On February 25–December 1 fighter aircraft conducting the NATO Air Policing Missions in the Baltic states were scrambled twice to identify and escort aircraft of the Russian Federation violating international aviation regulations in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.

Companies will have one more year to adapt to new EU rules to prevent deforestation, which will ban the sale of products sourced from deforested land in the EU.

LTG Infra, the company implementing LTG Group’s strategic Rail Baltica project, has launched a public tender for construction on the Šėta-Ramygala section (12.1 km), which includes the construction of the railway embankment, engineering structures, and local roads. In October, the company signed a contract for works on the 17.1 km Šėta-Ramygala section. The total length of this section is 29.2 km.

NATO Air Policing Detachments have rotated at a Handover Takeover ceremony at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in Šiauliai on 28 November 2024.

On November 18–24 detachment of the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled once to intercept aircraft flying in violation of international aviation regulations.

On November 11–17 detachment of the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled twice to intercept aircraft flying in violation of international aviation regulations.

The Rail Baltica joint venture RB Rail AS has announced the signing of two new agreements under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which will greatly accelerate the implementation of the Rail Baltica project. The funding provides 1.394 billion euros, including about 1.163 billion euros from the CEF and 231 million euros in co-financing from the three Baltic States, marking the largest funding awarded in this financial period and one of the most substantial amounts granted among EU infrastructure projects of comparable significance. This investment supports key activities to advance the Rail Baltica mainline construction. The results of the latest CEF call were announced in the summer of 2024.

On October 28 – November 3 detachment of the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states were scrambled four times to intercept aircraft flying in violation of international aviation regulations.

Double crew cab space and medlift role-capable Unimog U5000 trucks have been officially received at the Lithuanian Armed Forces Depot Service in Kaunas. Representatives of Austria’s EMPL Fahrzeugwerk and Germany’s Daimler Trucks AG have presented to the Lithuania Armed Forces the symbolic key as the truck acquisition project kicked off several years ago continues.

The multinational EU Member States’ Cyber Rapid Response Team (CRRT) has finished its second mission in support of Moldova (and third since 2022) during the first round of presidential election and the referendum on anchoring EU accession in the constitution. The deployment follows a Request for Support from the Moldovan Information Technology and Cyber Security Service (STISC).