Partly Estonian investors-owned renewable energy producer Nelja Energia invests EUR 115 million in developing a 60 MW wind farm in Silute.

According to preliminary data, in 2014 the officers of the Lithuanian Customs seized smuggled and illegally carried goods worth over EUR 15 million. The amount of prevented damage to the state exceeds EUR 10 million euros, the Lithuanian Customs said in a report.

Andriejus Stancikas, chairman of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, is convinced that the European Union's (EU) decision to allow member-states to decide on growing GMO crops independently is not material: more resilient and cheaper GMO crops will eventually push out traditional crops anyway.

Airline Air Lituanica carried over 132,000 passengers in 2014, and over 182,000 passengers since it started operating. In 2015, it plans to carry over 200,000 passengers and expand the geography of its flights.

Lithuania's delegation at Berlin International Green Week 2015, an important international trade fair held annually in Berlin, is going to focus on finding new markets.

Under this decision, all rebroadcasters, which retransmit Ren TV Baltic in the Republic of Lithuania will be temporarily (for 3 months) prohibited from rebroadcasting programmes of this channel which were produced not in the European Union, the European Economic Area or countries that signed the European Convention on Transfrontier Television.

Mobile operator Bite Lithuania has introduced its new unlimited mobile internet tariff for retail subscribers, telecompaper.com said.

On 14 January, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius hosts an official event to mark the euro adoption, to be held at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Vilnius. President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė and Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė will also attend the event. On the invitation of the Prime Minister, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis, and other high-ranking representatives of the eurozone countries and the EU institutions will also arrive in Lithuania.

Over 60 biofuel plants that are currently being built will become operational in 2015-2016 heating season. Lithuanian biofuel will generate two thirds of district heating volume.

There were 3,244 road traffic accidents registered in Lithuania in 2014, despite the efforts of road traffic safety experts and police officers who always ask road users to be responsible and protect not only themselves but also respect others and follow rules.