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Lithuanian retailers say open to contract checks, doubt about new market player

August 21, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian retailers say they are open to the government’s intention to more closely check retail chains’ contracts with suppliers. […]

Lithuanian retailers, trade unions tentatively agree to days off on Christmas, Easter

August 21, 2018 BNS 0

Retailers and trade unions tentatively agree to large retail chains being closed on two days a year, on Christmas Day and Easter Sunday, but there are no discussions about not working on other Sundays, Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis said on Monday. […]

Lower VAT on food discussed in Lithuania as a way of bringing down prices

February 13, 2018 BNS 0

As politicians, retailers and producers in Lithuania discuss how to bring down rising food prices, opposition lawmakers propose that the government should lower the value-added tax (VAT) on food and retailers, for their part, should pledge not raise prices. […]

Where thousands of retail employees vanished

December 6, 2017 Martynas Zilionis 0

Retail is still the most popular employment in Lithuania. However at least in the major retailers, the number of retail employees has declined by almost a tenth over the past two years. According to Sodra […]

Lithuanian experts split over consequences of alcohol restrictions

June 2, 2017 BNS EN 0

After Lithuania’s parliament tightened alcohol trade, consumption and advertisement rules on Thursday, manufacturers have warned about emigration of the population amid disappointment in the administration’s moves, adding that producers would have to halt investments and sack employees. […]

Beverage at a shopping centre in Lithuania

Lithuanian retailers’ initiative killed by subservience to voters

September 27, 2016 BNS EN 0

After the Lithuanian parliament reversed the alcohol sales scheme on Tuesday, the head of the Association of Trade Enterprises said that the new scheme would facilitate purchase of alcoholic beverages by young people. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]