Lithuania has declined Finland's invitation for trilateral consultations with Belarus on the almost-completed Astravyets nuclear power plant.

The European Commission will allocate €200.9 million in 2020 to fund promotion activities for EU agri-food products at home and abroad.

At the invitation of President Gitanas Nausėda, Polish President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda are coming for a working visit to Lithuania on Thursday, November 21. On Friday, November 22, the President and the First Lady of Poland will attend the official state funeral ceremony of the commanders and participants of the 1863-1864 uprising.

the European Commission adopted the decision granting marketing authorisation to the company Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. for a vaccine against Ebola. This vaccine, called Ervebo, had been in development since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. It is already used, as part of a specific protocol, to protect people at risk of infection, such as healthcare workers or people who have been exposed to infected persons.

The Rail Baltica joint venture, RB Rail, has delivered a study evaluating the essential features and requirements for the integration of airport passenger traffic with the Rail Baltica high-speed railway infrastructure.

Preliminary winners of the architectural design competition for the bride over Neris linking capital’s A.Goštauto and Upės streets are becoming clear – expert jury has compiled a list of works in accordance with the competition’s evaluation criteria; at the top of the list is “INHUS Engineering” and “DO architects” teams’ concept named “Alberto tiltas” followed by bridge named “Neries vartai” created by the architects from “Studija 501”, “SRP projektas”, “LT projektai” and “Mutuss”. Third – “TEC Infrastructure” with architectural bridge concept “Lux semita”. In total, 9 bridge concepts participated in the competition.

Lithuania's fertilizer manufacturer Achema plans to contest the EU General Court's decision to dismiss its action against state aid for the Klaipeda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.

Lithuania's Akropolis Group hopes to present to the public the project for the construction of a new Akropolis shopping mall near Vingis Park in Vilnius, in the territory of the former Velga production facility.

The Government has largely supported the integrated draft National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) for the period 2021-2030, laying down Lithuania’s ambitions to combat climate change. People are invited to give their say on this plan by 4 December.

The assessment of the business environment by the chief financial officers (CFOs) of major companies has become more cautious in all the three Baltic countries compared with last year, with the highest confidence indicators seen in Lithuania, a survey taken by SEB indicates.