Belarus' Belorusskaya Neftyanaya Kompaniya (Belarusian Oil Company, BNK) is temporarily suspending oil product exports via Klaipedos Nafta's terminal in the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda.

Primary schoolchildren in Lithuania are starting their winter holidays on Monday after they were brought forward due to the coronavirus situation.

On Thursday, the Legal Affairs Committee adopted guidelines on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for military purposes and in the health and justice sectors.

As Lithuania gears up for the installation of a 700 MW wind farm in the Baltic Sea, an international tender for an environmental impact and public health assessment has been launched.

Figures from Lithuania's electronic health services system show that the country's coronavirus death count is higher by 153 cases than officially reported by the country's statistics office that receives its information from the National Public Health Center (NPHC).

A fund of Modus Asset Management, a management arm of Lithuania’s Modus Group, has acquired a 100% stake in a 16 MW portfolio of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farms in Poland from ReneSola Power, a leading global solar project developer.

Parliament and Council’s negotiators agreed on a reform of the Visa Information System that works well with key databases and respects fundamental rights.

Although the use of cash is declining, it remains the most popular means of payment at points of sale (POS) and in person to person (P2P) payments not only in Lithuania but throughout the entire euro area as well. Payment cards are the second most popular payment instrument in both Lithuania and the euro area as a whole. Over one in two card payments in Lithuania are made using contactless technology (in the euro area – more than one third of all payments), informed Bank of Lithuania.

As of this Saturday, December 5, self-isolation will be mandatory for all travelers arriving in Latvia from all European countries included in the list compiled by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), except for the Vatican, and passenger traffic will be banned also with Lithuania.

The adverse epidemic coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Lithuania has necessitated further tightening of the lockdown rules by restricting the size of gatherings, banning the operation of temporary vendors in malls and supermarkets. It has also been recommended to discontinue short-term sales promotion measures to bring down visitor flows.