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.

Game Insight, a Russian-owned, Vilnius-based global developer of free-to-play games for mobile and social platforms, in 2016 increased its annual revenue by 32.4% to 43.321 million euros, from 32.722 million euros in 2015.

Innovative fertilisers produced from organic or recycled materials will have easier access to the EU single market, under draft rules put to the vote on Thursday.

A Vilnius court ruled on July 17th that a Lithuanian national charged with defrauding the US-based IT giants Facebook and Google of 100 million US dollars (around EUR 90 mln) via an email fraud scheme should be handed over to the United States.

Household spending on consumer goods declined in Lithuania in June 2017 compared with May, but increased in Latvia and Estonia, according to a household expenses index published by Baltic Market Insights (Baltmi).

Cargo traffic at the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda rose by 2.9% in the first half of 2017 from a year ago to 20.6 million tons, with loadings in June alone up by 1.4% year-on-year to 3.365 million tons, the port authority said.

Even more passengers and flights in all three airports of Lithuania and a new record. Such were the first six months of 2017 at Lithuanian Airports, which during this time handled more than 2.5 million passengers and 27,600 flights. In addition, the number of passengers at Vilnius Airport in June exceeded 414,000, i.e. over a tenth more than during the same period last year.

Swedbank and SEB, one of the biggest banks in Lithuania, are lending 130 million euros to Swedish-owned Lithuanian fertilizer, seed, plant protection product and grain trading company Scandagra, which will use the money for investment and cash flow.