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.

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).