From now on, aeroplane flights will be even smarter and more convenient than before as Lithuanian Airports joined the global travel app FLIO, which includes over 900 airports all over the world. The app provides all information necessary during a trip on flights and airports in one place, so it will be easier for passengers in the airports in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga to find their way.

The labour market has drastically changed in recent years due in part to the digital economy, leading to more temporary jobs and more people being treated as independent contractors. However, the EU is preparing legislation to reinforce workers' rights as part of the European pillar of social rights initiative. The European Commission will present the plans to MEPs on Wednesday 26 April. We asked two MEPs about the best ways to create fair working conditions for employees.

On the 20th of April the Ministry of Health of The Republic of Lithuania signed a 25 year PPP concession contract to design, build and manage the parking infrastructure at Santariskes medical campus in Vilnius. Latuna, a subsidiary of the Lithuanian parking services and management company Unipark, was selected as the preferred bidder for the €14 mln parking infrastructure project, the Invest Lithuania informed BC.

The fourth edition of the NATO air exercise series RAMSTEIN ALLOY is going to take place in Baltic airspace, mainly over Lithuania on April 25 and 26. RAMSTEIN ALLOY 4 serves to exercise Baltic Air Policing alert aircraft as well as to enhance relations and interoperability amongst allied Air Forces.

The president of the German Federal Archives says that Germany could lend Lithuania the original copy of its 1918 declaration of independence recently found in Berlin for a year, but it should not hand the document over to the country.

Lithuanians spent a total of 378.4 mln euros on home purchases in the first quarter of this year, up 18.9% compared with a year ago, but down by 8.9% q-o-q.

The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday adopted a bill to restrict electricity imports from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus and other unsafe nuclear facilities in third countries.

Decorating eggs is one of Europe's most cherished Easter traditions, but are the eggs we buy safe? The European Parliament has worked on different laws to ensure hens and their eggs are healthy. This includes a ban on the use of battery cages for hens and the use of the egg code to inform shoppers how an egg was produced. Watch our video for more information.

Lithuania's new car sales rose at one of the fastest rates in the EU in the first quarter of 2017 compared with a year ago, figures from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) showed on Wednesday.

On April 13 Minister of National Defence Raimunndas Karoblis concluded the visit in Afghanistan. During the visit the Lithuanian delegation met with the leadership of the NATO mission in Afghanistan Resolute Support, Lithuanian soldiers serving as part of it, visited the Train Advise Assist Command – West (TAAC – West) in Herat.