On Tuesday, Parliament gave its final green light to the EU’s main instrument for investing in people and tackling inequalities for the next seven years.

the EU has submitted its proposal seeking the commitment of World Trade Organization (WTO) members for a multilateral trade action plan to expand the production of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and ensure universal and fair access. With this proposal to the WTO, divided in two communications, the EU underlines the WTO's central role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and urges fellow WTO members to agree on a set of commitments, including on intellectual property rights.

Lithuanian Railways, together with Vilnius City Municipality, announce that another important step has been taken towards the revival of the Vilnius station district – 33 proposals have been received for the architectural competition that was announced in March. International jury is going to select the best visions, submitted visions to be announced in the second half of June.

Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis believes that the entry of Space X founded by Elon Musk into Lithuanian market means very good news to Lithuania.

At the Second ACI EUROPE Aviation Sustainability Summit, that took place on 20 May, Lithuanian Airports have officially joined the European airport initiative Net Zero, which is aimed at achieving zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the environment by 2050 at the latest. The growing number of airports having signed the resolution significantly strengthened aspirations of European airports in combating climate change.

This summer, Vilnius welcomes fiancés offering an exceptional new idea – couples will be offered to get married in the Bernardine Garden, later offering other places of the city for marriage ceremonies.

In Brussels, Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė met with Latvian State Secretary Edmunds Valantis and Estonian Minister of the Economy Andres Sutt to discuss how to facilitate travel among the Baltic countries; she also presented the National Certificate.

The Ministry of Culture has informed the UNESCO World Heritage Centre about the undergoing project of the Vilnius City master plan until 2030 and the conducted assessment of the impact on heritage.

An EU Biodiversity Law is needed to set the biodiversity governance framework until 2050, the Environment Committee agreed on Friday.

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