Lukoil Baltija, a chain of filling stations owned by Russia's Lukoil, may be sold in February, the chain's chief executive officer said on February 4th.

Lithuania's unemployment rate stood at 9.4% in early February 2016, up by 0.4 percentage points compared with a month ago, but down by 0.2 points year-on-year, data from the country's Labor Exchange showed on Friday.

Lithuania's road haulers keep a close eye on attempts by Poland and Russia to reach an agreement on haulage permits for 2016, as they believe that the advantages negotiated by Poland would also have an effect on Lithuania.

Lithuania's energy dependency rate was one of the highest across the European Union (EU) in 2014, data from Eurostat showed on Thursday.

The number of real estate units, which changed owners via purchase transactions in the first month of 2016 in Lithuania, increased by nearly one-fifth in year-on-year terms, which gives grounds to expect stronger activity in Lithuania's real estate market in 2016, the Center of Registers has said.

Parliament endorsed draft EU legislation establishing a "European platform" to enhance cooperation in combatting undeclared work in a vote on Tuesday. The platform would enhance cooperation among EU member states' labour ministries, trade unions and employers' associations about how best to tackle a problem that is damaging the EU economy and distorting the labour market. The undeclared economy accounts for 18% of EU GDP.

Citizens of Lithuania have a very positive attitude towards NATO, notice Lithuanian soldiers in military uniform more frequently, support sending Lithuanian troops abroad on international operations, and back the increase of defence budget. These observations are based on a public opinion poll commissioned by the Ministry of National Defence and carried out in December 2015 by public opinion polling company RAIT.

European companies are renowned for their innovation but this is put at risk by industrial espionage. Parliament and the Council have provisionally agreed new rules to better protect them. "The directive aims to protect innovation and creation in Europe," said French EPP member Constance Le Grip, who led negotiations on behalf of Parliament. The deal was endorsed by the legal affairs committee on 28 January and it will now be up to all MEPs to vote on it. Watch the interview to find out more.

Vilnius Airport says it will go ahead with its planned runway reconstruction in 2017 even if the process of bringing in a concession partner takes longer than expected.

On January 27, the Embassy of Lithuania in Kiev, currently also operating as the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Ukraine, summoned the Ukrainian media, renowned journalists and analysts from Ukrainian NGOs for an informal meeting.