New EU ambitious targets for renewables, including self-consumption and biofuels, were agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators on Wednesday night.

On the International Children’s Day, the City of Vilnius presented, for the first time, a unique city map ‘Vilnius for Kids’. The new entertainment invites the little ones to have fun with the family in exploring the city while following a certain route and thus becoming true experts of the Old Town.

The growth of the number of tourists in Vilnius keeps its momentum. In the first three months of this year, it grew by 7.5 % compared to the last year, with the largest number of tourists- over 40 % -coming from Germany.

Vilkyskiu Pienine, which was the first Lithuanian dairy to launch exports to China in early 2017, has not dropped plans to gain a foothold in the giant market, but acknowledges that the process has been slow.

Vilnius railway and bus stations will become a modern multifunctional transport hub in the future. Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) and Vilnius authorities on Monday presented plans for the modernization of this territory and its expansion.

The Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA) and the Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA) on June 8th signed a cooperation agreement to ensure regular exchange of information concerning innovations and technology transfer.

EU citizens will have access to a 5G network by 2020 and see the costs of their international calls capped, thanks to a provisional deal reached on last Tuesday night.

Avia Solutions Group (ASG), a Lithuania-based, Warsaw-listed aviation business group that is indirectly owned by Lithuanian businessman Gediminas Ziemelis, has withdrawn complaints from a court over a ban on the group to build a hangar at Vilnius Airport and the cancellation of its NATO supplier certificate.

Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai's (Lithuanian Railways) planned contract, worth over 3 million euros, with Skinest Baltija, a company of Estonia's railway services and investment group, on the purchase of railway sleepers is not in line with national security interests, the Transport Ministry said, based on an opinion from the Commission for Coordination of Protection of Objects of Importance to Ensuring National Security.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė opened the Women Political Leaders Global Forum “It’s about time! 100 reasons to act!” In Lithuania, it is the largest event of this type that has gathered more than 300 female leaders in politics, business and international organizations from over 90 countries.