Lithuania's LNG terminal in the western port of Klaipeda has n Tuesday welcomed its fourth LNG cargo from the United States in its history and a second this gas year.

Wholesale electricity prices rose by 18% on average across the Baltic region last week compared with a week ago.

Five Lithuanian beaches have been granted the Blue Flag, an international quality mark for beaches.

The Western Shipyard (WSY) Group is about to implement an extraordinary project – Western Baltija Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of the WSY Group, has won the open international tender of Smiltynės Perkėla, AB for the construction of a new passenger/cargo ferry, informs WSY.

Grigeo Klaipeda, a cardboard producer based in Lithuania's western city of Klaipeda, which released untreated wastewater into the Curonian Lagoon, will be forced to suspend operations in the middle of May.

The Lithuanian parliament has given the green light for liberalizing the electricity supply market, which means that all household consumers will have to choose their power supplier between 2021 and 2023.

The Lithuanian parliament increased on May7th monthly payments to children whose families lost income during the coronavirus lockdown.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday earmarked additional 16.7 mln euros to cover the losses suffered by the country’s culture sector due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Culture Ministry reported.

After conducting the monitoring of the implementation of the Law on the Prohibition of Unfair Practices of Retailers (Law), in its report provided to the Government the Lithuanian competition authority Konkurencijos taryba suggested that higher fines should be envisaged for major retailers for their unfair practices to food and drink suppliers.

Lithuania will insist that Belarus implements all safety and security requirements before the launch of Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).