The amounts of Latvia's exports and imports were both smaller than those of Lithuania and Estonia in January 2017, while Estonia reported the widest trade gap among the Baltic states, according to the Central Statistical Bureau's data.

As Lithuanian and Polish government officials continue talks on synchronization of the Baltic electricity networks with continental Europe, it remains unclear when and what decision would be taken. After the Polish electricity transmission operator PSE suggested building a sea link, companies of Lithuanian and Estonia expressed disapproval, while Latvia has called for more thorough discussions.

More than 1,100 workers were killed and 2,500 injured when a building housing several clothes workshops collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, nearly four year ago. The tragedy drew attention to working conditions in the sector. Parliament's development committee has adopted a report calling for new legislation to ensure that the clothes and textiles we buy are not produced at the expense of the workers. Watch our video to find out more.

The Iraqis who in December 2015 became the first refugee family relocated to Lithuania under the EU's resettlement program have lost their residence permit as they failed to return to the country from Sweden within six months.

Poland became Lithuania's first ally in its efforts to stop the construction of the Russian state corporation Rosatom's nuclear power plant in Belarus when it announced its intentions not to purchase electricity from the facility under construction in Astravyets, just 50 kilometers from Vilnius.

Over 50,000 people emigrated from Lithuania last year, in addition to nearly 14,000 in the first two months of 2017, according to the official statistics.

On March 21 military equipment of the Royal Netherlands Armed Forces arrived in Lithuania via Klaipėda Seaport to be used by the German-led NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battalion Battlegroup in Lithuania (based in Rukla).

The reconstruction of the runway at Vilnius Airport, which will begin on 14 July, will become the most important event on the Lithuanian aviation market this year. However, works of this type are not a rarity worldwide as similar reconstructions have been successfully completed at Milan/Bergamo Airport and at the airport in Klagenfurt, the sixth largest Austrian city. Italian and Austrian experience is appreciated by Lithuanians, so the works in the largest airport in Lithuania will be carried out according to advice given by foreign colleagues.

Although over the course of this year ten new routes will become available from the three airports in the country, Lithuanian Airports intend to continue expanding their routes map. However, they plan to do this after conducting a survey of the country’s businessmen and taking their actual needs into consideration. Thoughts on essential flight destinations were shared by representatives of various public bodies responsible for the promotion of tourism and export and the attraction of investments to our country during a discussion organised by Lithuanian Airports.

In an effort to add new vehicles to its transport depot, Lithuania's police plans to purchase about 500 automobiles for patrol tasks this year.