The IT Channel Company, a Dutch IT group, is seeking to buy a 23% stake in the IT company 1ClickFactory from Volternas, a Lithuanian firm controlled by the Milaknis family, and the Danish investment firm Sfink Invest.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in II quarter 2017, against II quarter 2016, based on the data from the Building Permits and State Construction Supervision Information System of the Republic of Lithuania (IS) Infostatyba, the number of building permits issued increased by 5.3%, of which for the construction of residential buildings – by 3.4%.

Lithuania's Police Department has announced having completed the reform of the country's police force.

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.