Spyware linked to Russian intelligence agencies has been found on the computers of several Lithuanian parliamentarians.

Lithuania will have to improve its reputation that has been harmed by the country's inability to find common ground with its partners in Rail Baltica and to prove that it is not holding back the European standard-gauge railway project said Rokas Masiulis, the new transport minister.

The European Commission today adopted its long-term plan to give fresh impetus to the management of the Customs Union, a basic pillar of the European Union which supports and protects the Single Market.

Although Polish national minority in Lithuania is known for being active and well organized and having rich cultural life, there is still no Polish professional theatre functioning in the country.

LOT Polish Airlines, strategic partner of the Estonian flagship carrier Nordica, and Lufthansa have concluded a code sharing agreement for the Tallinn-Munich route operated by Nordica.

Draft EU measures to help prevent citrus fruit and tree pests being imported into the EU are not good enough to protect EU growers, says a resolution voted on Thursday. MEPs want more stringent rules and checks to prevent the spread of pests such as citrus black spot fungus and the false codling moth.

‘I try not to watch paintings, as when I see good ones I become depressed that I will not be able to create something that beautiful,’ says half-joking Viktor Šocik. He is a graduate of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, member of the Lithuanian Artists’ Association. He also belongs to the group of valued professional artists of Lithuania.

This year, on 22 December, permanent transportation of passengers from Belarus to the airports in Vilnius and Kaunas will begin. These regular daily trips will be carried out by “Ecolines”, the largest international carrier in the Baltic region. According to Lithuanian Airports, although many passengers from the neighbouring country use the services of Lithuanian airports today, regular trips to our country will help to attract even more Belarusians.

Writer Valdas Papievis, actor Vytautas Anyzis and film director Gytis Luksas are among the winners of this year's Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts.

A ban on fishing below a depth of 800 meters in the North-East Atlantic was backed by Parliament on Tuesday. This ban will apply to bottom trawling, which often wrecks sea bed habitats, and also restrict deep-sea fishing to the area where it took place between 2009 and 2011. Tougher checks at sea and transparent data collection rules will also apply.