Lithuanian Airports has announced a public tender for design services for solar parks. Land areas totaling about 7 hectares are to be allocated for solar power plants at the airfields of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports. The energy produced by the own solar power plants could meet about one third of the total energy demand of Lithuanian airports. Energy storage parks are also planned to be built nearby.

On 23-24 November, Vilnius will host the fifth international Baltic Transport Forum, the largest transport and logistics sector event in the Baltic countries. The milestone event will be opened by President Gitanas Nausėda and Minister of Transport and Communications, Marius Skuodis.

Find out about the measures taken by the EU and the European Parliament to protect children and promote their well-being.

In order to implement the requirements set out in the legislation, Lithuanian Airports have started to prepare prospective noise maps, on the basis of which noise protection zones (TAZs) will be established for Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga International Airports. This will enable residents, medical, educational and recreational establishments located closest to the airports to receive compensation for their expenditure on noise abatement measures.

On November 6–12 NATO Air Policing Mission Detachment fighter aircraft were scrambled four times to intercept aircraft of the Russian Federation violating flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

From 1 January 2024, Vilnius residents will have to sort not only plastic, paper, metal and glass packaging and secondary raw materials, but also food waste. Residents of the capital will be asked to collect it at home in separate containers with orange bags, which will then be disposed of in mixed municipal waste containers. This will allow the waste to be identified by Vilnius’ mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) facilities, separated from the general waste stream and recycled much more efficiently.

At the 9th Lithuanian Tourism Forum, representatives of the private and public tourism sector started to develop a strategic document for the tourism sector - the Lithuanian Tourism Roadmap 2030, which will define the priorities for tourism development, challenges and measures to address them. During the forum, awards were also presented for achievements in Lithuanian tourism.

The "Data Act", already agreed between MEPs and member states, aims to stimulate innovation by eliminating barriers to data access.

MEPs are ready to start talks with EU governments on new rules to reduce road transport emissions for passenger cars, vans, buses and trucks.

On Thursday, 9 November, Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė will open the 9th Lithuanian Tourism Forum "Tourism Roadmap: where are we going?", which will discuss the key challenges for the tourism sector, develop the Lithuanian Tourism Roadmap for 2030, and honor people of merit in tourism.