The three international airports of Lithuania served 1.104 million passengers in Q1 2020 – 16.4% less than during the same period in 2019. As the rest of the world, Lithuanian Airports faced a significant drop in travel demand and ultimately the cancellation of nearly all flights. The sudden drop in flight movements is one of the most significant declines in the country’s aviation history.

Valdemar Tomaševski chairman of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance greets everyone on the occasion of Easter and would like to wish you to keep peace in your hearts and hope for better times.

The European Commission on Wednesday invited Schengen member states and Schengen-associated states to prolong the temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU until May 15.

LG Keleiviams, the passenger transportation subsidiary of Lithuania's state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railwways), will temporarily suspend services on another 30 routes as of Wednesday but will ensure inter-city connection, the company said.

Entrepreneurship and export development agency “Enterprise Lithuania” indicates that due to COVID-19 pandemic Lithuanian exports of services could shrink by 10 to 25 percent. Technology and communications sector is listed among the most affected. However, leading Lithuanian technology companies are displaying crisis immunity - retaining the order volume and tackling the downturn in close cooperation.

On March 29 an additional team of Croatian and German military medics with specialised equipment arrived from Croatia to Lithuania by a special flight to take care of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group personnel who had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

As many countries across the world have closed their borders and suspended flights, air companies have started looking for places to leave their planes safely. There are now 60 such planes at Lithuanian airports.

Lithuania's state-owned energy group Ignitis Grupe will offer to buy the remaining shares in Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius and Ignitis Gamyba at 0.88 euros and 0.64 euros per share, respectively.

The requirements for transit from the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad to mainland Russia via Lithuania have been tightened, but the scheme will remain in place.

Twenty four troops of NATO's multinational battalion stationed in Lithuania have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.