Parliament calls on all countries to step up their 2030 climate targets before COP27, to limit global warming in line with the Paris agreement.

To help the EU become climate neutral, MEPs want car-recharging stations every 60 km, hydrogen refuelling stations every 100 km and fewer emissions from ships.

To ensure the competitiveness of the entire transport system of the Baltic region, it is necessary to further improve the countries’ transport connections with Western Europe, to implement the strategically important Rail Baltica project as quickly as possible, as well as to promote innovations and digitisation of the transport sector. This was emphasised by Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania, at the international discussion of ministers from the neighbouring Baltic states, Poland and Ukraine, held today at the Transport Innovation Forum.

In the capital, 85,800 potassium iodide tablets were produced for newly registered residents. Those who have declared their place of residence in Vilnius between 1 January 2021 and 31 July of this year are eligible to collect them. Among them are Ukrainians who declared their place of residence in Vilnius during the specified period.

Another stage of the Rail Baltica railway territory planning has been completed – the specific territories, plots of land and their parts through which the Rail Baltica railway line will pass on the Kaunas-Vilnius section have been determined. All interested parties have the opportunity within two months to familiarise with the prepared draft of the special territorial planning document and submit reasoned proposals.

“When talking about imposing a price cap on gas, we have to be more ambitious and temporarily set a price cap not only on gas used for electricity generation, but also on all wholesale natural gas transactions,” stated Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys at an informal meeting of European Union energy ministers that took place in Prague on 12-13 October.

Representatives of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Institut français in Paris visited the Ministry of Culture today to discuss objectives and guidelines of the Lithuanian Culture Season in France in 2024.

Six million Roma live in the EU. Find out what discrimination they face and how Parliament proposes to boost their social inclusion.

Poland is becoming the fifth member of the Regional Cyber Defence Centre (RCDC), a branch of the National Cyber Security Centre under the Ministry of National Defence.

According to an agreement signed between the Bank of Lithuania and the National Bank of Ukraine, Ukrainian citizens with official refugee status will be able to exchange hryvnias into euro at the rate set by the National Bank of Ukraine from 10 October. The service will be available at Šiaulių bankas, AB.