The year 2022 in the transport and communications sector of Lithuania was marked by strategic infrastructure projects such as the launch of the new stages of Via Baltica and Rail Baltica, and the modernisation of the Port of Klaipėda and the airport infrastructure. Among the most important achievements, the Ministry of Transport and Communications also refers to the country’s initiation of the development of electromobility and other Green Deal projects, as well as the transformation of state enterprises into joint-stock companies ensuring a more flexible and progressive approach to management.

The donation of a generator, made by President Metsola on behalf of the European Parliament, as part of Generators of Hope campaign is to help Ukrainians get through the winter.

To fight climate change and biodiversity loss, the new law obliges companies to ensure that a series of products sold in the EU do not come from deforested land anywhere in the world.

For more than five years, Lithuanian Airports have been guided by the idea that it is not only important to ensure a good travelling experience, but also to keep in mind the well-being of society as a whole. In order to contribute to the everyday life of everyone in the country, Vilnius Airport runs a social initiative where hygiene products, drinks and other left-behind items are not thrown away but distributed to more than 600 organisations, including retirement homes, children's day care centres, foster families, people with disabilities and other organisations.

On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė attended the National Prayer Breakfast.

The start of the festive season 2022 in Vilnius was spectacular: in the evening of November 26, at the capital’s Cathedral Square, a Christmas tree was lit: an artistic composition Happy Birthday, Vilnius! in the shape of a jubilee cake, decorated with 700 birthday candles.

The protection of the rights of traditional national minorities in the European Union will be discussed at the coming sessions of the European Parliament. The draft resolution will be submitted by the Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages in the European Parliament. The last meeting of the Intergroup in Strasbourg (24th November) was devoted to the topic of discrimination against Polish education in Lithuania.

The Polish Air Force stays in Lithuania after completing the rotation in a reinforcement role and will take over from Hungary to serve as the next leading rotation of the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states. The Polish will be reinforced by the French Air and Space Force contingent which will for the first time protect the Baltic from Lithuania with France’s most powerful fighter aircraft.

The agreed rules aim to ensure that all kinds of products in the EU, whether sold online or in traditional shops, comply with the highest safety requirements.

Dr. Virginija Vitkienė, international art and science project manager and curator of exhibitions, has been appointed Commissioner of the Lithuanian Culture Season in France in 2024.