Underground railway tunnel
Opinion

The railway tunnel that could transform geopolitics in Baltic region

A new railway tunnel linking the Baltics and Scandinavia could transform the geopolitics of the entire region, from the Nordics through the Baltic States to Europe.

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Rimi profits jump in Lithuania
CORPORATE

Rimi profits jump in Lithuania

Rimi Lietuva’s net profit jumped to €7.3 million, from €953,100 euros in 2014 on the back of a raft of new store openings. Rimi’s annual revenue in Lithuania increased by 15.7% to €28* million. Rimi […]

Teachers' strike protests
CORPORATE

Lithuanian employers can fire striking employees under new Labour Code

The newly adopted labour code allows employers to essentially lock out striking employees, allowing to temporarily fire striking workers and replace them or compensate by increasing workloads on other employees. While employers say strikes will […]

Marine Le Pen
Opinion

Opinion: EU’s biggest fault lines exposed by Brexit

Britain’s historic decision to leave the European Union has exposed big fault lines inside the bloc. Unless the divisions are overcome as soon as possible, the markets will pounce on the euro, having already done so on the British pound. Uncertainty over when and how to negotiate Britain’s exit from the EU will lead to paralysis inside the bloc that Euroskeptic movements will exploit. The yawning gap between citizens, leaders, and the EU institutions will widen. And resentment could build up between the big and small member states. […]

Juozas Bernatonis
Society

Lithuania says no evidence that terror suspect was held in secret CIA prison

Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis says that Lithuania’s law-enforcement bodies have no evidence to support claims by a terror suspect that he was held in a secret CIA prison in Lithuania.

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