Lithuania's state-run energy group Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy) said on Thursday it had bought a wind farm project in the country's northwestern district of Mazeikiai for an undisclosed value.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday 19 December gave the go-ahead for the Defense Ministry to develop military bases in the city of Siauliai and in the districts of Silale and Vilnius on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis.

Members of the Lithuanian Education Employees Trade Union on Friday suspended their strike action started almost six weeks ago to protest against a new pay system and to demand higher wages.

Lithuanians pay much more to buy some food products online than shoppers in other EU countries, according to a price comparison survey commissioned by the Justice Ministry and the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority.

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed plans for the overhaul of the state-run railways company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways), with 69 votes in favor and nine abstentions.

Dozens of Lithuanians suspected of thefts of expensive cars in Germany were detained in Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania and in Germany on Monday.

Lithuanian-owned Publicum Group and Estonian-owned Idea Group have merged to create the Baltics' largest communications group and have sold a majority stake to Havas, a company of the global communications group Vivendi. The merged group will operate under the name of Havas.

Swedbank was the number-one bank in Lithuania by assets and deposits in late September and SEB Bankas led the market in terms of loans, consolidated figures from the central Bank of Lithuania showed on Friday.

New car sales in Lithuania grew at the fastest rate in the European Union in the eleven months of this year, according to figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).

The Lithuanian and Estonian units of the infrastructure project company YIT Infra, which is part of Finland's construction group YIT, have won a contract to upgrade the first 4-kilometer section of the Soviet-built Vilnius-Utena highway.