The reserve capacities of the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant operated by the Lithuanian state-run energy holding Lietuvos Energija will not be used for the needs of the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus, under a decree signed by the energy ministry on March 27th.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been invited to the Parliament to explain reports that improperly collected data was used to manipulate elections.

Lithuania's State Security Department is skeptical about the possibility to introduce electronic voting, says the department's director Darius Jauniskis.

Talks on Lithuania's membership in the Extreme Light Infrastructure Delivery Consortium (ELI-DC) are drawing to a close, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on March 22nd.

Ireland's budget airline Ryanair will start flying passengers from Vilnius to the Ukrainian capital Kiev at the beginning of November 2018.

In 2017, energy was the Lithuanian sector with the largest number of recorded malicious software infections, the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) said in a report on March 22nd.

The United Kingdom remained the most popular destination for emigration from Lithuania last year, data from Statistics Lithuania showed on March 21st.

The Lithuanian capital city Vilnius kept its leading position on the Baltic capital cities’ office market in 2017, Eriks Bergmanis, a partner at Colliers International real estate consultancy, said at the presentation of the latest Baltic real estate market overview.

Lithuanian and Russian officials have agreed to triple the number of passenger trains to the Russian Kaliningrad region when the Russian exclave hosts matches of the FIFA World Cup.

First steps were taken in the reconstruction of the Vilnius Airport terminal building. On Wednesday night, the central part of the departures terminal was shut for renovation. Now the waiting area designated for the non-Schengen flights can be accessed once passengers go through the temporary passport checking posts. Vilnius Airport representatives hope that reconstruction works will not cause any inconvenience to the airport’s passengers.