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.

The average price of electricity in Nord Pool's Lithuanian bidding area last week remained stable at 30.8 euros per megawatt-hour.

On Sunday we will celebrate the Resurrection of Christ. 

The Commission adopted its eleventh progress report on the EU's emergency relocation and resettlement schemes, assessing actions taken since 2 March 2017.

Environment MEPs put forward a number of possible measures to cut the EU 88 million tonnes per year food waste by half by 2030 on Tuesday. MEPs called on the European Commission to lift existing restrictions on food donations and stressed a solution is needed for the confusion created for many consumers by the “best before” and “use by” labelling.

Maxima Latvija, a subsidiary of the retail group Maxima Grupe, and Tineo, the owner of the Riga shopping center that housed the collapsed Maxima store, are suing Ergo Insurance over its refusal to pay a claim worth 5.34 mln euros, but the insurer says that the event was not covered under the insurance policy.

Social media not only serves as a source of news for nearly half of Europeans, but it also has made spreading fake news easier and faster. Six out of ten news items are shared without actually being read. MEPS raised concerns about the spread of disinformation, political propaganda and hate speech in plenary on 5 April. However, they disagreed on the best way to respond to the problem. Watch our video above for an overview of the debate.

The German Photographic Association has said that this year's Erich Salomon Award to Lithuanian photographic artist Antanas Sutkus.