On 4-5 September, Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania, will pay a visit to Munich, Germany – at the invitation of Dr Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, Minister will take part in the Ministers’ meeting and the international conference on the promotion of sustainable mobility and the development of the use of e-fuels in the transport sector. Minister Skuodis will also visit one of the largest mobility exhibitions, IAA Mobility 2023, to be opened by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

In July, residents of the Vilnius District Municipality, residents and members of garden communities took part in a responsible waste management campaign initiated by the Municipality. During the campaign, residents were invited to deliver their waste to large waste collection sites and were given “thank you” gifts for their conscious behaviour.

London, 23 August 2023 – LeaderSEEDS, a pioneering initiative in the third sector landscape, has revealed its dynamic vision for revolutionizing leadership development among managers and senior executives of third sector organizations (TSOs).

A new Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on batteries and battery waste enters into force on 17 August. It will ensure that new batteries are sustainable and contribute to the green transformation. The circular economy is promoted by regulating the entire life cycle of batteries, from creation to waste treatment, and by increasing producer responsibility.

Over the next few years, together with scientists from the United States of America (USA), Lithuania will develop an energy sector transformation model that will provide the fastest and most cost-effective pathways for Lithuania to achieve 100% renewable energy production.

Parliament adopted two major pieces of legislation that will change the digital landscape: find out about the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act.

Lithuania is stepping up its involvement in Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction efforts, with two new projects to be implemented by the Central Project Management Agency (CPMA) after the approval at a government meeting on Wednesday. The CPMA will oversee the preparation of a standard technical design for the School of the Future. They will also offer expert assistance to enhance the administrative capacities of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine.

On 1 August, the Vice-Minister of Justice Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė participated at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Justice of the Member States of the European Union in Luxembourg, which focuses on the discussion of the issues of sanctions for violations of EU restrictive measures in the context of russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

On July 24–30 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled three times to identify and escort aircraft of the Russian Federation flying in violation of flight rules in international airspace over the Baltic Sea and once to patrol the airspace border of the Baltic states and the Russian Federation and Belarus.

An important stage of territorial planning of the European gauge railway Rail Baltica is coming to an end – specific territories, parcels of land and their parts have been identified, which the Rail Baltica railway line will cross on the section from Jiesia (Kaunas) to the Polish border. All interested parties have the opportunity to get acquainted with the draft special territorial planning document within two months and submit reasoned proposals. After the public presentation of the concrete solutions, the process of coordination and approval of the plan will begin.