Invest Lithuania
Economy

Record number of foreign companies established in Lithuania in 2014

2014 proved to be a record year for Invest Lithuania, the nation’s foreign investment development agency, with 29 foreign companies deciding to establish or develop their businesses in Lithuania. Altogether almost 2,000 new jobs are planned over the next three years. […]

FLTR Ambassador Pavilionis, Mackenson Pierre, Sandy Louiseme and Szymon Czyszek of the Knights  Photo Ludo Segers
Global LT

Haitian earth quake victims to visit Vilnius

On Monday, 5 January, the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington received the visit of three young amputees, victims of the 2010 Haitian earthquake. The young man came to make a visa application for a visit to Vilnius on 8 January. The three will then travel to Rome, Italy, where they will attend a conference at the Vatican. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Angela Merkel
Opinion

Opinion: In defence of Lithuania’s foreign policy in 2014

I am not a fan of the social-democratic tradition of foreign policy, especially when it comes to perpetually unsuccessful attempts of the Lithuanian left to “turn a new page in relations with Russia” and base their policies towards Poland on promises about name spelling. I dare say, however, that Dovilė Jakniūnaitė’s criticism of Lithuania’s foreign policy in 2014 is unfounded. […]

Klaipėdos transformatorių pastotė
Energy

Klaipėda transformer substation prepared for connection with NordBalt

Residents of the western part of Lithuania will now be able to enjoy a more reliable supply of electricity thanks to the reconstructed transformer substation in Klaipėda which will also ensure more secure transmission of electricity. […]

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Economy

Euros account for one third of cash in Lithuania

Euros already account for nearly a third of all cash money in circulation in Lithuania, says Vitas Vasiliauskas, governor of the Bank of Lithuania. […]

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Lithuanian Caritas distributes aid in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk

Humanitarian aid, collected by the Lithuanian charity organization Caritas, is being distributed in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, the Catholic organization said on Tuesday. […]