The country has become one of the co-founders of the NATO Innovation Fund, which will invest in start-ups in member countries and help develop and apply emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence or biotechnology, for security and defence

There is currently a shortage of around 3.000 nurses in Lithuania: if ignored, the shortage could soon become 5.000 nurses, experts have warned; 400 nurses are lost every year as about 600 leave the system and about 200 graduate and enter the system

Over 1.500 objects of art and culture from Ukraine have been transferred to Lithuania since Russia's attack on Ukraine; many works of art have been studied and restored, as well as exhibited, by the Lithuanian National Art Museum

Lithuanian emigrants increasingly choose to return from abroad and settle in the country's less populated regions; the State Employment Service has created an interactive map with 50 indicators on housing, employment, education and other issues

Tesla will open its first shop in Lithuania early next year; the new location will be on the road from Vilnius to Trakai