As part of preparations for the construction of Rail Baltica's segment from Kaunas via Panevezys to the border with Latvia, Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) is seeking contractors to build or upgrade roads related to the European standard-gauge railway project.

Lithuania's Cabinet will on Wednesday consider extending border controls at airports and seaport until September 14.

The Cabinet agreed in principle to exempt Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LOU) from transferring 9.7 million euros of its 2019 profit into the state's coffers to prevent the state-owned company from becoming insolvent.

A two-year renovation of the electricity transmission and distribution grid in the Curonian Spit has been completed, increasing its capacity and reliability, Litgrid said on Tuesday.

Belarus may officially open its Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) on Friday in a symbolic move ahead of this weekend's presidential election, but the facility is unlikely to start actual operations until late this year or early next year.

Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide, a Lithuanian producer of digital night vision and other optical devices that is owned by Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian citizens, has founded a new company for investment in undisclosed business areas.

Lithuanian banks have deferred payments on mortgages worth over 280 million euros since the middle of March when the country's was put under quarantine, the Association of Lithuanian Banks told.

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.