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Why Lithuania’s tax system is increasing inequality

April 19, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s taxation system is conducive to social inequality with a disproportionate burden falling on labour income, and taxes on capital half that of the European Union average, according to leading economists. […]

Screening of The Midwife. Photo by Mikko Waltari

Finnish war movie shot in Lithuania gets community première

March 1, 2016 David van Roon 0

A screening of The Midwife at the Embassy of Finland in Vilnius this past Friday saw members of the Finnish community in Lithuania come together. The film, that was mostly shot in Lithuania, is set in Finland during the Lapland war with the Nazi’s and was the first to receive a tax credit here. […]

Cast and crew watch BBC’s War and Peace screening in Vilnius

January 27, 2016 David van Roon 0

The first screening of the BBC’s War & Peace in Vilnius this Saturday saw some of the heavy hitters of the Lithuanian film and culture industry mingle with the British BBC crew. With the BBC having shot this major production in Lithuania and the implementation of new tax incentives, the country’s film industry is seeing a surge. […]

“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 […]

Citus experts: Housing demand surpasses the results of the past two years – buyers of the economic segment are returning

October 13, 2024 0

In the last quarter of the year, the number of new housing units (apartments and terraced houses) sold in Vilnius in the economy class was 50% higher than in April–June, according to preliminary data from […]