Lithuania's new heavy commercial vehicle sales grew at the fastest pace in the EU-28 in 2015, data from the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) showed on January 26th.

Statoil's liquefied natural gas (LNG) price for Lithuania is set to fall by more than one-third and the Klaipeda LNG terminal's maintenance costs are to decline by around 23% after Lithuania's gas trade company Litgas completed talks with the Norwegian supplier on a revision of their long-term gas purchase contract.

The director of Lithuania's State Social Insurance Fund, or Sodra, says that the fund's deficit has been shrinking and if macroeconomic forecasts prove correct, the budget may return to positive territory in 2017 after running in the red for a decade.

Lithuania's liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Klaipeda is being tested at maximum capacity for the first time since its launch a year ago.

2015 was a record year for Lithuanian Airports – the number of passengers handled during 12 months significantly exceeded the number of the country's population and reached 4.2 million. The annual flow of people using the services of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports grew by 11.3%, with more flights received by 5.7%.

Parliament appointed the 45 members of a committee of inquiry into car makers' breaches of EU rules on car emission tests in a vote on Thursday. The committee will also investigate alleged failures by EU member states and the European Commission to enforce EU standards. It will present an interim report within 6 months, and a final one within 12 months, of starting its work.

Estonia has adapted well on the world's energy market and investments by Eesti Energia in power plants are successful, since shale oil has great potential globally.

The problem of emigration in Lithuania should be resolved by creating jobs and investing in regions, says Lina Antanaviciene, chief advisor to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on economic and social policy issues.

Migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos warned MEPs the refugee crisis was "getting worse" during a meeting organised by the civil liberties committee on 14 January. He said the EU's unity was at stake amid an increase of "populism and nationalism". The commissioner also called on member states to deliver on their own promises and show solidarity to each other: "If Schengen collapses, it will be the beginning of the end of the European project".

Lithuania posted a current account surplus of 116.5 mln. euros for November 2015, the central bank said on Wednesday.