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.

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.