A new X-ray control system, installed and put into operation on a trial basis at the Lithuanian border checkpoint in Kena, will help reduce the volume of smuggling into the country by train from Belarus, said the Minister of Finance

Police will start fining passengers of cars carrying open containers of alcohol; until now only the driver was punished, despite the 2009 law

With a formal signature, Lithuania's gas transmission system operator Amber Grid and the European Energy Exchange have sealed the acquisition whereby EEX will take 66% of the shares of the regional gas exchange GET Baltic

The number of people in Lithuania who want to become priests is decreasing, and this year only four students will graduate from the seminary in Vilnius

The Baltic electricity grids could be synchronised with the continental European system in 2024, Lithuania's EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius said, adding that existing technical problems can and should be solved