Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevicius answered questions on Thursday's plenary sitting in Parliament regarding Lithuanian gas provider Lietuvos Dujos' dealings with Russia's Gazprom and the use of the compensation received from the company.

Europe is more than ever reliant on its Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) to ensure that our food meets some of the highest food safety standards in the world. Besides its main role of ensuring food safety since its creation 35 years ago, a 2013 annual report RASFF shows that it is a crucial tool to trace back and withdraw products where fraud was detected.

From the year 2015, Lithuanian banks will inform the State Tax Inspectorate about all your accounts and money you have in them, operations that were conducted and transfers you have made.

Sixt, the global provider of high-quality mobility services, has entered into partnership with the Lithuanian airline Air Lituanica. Established last year, the flight company serves numerous European cities from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, including Munich, Berlin and Paris. Sixt is present at each of these destinations with its own branch offices.

Ryanair, Europe's favourite low fares airline, on 9th June released its May customer statistics which confirm that Ryanair remains Europe's No 1 customer service airline with:

The Government has found ways to allocate additional LTL 130 million (EUR 37.6 million) for defence.

The Lithuanian Government is considering to establish the Cyber Security Centre responsible for prevention of cyber attacks and assistance to those already affected by attacks.

In the first quarter of 2014, the debt of insurers to the State Social Insurance Fund Board (SoDra) in Lithuania has decreased; however, the number of indebted insurers has slightly increased.

Lithuanian Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovich denies the rumours that company Lietuvos Dujos has dropped its claim against Gazprom in the international arbitration.

Upon the initiative of Lithuania's Agriculture Minister Vigilijus Jukna the Agriculture Minister's Club was established. The official inaugural meeting took place on Thursday.