Vilnius Airport welcomed another new airline – the Spanish low-cost airline Vueling. It will operate one weekly flight to Barcelona on Wednesdays until 28 September. Over 100 passengers took the first flight from Vilnius.

Lithuania this year rose to number 29 in the World Bank's Logistics Performance Index, from 46th position previously, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday.

On July 5 the 6th rotation of Lithuanian military instructors where deployed to deliver training in Ukraine. The 6th shift Lithuania provides comprises 16 professional military service soldiers with the Motorised Infantry Brigade Žemaitija, Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion, and the Lithuanian Grand Duke Kęstutis Motorised Infantry Battalion.

The Government took the decision to extend the resettlement of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, persons of Lithuanian origin and their family members residing in the Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol City, Donetsk and Luhansk regions to Lithuania, and the provide state support for their integration.

At noon on July 6 members of the Honour Guard Company representing the Lithuanian Land Force, Air Force, and Navy hoisted the national and the historical flags of Lithuania in Simonas Daukantas Square during celebration of Lithuania’s Statehood Day.

The Lithuanian government told the European Court of Human Rights in a suspected secret CIA prison case that what CIA-linked aircraft transported to Lithuania a decade ago was not prisoners, but communications equipment for an intelligence support center that was being set up close to Vilnius.

Parliament is working on a range of measures to crack down on terrorism. MEPs are due to vote on plans to make the preparation of terror attacks a criminal offence throughout the EU as well to impose checks on European citizens entering and leaving the EU. Some 5,000 Europeans already travelled to conflict zones to join terrorist groups and returning fighters pose a security risk. Watch our video to find out more about Parliament’s efforts to help Europe fight terrorism.

Draft EU Budget 2017: Commission proposes a budget focused on priorities - growth, jobs and a solid response to the refugee crisis.

On July 1 a company of Birutė Uhlan Battalion began standby for a European Union Battle Group (EU BG). Lithuanians will carry out the six-month standby together with colleagues from Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The core of the EU BG is composed of three infantry maneuver companies – two British and one Lithuanian.

Amendments to Lithuania's Law on Citizenship that allow dual citizenship for outstanding merits to the state came into force on July 1st, 2016.