On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda arrived in Brussels for a two-day session of the European Council convened to discuss the fight against climate change, the Brexit negotiations, and EU-Africa relations. The EU leaders also assessed the overall response to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the epidemiological situation and progress in vaccine development.

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Minister of Transport and Communications, Mr. Jaroslav Narkevič introduced the objective to the managers of the enterprises within the regulatory area of the ministry to prepare a wide programme for the transport sector,  aiming to transform the transport sector according to the European Green  Deal, to help to restore the sector after COVID-19 crisis and to use  the opportunities provided by the new EU facility for that purpose.

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As money laundering schemes become increasingly more complex and sophisticated and the volume of such schemes continues to amplify, financial institutions find themselves faced with a number of issues. Firstly, they need to accurately evaluate and mitigate the risks associated with money laundering. Alongside which, they need to implement processes to ensure they become compliant with the anti-money laundering (AML) regulations imposed by regulatory bodies and governments across the globe.

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Lithuania's economic contraction this year will be the smallest one in Europe, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Overall, the world economy will have weathered the Covid-19 pandemic better than initially feared, the IMF estimates, mostly thanks to extensive stimulus packages passed by governments and monetary easing.

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A tribute to the victims of Nazis in the Baltic states, Poland and Eastern Europe is heralded as a “milestone” in Germany's remembrance culture.

The German Parliament agreed Friday that a new memorial should be constructed in the capital city to commemorate all victims of Nazi Germany's war of extermination, including those in Eastern European nations affected by the Nazi occupation.

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius presented Lithuania’s position towards Belarus to the Greens Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag and answered their questions.

The Foreign Minister highlighted the need to find ways to support the Belarusian civil society, which suffered from repression.

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Lithuanian postal operator Lietuvos paštas has leased two new 100% Volkswagen Crafter electric vans for use in the centre of Vilnius. 

The vans will be used to deliver items to post offices and sometimes to customers. Two charging stations have been installed in Lietuvos paštas's new logistics centre specifically for these vehicles. 

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Lithuania will build one of the largest battery storage systems in the world by the end of 2021, its energy minister told Reuters, to ensure smooth supply of power as it disconnects from the Russian-controlled grid.

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The act by Alexandra Pirici is choreographed for a group of up to 50 performers and will take place in the open-air area of ​​the monument to the victims of Nazism of Kaunas Ninth Fort.

The project is dedicated to the enlivenment of the monument to the victims of Nazism of Kaunas Ninth Fort created by sculptor Alfonsas Vincentas Ambraziūnas (1933-2020). The act is choreographed for a group of up to 50 performers and will take place in the open-air area of ​​the monument.

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