Lithuania this month ranks 80th in the world in terms of gold holdings, unchanged from November.

One airport would be enough for Lithuania, given the number of the country's inhabitants, CEO of Lithuania's airport operator Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports) has said, adding that it is convenient to have three airports in the country but it is a luxury.

Finland and Ireland should get EU aid worth €2.6 million to help find new jobs for 1,200 redundant Finnish IT workers and over €400,000 for 108 redundant Irish aircraft repair workers, following a vote by the budgets committee on Thursday. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid still needs to be approved by Parliament as a whole and by the Council of the EU.

After approximately six months of discussions, the Cabinet in Lithuania has finally opened the way to create a transport holding company that will group together Lithuania's state-controlled transport companies.

Lithuania has finished parking its border with Russia after the last state border marker was installed in the territory of Pagegiai Municipality near the new bridge of the River Nemunas.

On December 8, at 12:15 p.m President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with President János Áder of Hungary at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Zokniai.

In the first week of December practical tests with newly upgraded self-propelled 120 mm mortar systems of the Lithuanian Armed Forces were conducted at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė.

As the passenger traffic through Vilnius Airport is increasing, the number of places to relax is growing as well. This week the Departures Hall will see the opening of an exclusive beer bar Švyturys which will pair the long-established beer of the brand of the same name and the dishes popular in the world. It will be a place to enjoy quality food and beer as well as to learn about Lithuanian brewing traditions.

Lithuania's unemployment rate stood at 8.4% in early December 2015, up by 0.1 percentage points compared with a month ago, but down by 0.4 points year-on-year, figures from the country's Labor Exchange showed on December 4th.

Lithuanian dairies say that the difficult times are not yet over, but their will not miss the new EU financing period and will invest in upgrading their production facilities, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on Wednesday.