President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Director General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, to discuss measures for boosting youth employment and fighting illegal work.

EU aid to help workers made redundant in various industries in Spain, The Netherlands, Romania and Greece to find new jobs was approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) funding, which would complement national efforts, now needs to be approved by the Council of Ministers.

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite met with representatives of the Prosecutors' Trade Union to discuss major issues in their work and changes that need to be immediately implemented in order to ensure effective and quality activity of the Prosecutor's Office.

During the major holidays of the year – from 19 December to 4 January – the airline Air Lituanica will operate direct flights from Vilnius to London, Edinburgh and Gothenburg.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in the first half of 2014 year-on-year the number of guests increased in accommodation establishments of every county. Compared with the first half of 2013, the number of tourists grew the most in Utena County (77.8%), the least in Alytus County (3.2%).

The amount of consumer credits granted in the second quarter of the year 2014 increased by almost 14%, while the total consumer credit portfolio amounted to LTL 1.1 billion (EUR 319 million) at the end of June.

The long-awaited harvest fest in the Šalčininkai town park will take place already this weekend! All are welcome already this Sunday, 14th September.

The Nationalist Union demands to place a moratorium on the euro adoption in Lithuania. It says that funds needed for the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) should be used for other priorities.

The growing value of electronic currency – bitcoin – attracts increasingly more users; that is why it is now possible to pay in bitcoins in Lithuania too. The aviation market is also open to innovations – as of now flight tickets for the Lithuanian airline Air Lituanica operated flights may be purchased with bitcoins.

The Board of the Bank of Lithuania approved the lists of banks and credit unions that will exchange cash litas to euro free of charge. Together with branches of the Lithuania Post and the Bank of Lithuania's cash offices, the total number of such locations for free exchange will amount to 690.