In consideration to risk related to spreading coronavirus, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania changes the performance procedure of mandatory vehicle inspection. When the validity period of the vehicle inspection expires during the quarantine, it will be possible to inspect the vehicle after the quarantine and for 30 calendar days more after the end of the...

Against the background of the European transport market changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lithuania, along with the like-minded EU Member States such as Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Poland, Malta, Romania, and Hungary, calls for a suspension of the EU Mobility Package consideration and adoption until the pandemic is over and...

The latest important information regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) updated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

Lithuania expressed its agreement with creation of unofficial platform in the extraordinary council of the Ministers of Transport of the European Union, where ministers of 27 EU Member States and Commissioner for Transport Adina-Ioana Vălean took place. The platform would allow learning...

Transport ministers from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Romania urged the Commission to assess how the provisions of upcoming Mobility Package will affect the EU Green Deal ambitions. Their meeting with the Vice-president Timmermans and Commissioner Valean came after...

The European and Asian ministers are discussing issues of digitalization of transport systems and reduction of emission of carbon dioxide today, in ASEM 5 th Transport Ministers’ Meeting held in Budapest (Hungary). One more issue that is discussed is importance of durability of European and Asian transport...

The Baltic States aim to implement the “Rail Baltica” project in a rapid and coordinated way. The Ministers of Transport and Communications of the Baltic States discuss the progress of the project and its implementation management at the meeting being held today in Riga.

As the national railways are very important for national security, Lithuania aims to ensure the State management of infrastructure of the strategically important railway “Rail Baltica”. The issues of the project “Rail Baltica”, including management of future infrastructure, will be discussed in the meeting of Prime Ministers of the Baltic...

The issues of rights of rail passengers and road user charges are discussed in the meeting of the EU Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (TTEC) held in Brussels on 2-3 December. The Lithuanian position on these issues is presented by Vice Minister of Transport and Communications, Mr. Gytis Mažeika.

Minister of Transport and Communications Mr. Jaroslav Narkevič and Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) Mr. Wolfgang Küpper discussed possibilities of promotion of carriage of goods by rail between Asia and Europe.

The Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Lithuania have signed a joint letter on the proposed Mobility Package. It has been sent to the President of the European Parliament, President of the European Commission, President-elect of the European Commission, President of the European...

Lithuania is among the twelve EU Member Stated invited by the European Commission (EC) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) to take part in the EU Road Safety Exchange project. This was announced at a high-level meeting on road safety held in Brussels by the Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport.