The Lithuanian Health Ministry published on Tuesday a list of 45 countries most affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. On Friday they corected the list: removed 3 contries and added 5 new.

Facemasks will no longer be mandatory in Lithuanian retail stores and places of public events starting on Wednesday, but physical distance and hygiene requirements remain in place.

Regular flights from Vilnius to Barcelona, Milan and Dublin are resuming on June 16th.

BAA Training, part of Gediminas Ziemelis' Avia Solutions Group, and state-owned Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA) have opened a new pilot training center in China.

Experts from Lithuania's Environmental Protection Agency have taken water samples from the River Nemunas near the southern cities of Alytus and Druskininkai in response to reports of large numbers of dead fish and other animals in the river near Grodno in Belarus.

Latvia's refusal to join a boycott of Belarus' Astravyets nuclear power plant may hamper the project for the Baltic power grid's synchronization with the Wesner European system via Poland, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on June 12.

Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius, part of Lithuania's state-owned energy group Ignitis Grupe (Ignitis Group), will not have pay damages to Vilniaus Energija, a local company owned by France's Veolia, which used to operate the heating system in Vilnius.

The Lithuanian government on June 10th further lifted the limit on public gatherings. The Cabinet allowed outdoor events with up to 700 attendees and indoor events with up to 150 from June 17.

Hungarian airline Wizz Air is on Wednesday resuming its regular flights from Lithuania's second-largest city of Kaunas Finland's Turku.

LG Cargo, a freight transportation company that is part of Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways), Lithuania's state-owned railway group, has teamed up with Forwardis, a freight forwarder that is part of the French group SNCF Logistics, and will seek to increase freight transportation volumes in Europe.