Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite signed the decree by which 9 citizens of Lithuania who defended Lithuania's Freedom and Independence were awarded the Medals of January 13.

With the first Air Lituanica aircraft taking flight on 30 June 2013, the company has been operating in the aviation market for six months now. Starting its flights in two directions, today Air Lituanica offers four regular flights to Brussels, Berlin, Prague, and Munich, and will begin flights to Paris on 14 February. Two new planes and new destinations are in the plans for the next year as well.

On Wednesday, the Government of Lithuania decided to equalize the conditions for all the subjects engaged in the agriculture.

On 8 January in Vilnius, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius bade farewell to the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Lithuania, doyen of the diplomatic corps Luigi Bonazzi.

Viewers and listeners of the LRT on Wednesday will become the witnesses of historic event. In the evening of January 8 first Lithuanian satellites will be launched.

In December, 2,500 Lithuanians working in the United Kingdom transferred to Lithuania LTL 4.4 million (EUR 1.3 million), averagely LTL 1,700 (EUR 492) each. This sum was transferred via international TransferGo system.

The procession of the Three Kings (the Three Wise Men) which will mark the end of the Christmas period will take place in Lithuania's capital Vilnius.

Ryanair, Europe's favourite low fares airline, on January 3rd confirmed that from Sunday 5th January it will cut its standard airport bag fees from €60/£60 to €30/£30 at the bag drop desk, and from €60/£60 to €50/£50 at the boarding gate, bringing Ryanair's bag fees into line with competitor airlines standard airport bag fees, informs BC Elina Hakkarainen from Ryanair.

Social Support Information System for Families (www.spis.lt) which was developed by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour was recently launched in Lithuania. Residents will no longer have to visit municipalities but will be able to apply for as much as 26 services online.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania as well as Chairman of the Board of JSC Lithuanian Railways Saulius Girdauskas together with Deputy General Director of JSC Lithuanian Railways Albertas Simenas and Deputy Head of Belarusian Railways Valeriy Stromuk signed an agreement on cooperation on financing the improvement project on 'High-speed railway passenger service between Minsk and Vilnius' with funds allocated in The Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus Cross Border Cooperation Program within the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument, the Transport and Communications Ministry of Lithuania informed BC.