The gender pay gap increased in Lithuania, except for agriculture, forest and fishing enterprises, and stood at 14.2% last year, up 0.8%age points, the latest figures from the Statistics Lithuania show.

Flights form Vilnius to Moscow will soon become even more frequent. From 1 June, Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia, will start operating flights to Moscow not two, but three times a day. Recently, there has been an increase of passengers taking this route, so an additional flight will make planing your journey even easier.

The Lithuanian government has decided to declare a nationwide state of emergency due to a prolonged drought to allow farmers who get EU support to avoid sanctions and to facilitate negotiations with buyers of their products.

Lithuania's natural gas transmission system operator Amber Grid is taking steps that it says will increase the liquidity of the gas market and reduce gas prices.

The Seimas of Lithuania has lowered the threshold for the adoption of constitutional amendments on a dual citizenship referendum.

Vilnius has started collecting a tourist fee of 1 euro per spent night as of Jul 1, 2018, with exemptions for minors and disabled people.

The Lithuanian parliament approved on Thursday a tax reform that provides for consolidating labor-related taxes on their employee side, introducing two personal income tax rates, of 20% and 27%, and increasing the tax-free income threshold and broadening its application.

As of Sunday 1 July, travellers booking package holidays will enjoy stronger consumer rights.

Lithuania has to ensure technological progress and innovation to avoid falling into a middle-income trap, a senior European Commission (EC) official said on June 37th.

The Lithuanian government backed on June 28th the government's proposal to raise excise tax rates for cigarettes and other tobacco products, including liquids used in e-cigarettes, and to subject nicotine free e-liquids to an excise duty starting March 2019.