On 28 January, employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with representatives of the Lithuanian Jewish Community, commemorated the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Lithuania's Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (Energy Distribution Operator, or ESO) has selected Spain's AF Mercados - Energy Markets International as its advisor in a 200-million-euro smart electricity and gas metering system project.

Vilniaus Kogeneracine Jegaine (Vilnius Cogeneration Power Plant), a Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy) company that is building a 350-million-euro combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Vilnius, is increasing its capital by 15.7 mln euros to 52.3 m;n euros, the state energy group said.

Vilniaus Nacionalinis Stadionas (VNS), a company that was last October brought by a court back into the bidding for the construction of a national stadium in Vilnius, was on Thursday disqualified from the concession process by the tender commission.

In 2018, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the European Union (EU) is expected to have reached more than 3.1 billion, up by 2.2% compared with 2017. Since 2009, there has been a steady increase in the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the EU, notably driven by the rise in the nights spent by non-residents of the country visited, reported Eurostat.

Lietuvos Energijos Tiekimas (LET), the supply arm of Lithuania's state energy group Lietuvos Energija, this week signed a contract with Russia's gas giant Gazprom on the purchase of natural gas in 2019.

AB Merko statyba, part of AS Merko Ehitus group, is to build the new police headquarters in Kaunas, Lithuania, for 23.5 mln euros.

The Lithuanian government has transferred to a depository account 130,000 euros which the European Court of Human Rights ordered Lithuania to pay to a Saudi Arabian citizen in compensation for arbitrary detention at a secret American prison in Lithuania.

In the past year, the flow of passengers with disability and reduced mobility has steadily increased across Lithuanian airports. Over the year, the number of passengers with reduced mobility in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports grew by about 36 percent. The change is driven by the development of infrastructure adapted to people with disabilities and the services provided by airports including escorting passengers from the moment of arrival at the airport to their seat on the aircraft.

The Lithuanian parliament on Friday formalized in law the use of ignition interlock devices that prevent a vehicle from being started if the driver is drunk.