On November 30 authorities of the Ministers of Defence of the three Baltic States and the United Kingdom met in London, where the focus was on the security situation in the Middle East, Europe and the Baltic region. Lithuanian Minister J. Olekas and his counterparts also discussed joint initiatives with the United Nations and NATO aimed at ensuring security of the Baltic States.

A high-level conference on inter-faith dialogue and the situation of Christians around the world takes place on Tuesday, at Parliament, organised by Antonio Tajani, vice-president of Parliament, and attended by President Martin Schulz. MEPs and experts from a number of countries will focus on the persecution of Christians around the globe and discuss specific proposals for action.

Norway and France next year will replace Russia and Poland on the list of priority markets where Lithuania will make the most active tourism marketing efforts, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on Monday.

The CEO of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) says that Lietuvos Juru Laivininkyste's (Lithuanian Shipping Company, or LJL) bankruptcy is inevitable and that the shipping company's majority shareholder and SEB Bankas, its biggest creditor, have agreed to provide 1.2 million euros to ensure that the ships and their crews can safely return to European ports.

What is the real impact of transport on Lithuanian economy: 86, 205 or 869 million euros? The role of aviation sector in the context of national economy is underestimated. Often only the assessment of direct impact is taken into account. Namely, the added value and jobs generated by airports, airlines and companies operating in airports is estimated. However, in the economy two plus two seldom equals four. Thus, straightforward 'accounting' often leads to misguided results.

Danish-owned, Klaipeda-based ferry operator DFDS Seaways saw its revenues from operations in the Baltic Sea region shrink by approximately 3% in the first nine months of 2015 from the same period last year, to 129.4 million euros.

China Merchants Group (CMG) signed in Beijing on Thursday agreements with the Klaipeda Free Economic Zone (FEZ) and the Klaipeda port authority as part of its plans to expand in the Lithuanian seaport.

Lithuania's electronic communications market revenues grew by 4.5% in the third quarter from a year ago to reach 158.3 million euros, preliminary data from the Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) showed on Wednesday.

According to the provisional data of Statistics Lithuania, in III quarter 2015, accommodation establishments accommodated by 7.3% more guests than in the same quarter of 2014 and received 894.6 thousand tourists.

A total of 3.614 million passengers went through Lithuanian airports in the ten months through October 2015, a rise of 10.8% year-on-year, figures from Statistics Lithuania showed on Friday.