Chinese and Lithuanian business communities are expected to step up cooperation in trade, investment, services and industry after Enterprise Lithuania, the government's export promotion agency, and Bank of China Limited last week signed a memorandum of cooperation.

More than two hundred people have responded to the invitation by the Vilnius Tourism and Business Development Agency Go Vilnius to become volunteers for the centennial celebration, and as a result have already started distributing information to the visitors this week. Dressed in red throughout a year, the volunteers will take care of tourists in the centre of Vilnius and in the Old Town.

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.