Tomas Krusna, the head of the Criminal Prosecution Department at the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office, has been appointed for a three-year term as a prosecutor of the newly-established European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO).

As of Saturday, 1 August, protective face masks will become mandatory again to wear on public transport and in enclosed shopping and service provision locations. The Government approved the decision on Wednesday.

A helicopter of the Lithuanian Air Force landed near Santara Clinics on Wednesday after bringing in a donor's heart, kidneys and corneas.

Lithuania's electronic health services system is back up and running, the Center of Registers said on July 28th.

Internal tests simulating the restoration of power following a major shutdown were carried at Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant and Kaunas Algirdas Brazauskas Hydroelectric Power Plant on Saturday to see whether the system is well prepared for any disruptions.

The Lithuanian government is planning to reintroduce on Wednesday the requirement to wear face masks in shopping centers and public transport in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Lithuania's Energy Ministry has filed with a Lithuanian court a new lawsuit worth over 240 million euros against French energy group Veolia and Icor, a Lithuanian business group owned by natural persons, and persons related to these companies for the compensation of damage done to Lithuania.

International passenger carrier FlixBus will open the Vilnius-Kyiv route.

A total of 205 businesses in Lithuania went bankrupt between March 1 and July 1, almost half the number in the same period last year.

Despite the government-introduced alcohol consumption restrictions and increased excises, people's habits in Lithuania have not changed in essence, a new survey by Vilnius University researchers shows.