Yuri Kurchenko, a truck driver from Ukraine, has worked in different countries, from Germany to Ireland, but he has now chosen Lithuania, even if he is paid slightly less than he would be in Western Europe.

The EP’s Budgets Committee has approved an extra €500 million for the Youth Employment Initiative, part of a €1.2 billion top-up agreed for 2017-2020.

As of 1 September 2017, new car models will have to pass new and more reliable emissions tests in real driving conditions ("Real Driving Emissions" – RDE) as well as an improved laboratory test ("World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure" – WLTP) before they can be driven on European roads.

Alsana, a company owned by a Chinese businessman, has purchased the headquarters of Snoras, a Lithuanian bank that went bankrupt in 2011, in the center of Vilnius for 5 million euros.

Amid frequent power outages, Lithuania's electricity and natural gas distribution company Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) is planning to increase investments in upgrading its grid infrastructure.

Three quarters of Europeans want the EU to do more to protect the environment according to a survey. Read more on what Parliament does to fight climate change.

Lithuania's transport, mail and courier, accommodation and services companies posted 5.1 billion euros in combined sales revenue, not including VAT, for the second quarter of 2017, up by a workday-adjusted 15.8% year-on-year, preliminary figures from the country's statistics office showed on Monday.

The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to deploy F-15C Eagles, Airmen and associated equipment from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, U.K., to support the next NATO Baltic Air Policing rotation at Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania. On 30 August the ceremony at the Air Base of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in Šiauliai where Poland will turnover lead of the mission to the United States will be held.

French sporting goods giant Decathlon is entering the Baltic countries by launching an online store, with decisions on opening physicals stores to be made at a later stage.

Lithuania's power transmission system operator Litgrid is concerned over the Baltic countries' failure to reach political agreement on synchronizing their power grids with the Western European system, a key energy project of the decade.