On March 10, Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys signed an intergovernmental agreement with Latvian Minister of Economics Jānis Vitenbergs on solidarity measures to ensure the security of gas supply.

Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis, together with the transport ministers of eight European Union (EU) countries, addressed a joint letter to the European Commission’s (EC) Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean, proposing a temporary suspension of the provisions of the Mobility Package which oblige to return the vehicle every 8 weeks to its country of establishment and restrict cabotage operations in the EU.

The Lithuanian transport and logistics sector, which stopped in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, started to recover and improve indicators last year. In 2021, its revenues, exports of transport services and cargo transport grew, the sector saw an increase in companies and employees, with the highest growth in aviation, as noted in the Transport Market Review 2021 prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

The “right to repair” must encompass designing products that last longer and can be fixed, as well as labelling to better inform consumers and extending guarantee rights.

At the meeting with Google Vice President Markham Cho Erickson, Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė proposed to move Google’s representation office from Moscow to Vilnius. According to her, Google could also help Lithuania fight against Russian and its ally Belarusian propaganda and disinformation online.

On Sunday, President Gitanas Nausėda extended congratulations to Pope Francis on the ninth anniversary of his election as leader of the Catholic Church.

The Government has agreed on the provision of humanitarian health-care assistance to Ukraine by sending medical teams through cooperation with the Ministry of Health.

In view of the Russia’s war against Ukraine and in response to the request expressed by The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development of the Republic of Moldova, Lithuania grants permission to all international freight carriers from Moldova, who are currently in the territories of Russia and Belarus, to transit through Lithuania in order to return to their home country.

The Main Board of the Association of Poles in Lithuania has issued a statement condemning the actions of the Kremlin, in which it also calls for prayer for peace in Europe and around the world.

The United Kingdom (UK) company begins preparation of a business plan for flights to strategic destinations for Lithuania, which will identify the most effective ways to promote air transport from Lithuania to the target markets for the country’s economy and inbound tourism and improve the country’s accessibility by direct flights over the next decade. According to the agreement with the Ministry of Transport and Communications, this plan will be prepared in the next 5 months by the UK company Informa Markets Ltd., which has won an international public procurement.