Lithuania has received a permit to export horses to Japan, the country's State Food and Veterinary Service says.

The European Parliament's Transport Committee, deliberating the Mobility Package on Thursday, has voted in favor of one of three proposals, which stipulates compulsory return of trucks to their home countries.

Lithuania has a contract with Russian gas giant Gazptom on gas transit to Kaliningrad until 2025 and it has not been breached, Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas says, adding that statements on alleged halt of transit were sparked by a temporary drop in the volume of transported gas as Kaliningrad is testing a LNG terminal.

The world's largest LNG bunker vessel Kairos is starting its first reload operation in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on Monday, says Klaipedos Nafta (Kalipeda Oil), one of the vessel's users and the operator of the Klaipeda LNG terminal.

The Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda is set to upgrade two quays used by the state-run oil product and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals operator Klaipedos Nafta.

Lithuania's Special Investigation Service, or STT, has launched a pre-trial investigation into suspected squandering of public funds at Lietuvos Pastas (Lithuanian Post).

The Vilnius-Kaunas motorway will be turned into a highway over the next two years and will see the maximum speed increased from 110 to 130 km/h during summertime. The project is valued at around 65.6 mln euros.

Over 35,900 new passenger cars were registered in Lithuania last year, up 24% compared with 2017, Autotyrimai said on Wednesday, based on data from the state car registration company Regitra.

A Lithuanian court has ruled that a railway sleeper supply contract signed between Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) and Estonian-Lithuanian joint venture Swetrak through a negotiated procedure is lawful and that Estonian-owned Skinest Baltija's offer did not meet the technical requirements.

Russia's Kaliningrad region will perform its power networks' isolated operation testing in May, which will take place around two weeks before a similar test in the Baltic states, necessary for the planned synchronization of the Baltic states' grids with that of continental Europe.