Estonian construction concern AS Merko Ehitus group informed the Tallinn Stock Exchange of getting a 15 mln euro contract in Lithuania.

Upon completion of the active deployment phase with NATO Response Force, Lithuanian Naval Ship LNS Jotvingis, a flag ship of Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group One (SNMCMG1), returned to Klaipėda, Lithuania, on 17 December. Lithuanian Navy Officer Commander Giedrius Premeneckas will continue to command SNMCMG1 from this ship up to the end of January 2015.

Jurgita Kazlauskiene has been selected to head the State Tourism Department (VTD). Up until now, she worked as the deputy president of the European Spas Association, also led the Lithuanian Spas Association.

Due to strong demand on its Vilnius route, Turkish Airlines, the 3rd largest carrier in Europe, will increase its flights between Vilnius and Istanbul as from March 2015. Effective from the 29th of March, the schedule will increase from 5 weekly to daily flights.

Seven tour operators from China who paid a visit to Lithuania at the invitation of the Lithuania's State Department of Tourism say that they have discovered a new and highly potential tourism direction in Lithuania.

A Public Private Partnership (PPP) to reconstruct the A14 Vilnius-Utena highway will be submitted to the Lithuanian Parliament for approval in spring 2015. The project will be the largest ever PPP project in the road sector in Lithuania.

The Financial Crime Investigation Service in Lithuania (FNTT) probe headed by Prosecutor General's Office into possible financial crimes committed by the heads and shareholders of bank Snoras has advanced further.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on Monday took part in the event starting the project of the electrification of the railroad section New Kyviskes-Vilnius-Kena-state border with Belarus at Naujoji Vilnia Railway Station.

Laboratory testing confirmed that wild boars hunted in Kupiskis district were infected with African swine fever.

On 11 December, the first two transformers for the power interconnection NordBalt to link Lithuania with Sweden have been successfully unloaded from the vessel by a floating crane, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator.