The reconstruction of the 22-km-long Panevezys bypass, which is part of the Via Baltica highway, has been completed, with almost 45 mln euros invested into the project over the past couple of years, "Conditions have been created on the country's key highway from north to south to drive faster with a lower risk of accidents," Transport Minister Jaroslav Narkevic said in a statement.

Facebook's plans to issue its cryptocurrency, the Libra, as well as plans by other companies on the so-called stable coins cryptocurriencies, which would be pegged to stable assets, are now sparking major discussions and raising questions.

Lithuania's state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) is starting repairing Siemens locomotives used by its cargo subsidiary LG Cargo, and LG CEO Mantas Bartuska says the company would also like to get orders for locomotive repairs from Poland, Ukraine and expand its services in Europe this way.

Lithuania's Public Procurement Office has ordered Lithuania's gas transmission company Amber Grid to temporarily halt the tender, worth almost 100 million euros, for the contractor of the gas interconnection between Poland and Lithuania (GIPL).

Furniture production and interior design company Fitsout, owned by Avia Solutions Group's owner Gediminas Ziemelis and two other persons, plans to build a second furniture production facility in Lithuania.

On 3 September, Belgian contingent took over the lead of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission from Hungary at the official handover ceremony at the Air Base of the Lithuanian Air Force in Šiauliai. For the next four months the mission in Šiauliai will also be augmented by Danish Military Air Force contingent, which replaced Spain, while Czech Air Force contingent have replaced the United Kingdom’s servicemen in Estonia.

A large LNG shipment from Norway is scheduled to arrive in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on Monday.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda plans to move from his private house to the presidential residence in the area of Turniskes only after its renovation.

The first independent ATM network, Medus, has been launched in Lithuania, its operator Worldline Lietuva announced on Tuesday, with Siauliu Bankas and Citadele having already joined it.

Vilnius Airport plans to expand its taxiing runways, which will allow planes to avoid complex maneuvers and cut taxiing time.