The Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius decided not to remove the tax relief from value added to central heating, which he had previously actively supported.

Minister of Energy in Lithuania Rokas Masiulis participated at the European Gas Summit organised by the British newspaper the Financial Times and stressed that Europe is heavily dependent on energy import.

Over ten years of business at Palanga airport, Scandinavian Airlines SAS operated almost 13000 flights. The first SAS airplane from Copenhagen landed at Palanga airport on November 1, 2004, and now the airline company operates 26 weekly flights between Danish capital and Palanga.

Lithuania was named number-three destination in Lonely Planet's list of best countries to visit in 2015.

Lithuanian Minister of Social Security and Labour Mrs Algimanta Pabedinskienė visited Luxembourg to attend a meeting of the European Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO). The key goal of the visit was to present Lithuania's opinion on the achievements of the Europe 2020 strategy and to discuss combating of undeclared work.

'I wish that Lithuania and Poland would act like brother and sister, that Poles living in Lithuania would feel good here, that Poles and Lithuanians would mutually respect each other, that names in Lithuania would be written in Polish and Lithuanian language. I want these two countries act like a family,' said Danuta Wałęsa, the wife of former Polish President Lech Wałęsa, during a meeting with reporters today.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Jutta Schmitz, who starts her diplomatic service in Lithuania. During the meeting the Prime Minister and the new Ambassador discussed bilateral cooperation as well as prospects for its development, promotion of mutual investment, and topical geopolitical matters.

The Lithuanian start-ups have come to London to participate at the prestigious TechCrunch Disrupt Conference.

Natural gas import price difference will be compensated to non-household consumers in two years in Lithuania, starting from 2015.

Natural gas trading company Litgas has distributed gas amounts, mandatory to be purchased from the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, to heating producers and the Elektrenai Power Plant.