The route from Lithuania's capital Vilnius to Trakai, the country's picturesque historic centre, is already dotted with high-tech production units that have sprung up along the road. Joining them is a state of the art facility that will produce up to 4,000 spectacle lenses every day.

Most job vacancies were in the industrial sector, more than 2,600, and transport and storage sector, 1,400. Public administration and defence sectors were slightly behind with 1,300 jobs available in each.

A total of 97.1% of residents of Lithuania have at least one TV set at home, 32% have two TV sets, while more than every tenth household in the country has three or more TV sets. 96.8% said that they watch TV.

The European Region Airlines Association (ERA) is delighted to welcome Air Lituanica, a Lithuanian carrier, as a new member. Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, Air Lituanica is the latest airline member to join ERA and brings the number of airlines in membership of the association to 53.

In January 2015, a total of 257,000 incoming and outgoing passengers used Lithuanian airports, or by 16.5% more than in January 2014.

On Thursday, 19 February 2015, budget airline Ryanair congratulated its 2 millionth passenger in Vilnius International Airport.

On the 20th of February, the airline Air Lituanica welcomes its 200 thousandth passenger. Over 60% of Air Lituanica passengers are foreigners, while a half of all passengers travel for business purposes.

Israeli Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon met with Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitiene and assured that Israel is interested in buying meat from Lithuania. The possibility to export beef to Israel emerged after Lithuania legalised ritual slaughter of animals and preparation of meat under kosher requirements.

By 2018, when Lithuania marks the 100 years anniversary of restoration of the state, there must be monuments put up for Jonas Basanavicius, one of the most important independence activists, and Antanas Smetona, the first president of Lithuania, believes Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite.

In the last quarter of 2014, the volume of construction work carried out in Lithuania amounted to EUR 785 million at current prices.