Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė is attending one of the world's largest technology conferences "Web Summit" in Lisbon, Portugal, where for the first time a Lithuanian stand is being presented.

In 2022, the study "Evaluation of Targeted Measures for the Promotion of Lithuanian Culture Abroad and their Impact" was carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, with the participation of the Lithuanian Council for Culture. The main objective of the study was to analyse these measures, to carry out in-depth consultations with the cultural sector, and to provide conclusions and recommendations on a strategy for the promotion of Lithuanian culture abroad in different cultural fields and geographical territories.

On the last Sunday of October, the winter aviation season will start along with the change of time. This year, Lithuanian airports for travellers will offer almost 70 destinations, including two new routes for ski enthusiasts. According to representatives of Lithuanian Airports, the winter season routes will maintain Lithuania's good air connectivity with strategically important countries and regions in Europe.

On Thursday night, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on revised CO2 emissions reduction targets for new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė, together with King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, visited the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art in Kaunas and the joint Lithuanian-Belgian exhibition at Vytautas Magnus University.

Find out what causes deforestation and how the EU is taking action against the importation of goods produced on deforested land.

Lithuania's greenest solutions were evaluated at the Transport Innovation Forum in Vilnius: from water buses to air pollution-measuring parcel machines. Six nominations were presented for the “Green Mobility” competition awards established by the Ministry of Transport and Communications and Lietuvos Geležinkeliai AB (LTG) granted for sustainable logistics solutions and initiatives – municipality of the year, start-up, ambassador, business company, partnership and institutional cooperation.

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.