinkevicius.