Only euro-denominated post stamps will be valid in Lithuania starting 2017, the Lithuanian post (Lietuvos pastas) has said.

A total of 299,600 passengers went through Lithuania's airports in January, a rise of 16.6% on the same time last year, preliminary figures from Statistics Lithuania showed on Monday.

With Europe experiencing the largest influx of migrants since World War II, one of the major challenges is how to integrate them into the labour markets. Not only would a job help migrants to provide for themselves, but also to integrate more easily. Parliament's employment committee discussed the opportunities and challenges with experts on Thursday 18 February. Read on to find out what they and MEPs had to say.

Ryanair, Europe's favourite airline, on 10 February announced a new winter route from Vilnius to Berlin Schönefeld with a three weekly services beginning in November.

The amount of Russian capital in Lithuania has decreased fourfold, to 0.5 billion euros, in particular due to Gazprom's withdrawal from the country, but the number of Russian-owned companies has remained broadly unchanged as compared to the pre-crisis period, at approximately 3,000.

On February 15 approx. 100 soldiers assigned to C (Cobra) Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Division, U.S. Army, arrived for joint training and exercises in Lithuania. The new shift will take part in joint combat training and exercises with soldiers of the Lithuanian Land Force till April according to the training schedule. The U.S troops brought along their vehicles and weaponry: M777 155mm field artillery guns, armoured ATVs, trucks, etc.

Lithuania's top 500 taxpayers in 2015 contributed a total of 3.803 billion euros in taxes to the state's coffers, up by 255 million euros, or 7.2%, from 3.548 billion euros in 2014, the State Tax Inspectorate said on February 15h.

Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on the data from the Building Permits and State Construction Supervision Information System the Republic of Lithuania (IS) Infostatyba, in IV quarter 2015, against IV quarter 2014, the number of building permits issued increased by 34.5%, of which for the construction of residential buildings – by 45.2%.

Apartment prices in Vilnius and Riga notched up in January 2016 amid a substantial increase in apartment sale transactions, while prices in Tallinn edged down and the rise in apartment sale transactions was much less pronounced, real estate services company Ober-Haus said on Monday.

Statistics Lithuania informs that, according to the Labour Force Survey data, in 2015, the unemployment rate stood at 9.1%, which is by 1.6 percentage points less than in 2014. In 2015, the male unemployment rate stood at 10.1, the female one – at 8.2%. Over the year, the male unemployment rate decreased by 2.1 percentage points, the female one – by 1 percentage point.