Company GECO Investicijos has been authorised to build a biofuel power plant in Vilnius after three years of harmonisation process.

The Seimas amended the Preamble of the Law on Political Parties of the Republic of Lithuania, thus enabling citizens of the European Union Member States to participate in the activities of Lithuania's political parties.

Lithuania has all suitable conditions for the construction of Syderiai underground gas storage facility, as confirmed by the results of five-year studies presented today at Government's meeting.

The beginning of November brought changes when speaking about selling energy drinks for teenagers. The law that prohibits the sale, purchase or any other transfer of energy drinks to minors under the age of 18 came into force on 1st November 2014

Based on the data of Housing Energy Efficiency Agency (BETA), renovation cost of blocks of flats increased by around 20% in one year, while in separate cases by 30%, and reached LTL 350-400 (EUR 101-116) per square metre (excluding 40% government support).

Irish low-fare airline Ryanair hopes to serve 2.3 million passengers in the Baltics in 2014.

On October 30th, airBaltic launched a new direct route linking Vilnius and Amsterdam. The flight, which will operate three times a week, offers convenient connections between the two capitals, linking Vilnius via Amsterdam to the rest of the world, and linking Amsterdam to the Baltic Region and beyond through airBaltic's connections to Scandinavia and the CIS.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Poland reached an agreement with the board of the Polish Television on the program changes in TVP Polonia. Ministry reported that TVP Polonia is adapting its television programming schedule to the real needs and expectations of the audience which consists of Poles living abroad.

The Vilnius District Government representative's Mr Skaistys' eyesight suddenly 'worsened' in the light of unwavering position of the Poles of Vilnius Region and the fear that another high penalty imposed for the use of signs with Polish street names may be the last drop in the cup that will tip existing balance and cause a severe reaction of residents, as well as of Poland and European Commission. I do not know what route a driver should choose in the Šalčininkai so that he would avoid Polish sings as like before they are hung everywhere, maybe with a few exceptions, but for sure there will be more of them in the future.

The number of Russian tourists rapidly decreases in Lithuania. According to LNK, there are exceptionally unfavorable forecasts for the period of Christmas and New Year although in previous years tourists from Russia were very eager to come during winter holidays season.