235900 Vaxzevria vaccine doses will go to Taiwan as part of Lithuania’s assistance efforts to third countries in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Gitanas Nausėda, during his visit to New York, had a traditional meeting with the Lithuanian community and presented state decorations for merits to Lithuania.

The first of four European Citizens' Panels starts its work with a session in Strasbourg from Friday, 17 September to Sunday, 19 September 2021.

Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, is rapidly becoming a crucial film production location in the region, favored by both local and international production companies. The main reasons for the attraction are the Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive and high-level professionals. Although the pandemic has partially slowed down the filming projects, the film industry in the city has been quickly restored, and 13 foreign feature films have already been shot in Vilnius this year.

Finnair is expanding its presence at Vilnius Airport. From December 1st, the carrier will offer up to 14 weekly flights to and from the Finnish capital, or twice more than currently. Finnair offers great connectivity via its Helsinki hub with Asia, the US, and the rest of Europe for business, leisure travellers and people living abroad.

The construction of the physical barrier on the most important, approximately 111-kilometer-long border sections with Belarus will be performed by UAB Tetas, a company of the EPSO-G group. The decision was approved by the Project Supervision Commission headed by the Prime Minister. On Monday, the Commission approved the essential terms of the contract with UAB Tetas. During the implementation of the first stage of the project, in the second half of September, UAB Tetas is to start works in the sections near Druskininkai and the frontier stations of A. Barauskas and Adutiškis, as they are exposed to the threats of irregular migration most.

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, French plans to set up a €3 billion fund that will invest through debt, hybrid and equity instruments in companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Framework.

On September 7, NATO Counter Hybrid Support Team has started its work in Lithuania. For two weeks, a team of security experts will analyse the hybrid aggression against Lithuania. Experts will make recommendations to Lithuania and the Alliance on how to deal with such threats more effectively.

On 21 September, the project for the improvement of the public space at V. Kudirkos g. 14 and Z. Sierakausko g. 15 will be presented for public discussion. The area of the site being designed near the future National Concert Hall is 2,015 m2. Most of this space is today occupied by a car access road and parking spaces, while the remaining area is covered with lawn and trees.

Vilnius, Lithuania, unveiled an original project where live microorganisms in Petri dishes spell out the word “MOMENT.” The synthetic biology-inspired installation was designed by promising Lithuanian talents and future life sciences researchers Vilnius-Lithuania iGEM team together with a recognized artist Jolita Vaitkutė to help the public visualize the role of life sciences in everyday life.