President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently on a working visit to Germany at the invitation of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, visited the Lithuanian February 16 High School in the town of Hüttenfeld. It is a unique Lithuanian school and one of the most prominent Lithuanian hubs in the world. Lithuanians from Germany as well as other countries study here.

It is predicted that in 2014 over 2 thousand of the new apartments in 26 different projects will be suggested for the market of Lithuania's capital. This is the biggest number of the new apartment in the Baltic States, informs LETA/ELTA. In Latvia's capital, it is planned to equip 1250 new apartments, while in Tallinn – 900.

Delayed or stranded air passengers would be likelier to win compensation, and airlines would get clear rules on how to deal with passenger complaints, under a draft law voted by Parliament at the first reading on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania informs that Lithuanian voters, who live abroad or will stay abroad during the elections, may already register for participation in the elections to President's Office of Lithuania to take place on May 11 and elections to the European Parliament to take place on May 25.

The first tourism cluster in Lithuania, the Birzai Tourism Cluster, was set up on December 18, 2012. Its vision is to make Birzai the most attractive and visited tourist and leisure destination in northern Lithuania, informed Lithuanian Embassy in Riga.

On Tuesday, Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius and President Dalia Grybauskaite agreed on measured to reduce heating prices in Kaunas and Vilnius. The leaders of the country see strengthening of price regulation as a solution to it.

Corruption continues to be a challenge for Europe. Affecting all EU Member States, corruption costs the European economy around 120 billion euros per year. Member States have taken many initiatives in recent years, but the results are uneven and more should be done to prevent and punish corruption. These are some of the conclusions from the first ever EU Anti-Corruption Report published today by the European Commission.

The state of emergency is imposed on six municipalities in southern Lithuania: districts of Alytus, Lazdijai, Varena, Salcininkai, Trakai and Druskininkai.

CO2 emissions should be cut and the amount of renewable energy boosted to make our energy system more competitive and greener, but by how much? The European Commission proposes to cut emissions by 40% compared to the level in 1990 and increase the share for renewable energy to 27% by 2030, however many MEPs have criticised the plans, which will be voted on during next week's plenary. Find out what the MEPs in charge of steering the proposal through Parliament have to say about it.

The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12.0% in December 2013, stable since October. It was 11.9% in December 2012. The EU281 unemployment rate was 10.7% in December 2013, down from 10.8% in November. It was 10.8% in December 2012. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.