Prices in the Lithuanian electricity market remained almost unchanged last week from the previous week thanks to increased wind power output and Swedish electricity imports.

The European Commission is taking action to promote Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the EU.

The European Union's (EU) Court of Justice has been asked to specify whether the claim filed by bankrupt company flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines (flyLAL) against Latvia's Air Baltic and the Riga Airport can be heard in Lithuanian courts.

Kaunas' Modernist architecture of the interwar period on Tuesday was included into UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List.

On 11 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania Anne Hall and the President of the American-Lithuanian Business Council (ALBC) Eric Stewart, and discussed development opportunities for economic relations between Lithuania and the United States of America.

On January 10 rotational troops of the Czech Armed Forces will arrive in Lithuania, Šeštokai, by railway. Roughly 150 Czech soldiers with designated weaponry and roughly 30 military vehicles will train in joint exercises with Lithuanian soldiers until mid-March. This is the first time Czech rotational forces are deployed for several months of training in Lithuania.

Lithuanian Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas says that it is possible to secure funding for the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's closure in the EU's new financial framework, but that will require huge efforts.

The Bank of Lithuania will commemorate the 100th anniversary of our State by issuing four collector coins – one gold and three silver – and a 2 euro commemorative coin jointly with the central banks of Latvia and Estonia. The collector coins from precious metals will memorialise the signatories, Lithuanian diplomacy, armed and paramilitary forces (the army, riflemen, volunteers, scouts, etc.) and the State’s legal system. This has been provided for in the Plan of Issue of Collector Euro Coins and Commemorative Euro Coins with the Lithuanian National Side for 2018-2019, Bank of Lithuania informs.

Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), the state railway company, will from now on screen companies taking part in its tenders.

The first liquefied natural gas cargo loaded at the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda has left for the Swedish port of Lysekil where Skangass' LNG terminal is located.