The Ministry of the Economy and Innovation (EIMIN) is initiating changes that would enable the Innovation Agency to grant Innovative Enterprise Status to domestic companies. The agency will also be given additional functions to ensure that large technological and innovative companies are involved in export promotion activities.

Parliament and Council negotiators agreed new driving licence rules, introducing a mobile licence, a probation period for new drivers, and “accompanied” driving.

Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Eugenijus Sabutis emphasizes the need to strengthen transport resilience in response to current challenges. He advocates for securing additional European funding for military mobility projects, while reducing bureaucratic barriers and procedures between the European Union (EU) and NATO. During the informal meeting of EU transport ministers in Warsaw, Minister Sabutis also proposed measures to ensure the seamless movement of both civilian and allied transport.

Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas participated in the European Union’s Transport, Telecommunications, and Energy Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on March 17. He also met with European Commission (EC) Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy Henna Virkkunen, and European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen.

On March 18 at 9 a.m. (Vilnius time), Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia announced their withdrawal from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Convention). Military threats to the countries bordering Russia and Belarus have significantly increased over the past years, that requires strengthening deterrence and defence capabilities.

Lithuania and the Allies are training at CMX’25 on March 13-18, 2025. The real-world hybrid and military threat-simulating scenario will train and test the Alliance’s consultation and decision-making procedures in the time of crisis. The exercise takes place for the 24th time.

On the night of 16 March, following a tragedy in one of North Macedonia’s nightclubs, the country reached out to European Union member states through the Emergency Response Coordination Centre, requesting them to take in fifteen critically ill patients. Lithuania responded to this call for help and is accepting four patients.

Julijus Glebovas, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications, met with the heads of the companies implementing the Rail Baltica project in Lithuania and urged them to speed up the implementation of the project. The aim is to build the European railway line from Kaunas to Panevėžys as early as possible and to connect the Lithuanian and Polish sections at the same time.

On February 24–March 2 NATO Air Policing Detachment in the Baltic states was alerted to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating international aviation regulations in international airspace over the Baltic Sea twice.

The Government has approved the algorithm of response to incidents against underwater infrastructure where key role in action against diversion and detention of suspect ships is played by the State Border Guard Service in cooperation with the Lithuanian Armed Forces.