Food safety MEPs reiterated their support for introducing mandatory country of origin labelling of meat and milk, in a non-binding resolution voted on Tuesday. Mandatory labelling would help maintain consumer confidence in food products by making the food supply chain more transparent, they say.

UK's Barclays bank is set to launch Rise Vilnius – a 550 sq. m size startup partnering space in the downtown of Lithuanian capital in July.

In the fall 2015 Lithuania opened a 123-kilometer section of European-standard gauge railway on the route of the Rail Baltic from Kaunas to the Lithuanian border that only allows for speeds of up to 120 kilometers per hour, which runs counter to the objective of Rail Baltic.

This week the Baltic airline airBaltic celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Vilnius – Stockholm, Arlanda service.

On behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences to King Philippe of the Belgians over the tragic events in Brussels.

Tomorrow, on 22nd March, the rally in the defense of national minorities' education will take place next to the Embassy of the United States in Vilnius.

The principal political decision-making body within NATO – the North Atlantic Council (NAC) – will visit Lithuania on 23 and 24 March.

On March 17, the Minister of National Defence approved a new Military Strategy of the Republic of Lithuania. The document provides analysis of the security environment of the country, defines the security threats that Lithuania is facing, the governing principles of the national defence policy, as well as the military objectives and requirements for the Lithuanian Armed Forces and the war-time armed forces.

Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports), the operator of Lithuania's three international airports, plans to launch reconstruction of passenger terminal in the airport of Vilnius in 2017 and intends to invest approximately 5 million euros in the project.

On March 16 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas underscored Lithuania's willingness to further develop cooperation with the NATO Support Agency (NSPA) at a meeting with NSPA General Manager Mike Lyden.