Statistics Lithuania informs that in II quarter 2017, country’s gross domestic product (GDP), estimated based on available statistical data and econometric models, amounted to EUR 10.3 billion at current prices.

The European Commission on Tuesday made an official decision in the third round of applications to allocate 110.5 million euros to the Rail Baltica railway project, while the funding agreements will be signed in November at the latest.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in July 2017, the economic sentiment indicator stood at 3 and, against June, increased by 2 percentage points. The construction confidence indicator increased by 5, industrial and services confidence indicators – 2 percentage points. The retail trade confidence indicator decreased by 1 percentage point. The consumer confidence indicator remained unchanged.

The miniseries on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster planned by the US HBO television will leave at least the same amount of money as the earlier large-scale film project, BBC's War and Peace, says executive producer Lineta Miseikyte.

Remains of Zigmantas Sierakauskas, the leader of the Lithuanian 1863 uprising against the tsarist Russia, have been found on the Gedimino Hill in central Vilnius, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday, citing initial data.

Lithuania's Klaipeda port on the Baltic Sea is expecting assistance from the ministries of Transport and Energy in the form of financing for replacement of a high-voltage power line across the Curonian Spit with a submarine electricity cable, which is estimated at about 11 million euros.

Nordea, the largest Nordic and Baltic financial group, said on Thursday that its first-half operating profit in Lithuania rose by 11% year-on-year to 12.3 million euros. Nordea Bank in Latvia closed the first half of this year with EUR 14.7 million in operational profit and the income of the operation of the Nordea financial group in Estonia in the first half of 2017 totaled 45.2 million euros.

Lithuanian grain producers planning to export about 4 million tons of grain this year say that the process of grain haulage to the Klaipeda port should go smoothly, however, competition for the freight should be more fierce.

Health ministers of the Party of European Socialists (PES) have called for more cooperation between member states of the European Union to strengthen the fight against the harmful use of alcohol in Europe.

The European Commission has given the green light for Lithuania's three largest mobile operators to invest in a joint instant payment solution.