On May 12th, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius viewed how work on Rail Baltica 1 project was being carried on the stretch from Kaunas to the Polish border.

Forecasts claiming that tourism flows will subside in Lithuania because of the war in Ukraine were not true: Russian tourists have been replaced by guests from neighbouring countries.

Last week, a delegation of one of the largest Chinese state corporations China Merchants Group (CMG) visited Lithuania and met with the Government. The delegation was headed by Li Jianhong, Chairman of the Board of CMG. The meeting discussed China's investments in Lithuania, memoranda of understanding were signed with Kaunas Free Economic Zone, Lithuania Railways and Klaipeda State Seaport.

Military draft lists were compiled on Monday at the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania. 36,825 youths will receive conscription notices and 3,000 of them will have to serve in 2015.

'Lithuanian authorities rob Poles' land, destroy education and sow hatred,' 'Stop discrimination of Poles in Lithuania' - Polish picketers stood with such posters in front of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Warsaw last Saturday. The protest was organized against the discriminatory educational reform carried out by the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science.

Bank DNB analysts say that it is clear when evaluating Lithuania's short-term export prospects that the first six months of 2015 will be the hardest. Producers who incurred losses due to harsh sanctions imposed by Russia are now reorienting towards new markets and reforming their business models.

On 6 May 2015, the Embassy of Lithuania in London held an annual meeting of Lithuanian honorary consuls in the United Kingdom. The meeting addressed important issues of Lithuania-UK bilateral relations and presented a great opportunity to discuss the expectations of the Lithuanian diaspora in the UK.

Divisions of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and internal security system trained responding to terrorist attacks on strategic state objects during the national Exercise Lightning Bolt 2015 in Klaipėda.

The 9th of May marks the 65th anniversary of the historical "Schuman declaration". That day of 1950 in Paris, French Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Schuman proclaimed the idea of supranational community which became the foundation of the European Union as we know it today.

The Lithuanian Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Intelligence and thus authorised intelligence agencies to receive information from financial companies and institutions as well as other legal persons not only about present financial transactions, but about financial operations completed in the past.