Vilnius Airport runway reconstruction will be successfully completed, as scheduled, on August 17th, 23:59 p.m., notes Olaf Martens, director of Vilnius Airport. This conclusion is based on the evaluation of the current state of works: the contractors have already strengthened the ground around the runway, changed the old runway pavement with the new one as well as started installing drainage and rainwater collection systems.

An immigration boom was recorded in Lithuania this summer 2017, however, the number of those leaving the country is still above the arrival numbers, figures published by Statistics Lithuania showed on August 10th.

The runway reconstruction in Vilnius Airport will be successfully completed on time, as planned, at 23:59 on 17 August. This conclusion was reached after evaluating the current work completion state: contractors have already reinforced the base of the runway and have almost completed the new surface, they started installing the lights system, and the reconstruction of the rainwater collection and drainage systems is almost complete.

The Baltic Film Days 2017 will be held in Vilnius for the first time at the end of August – it is a unique event featuring Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian productions on the same week in Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, the Lithuanian Film Center said.

Some members of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Party on Tuesday proposed establishing the institute of the Lithuanian passport as an alternative to emigrants who do not have Lithuanian citizenship.

A new 5-million-euro aircraft platform is projected at the Siauliai airport, northern Lithuania, if the construction plans get a green light from the city's administration, the national radio LRT said on Friday morning.

About 350 electric cars are registered in Lithuania at the moment, which makes 0.03% of all registered automobiles, ve.lt news portal reported.

Reform of the public service in Lithuania would leave the country with about 20,000 civil servants, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiunas said.

The accession of German-owned retail chain Lidl to Lithuania has pulled down the prices for food products in Lithuania, however, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, emphasizing they would never be as low in Lithuania as they are in the neighboring Poland.

Excise duty results published by the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate signal a decline in alcohol sales and possibly consumption, however, experts say that the information is insufficient for credible conclusions, as they do not cover the impact of illicit alcohol and alcohol purchased abroad.