Babies born on 1 January 2015, the historic day when Lithuania adopts the single European currency, will receive the first Lithuanian euro coins from the Bank of Lithuania.

Lithuania hopes to benefit from the investment plan recently proposed by President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. Vilnius has already sent Brussels a list of projects to be funded and received praise for it.

With 70 votes in favour and 2 abstentions, the Seimas has adopted amendments to the Law on Tobacco Control which transposes all the provisions of Directive 2014/40/EU in so far as they regulate electronic cigarettes.

The Lithuanian Programme for Renovation of Multi-Apartment Buildings has reached a strategic turning-point. The Programme, which was funded by the state budget and the European Union Structural Funds till now, has found a private investor – Siauliu Bankas.

At the end of December the first short-range MANPADs GROM shipment reached the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania has procured from the Polish company MESKO S.A.

An international panel of experts has recommended to the European Commission to approve Kaunas City Municipality's application Kaunas of 1919-1940 and to include the city in the list of the European Heritage Label sites. The European Commission will adopt a decision by 15 February 2015.

On 23 December, Lithuania's National Control Commission for Prices and Energy adopted a decision to publish adjusted AB LESTO prices for electricity transportation service and public electricity and their application procedures effective from 1 January 2015.

Best wishes at this Holy Christmas season and Happy New Year.

Best wishes At this Holy Christmas season And Happy New Year.

Vilnius Christmas tradition – a 3D Christmas Fairytale – in recent years has become the most welcome winter holiday event in the capital of Lithuania.