Irish low cost carrier Ryanair has announced that it will launch two weekly flights from Kaunas to Eilat Ovda airport in Israel in November 2015.

Vilnius district found itself in the top three out of all 60 local self-governments in Lithuania in terms of care for the elderly.

Ukraine International Airlines is expanding its operation in Lithuania with the launch of flights from Vilnius to Odessa starting from 26 June. Flights to the city of Ukraine located on the coast of the Black Sea will be operated twice a week – on Fridays and Sundays until 13 September.

As Germany has recently had doubts about the quality of the automatic assault rifle G-36, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence has frozen the purchase of these rifles.

UK's Prosecution Service is not aware of whereabouts of suspects Raimondas Baranauskas and Vladimir Antoni who had to be extradited to Lithuania, the British institution told the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office.

On 6 July 2015, the Lithuanian state flag and the Lithuanian historical flag will be flown in Simonas Daukantas Square, Vilnius, in commemoration of State Day of Lithuania by troops representing the Lithuanian Land Force, Air Force and Navy, the National Defence Ministry says.

The average European consumes 14 tonnes of raw materials and generates five tonnes of waste a year. These figures look alarming considering our resources are limited, but there might be a solution. Many products and materials can be reused or repaired, thus reducing waste. On Monday MEPs debate a report that calls on the European Commission to put forward an ambitious proposal to facilitate a transition towards a circular economy, where products are designed in order to facilitate reuse.

Three coins issued in 2014 by the Bank of Lithuania — dedicated to Baltic Studies, the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way and "Form" — garnered acclaim at the international commemorative coin contest Coin Constellation 2015. Here, 240 coins from 29 countries and 46 organisations were assessed.

On 5th July, Sunday, a meeting with ballooning vice champion Beata Choma from Poland will take place on the central square in front of the local government building in Šalčininkai. She will be speaking about aviation, ballooning and traveling from the perspective of the balloon basket.

President Dalia Grybauskaite has returned to Parliament for reconsideration the Law on Provision of Information to Public. If passed, the amendments would have allowed political parties to control media outlets and manipulate the public opinion.