Lithuania is an absolute leader of the European Union in the reduction of road deaths figures in the period from 2001 to 2018 and is the third in the EU according to this indicator as of 2018. Such results are pointed out in The Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) annual report published by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).

In the international “Mobility Tech 2019” event, in Vilnius, today, the European experts are discussing about the perspectives of the future of self-driving vehicles in the European Union. Their offers will become the basis of forming the policy of the European transport of this area.

A major advance towards cooperation in the fields of transport and logistics between the European Union (EU) and the Eastern Partner countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – was made in Luxembourg. A joint declaration on cooperation between the EU and the Eastern Partner countries was signed during the meeting of EU...

In defence of interests of the Lithuanian carriers Mr. Rokas Masiulis, Minister of Transport and Communications urges European countries to open their road haulage markets and remove existing restrictions. The issue will be discussed at the Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF) taking...

In order to provide optimum long-term directions and priorities for the development of the sector, the Ministry of Transport and Communications initiates the strategy for the development of Lithuanian transport and communications until 2050. Various possible scenarios for the development will...

The sector of transport and communications opens new opportunities for the starts-up of the sector of transport and communications – small and medium-sized enterprises. The fund of 5 million euros was established that has an objective to induce the enterprises to create mobility services and products, intellectual transport...

Mr. Rokas Masiulis, Minister of Transport and Communications, is on work trip to the United States of America (USA), where he discussed the situation of cyber security in strategical companies and relevant issues of military mobility in the region with the representatives and experts from the State Department and the National...

The implementation of the project “Rail Baltica” of strategical significance for Lithuania is moving forward quickly. The railway track from the Polish-Lithuanian border will be connected to Kaunas intermodal terminal in Palemonas through Kaunas central station...

As the international seminar “Satellite navigation systems Galileo and EGNOS. How are they benefiting Lithuania?” is conducted in Vilnius, Mr. Rokas Masiulis, Minister of Transport and Communications discussed the questions relevant for the transport sector in the bilateral meeting with Mr....

As the European Parliament is going to vote on the controversial Mobility Package, the ministers of transport and communications of five countries – Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria – referred to Mr. Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, repeatedly asking to take the defects...

Since the negotiations on a new European Union financial perspective for 2021-2027 are becoming more intensive, Lithuania has informed the European Commission about the successful and timely implementation of the project activities.

In the nearest future, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania intends to publish a selection for the position of an independent member of the Board of JSC “Lithuanian Railways”. This step shall strengthen the Board of the largest railway group in the Baltic States.