Uber, a US-based international ride-sharing network that launched operations in Lithuania last fall, opened an engineering center and a ride-sharing services support unit in Vilnius on May 25th. The sum invested in the center is withheld.

Historian Elena Keidosiute has won the competition for the post of culture attache at the Lithuanian diplomatic mission in Israel.

More than one in four Europeans smoke. Half of them will die prematurely, shortening their life by 14 years on average. From 20 May new European legislation will be in place to make smoking and cigarettes less attractive, especially among young people. Read on to find out what will change and check out our infographic about smokers in the EU.

Lithuania's air carriers saw their total passenger numbers fall by 10.8% in the first four months of 2016 from a year ago to 101,500 passengers, preliminary figures from Statistics Lithuania showed on May 20th.

Lithuania's Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius says he sees a possibility of raising the defense budget by another 150 million euros to 725 million euros in 2017.

Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) handled a total of 15.254 million tons of freight during the first four months of the year 2016, up 2.7% year-on-year, preliminary figures from Statistics Lithuania showed on May 20th.

Public wages of Lithuanian doctors and nursing staff will be raised by 100 and 50 euros, respectively, on July 1, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said on Thursday.

Hungary's low-cost airline Wizz Air intends to open an airplane base at the Kaunas airport in Lithuania within 2 years at the maximum.

Russia's natural gas exports to Lithuania and Estonia declined sharply in the first quarter of the year 2016, while exports to Latvia, which will liberalize its gas market only next year, increased.

Lithuania should address the issue of aging society and decreasing numbers of working-age population by implementing active labor market policies, say analysts of the International Monetary Fund.