Lithuania highly visible on the global Fintech map also becomes the 17 + 1 financial technology coordination centre. This was formally confirmed on Wednesday at the 17 + 1 High Level Fintech Forum for the first time taking place in Vilnius and bringing together the representatives from the ministries of finance and central banks of China and 17 Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs).

Companies operating out of the Klaipeda FEZ have earned 1.2 bn EUR and exported products worth 610 million last year. Even though these statistics are the sum of the effort from all 34 FEZ companies, it still makes the zone the biggest employer in the region, the biggest foreign direct investment magnet of the city and the county, as well as a significant contributor to the country-wide economic statistics.

Some 87,000 people have visited Lithuania's pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale and seen the Sun & Sea (Marina) opera performance performed on an artificial beach.

Lithuania has declined Finland's invitation for trilateral consultations with Belarus on the almost-completed Astravyets nuclear power plant.

The European Commission will allocate €200.9 million in 2020 to fund promotion activities for EU agri-food products at home and abroad.

At the invitation of President Gitanas Nausėda, Polish President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda are coming for a working visit to Lithuania on Thursday, November 21. On Friday, November 22, the President and the First Lady of Poland will attend the official state funeral ceremony of the commanders and participants of the 1863-1864 uprising.

the European Commission adopted the decision granting marketing authorisation to the company Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. for a vaccine against Ebola. This vaccine, called Ervebo, had been in development since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. It is already used, as part of a specific protocol, to protect people at risk of infection, such as healthcare workers or people who have been exposed to infected persons.

The Rail Baltica joint venture, RB Rail, has delivered a study evaluating the essential features and requirements for the integration of airport passenger traffic with the Rail Baltica high-speed railway infrastructure.

Preliminary winners of the architectural design competition for the bride over Neris linking capital’s A.Goštauto and Upės streets are becoming clear – expert jury has compiled a list of works in accordance with the competition’s evaluation criteria; at the top of the list is “INHUS Engineering” and “DO architects” teams’ concept named “Alberto tiltas” followed by bridge named “Neries vartai” created by the architects from “Studija 501”, “SRP projektas”, “LT projektai” and “Mutuss”. Third – “TEC Infrastructure” with architectural bridge concept “Lux semita”. In total, 9 bridge concepts participated in the competition.

Lithuania's fertilizer manufacturer Achema plans to contest the EU General Court's decision to dismiss its action against state aid for the Klaipeda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.