CORPORATE

Why Lithuania’s tax system is increasing inequality

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. […]

Gytis Snyder packing toys
Global LT

13-year-old boy fighting chronic illness plans toy donation to Lithuanian orphanage he came from

Gytis Snyder, a 13-year-old boy from Franklin, Tennessee, has led an effort to collect several shopping carts full of toys for an orphanage for disabled or chronically ill children in Lithuania. The orphanage has special significance for the young boy, who is fighting cystic fibrosis – it is the orphanage from which his parents adopted him when he was just 5 years old. […]

Tourism event at Charleroi Airport. Photo: Lithuanian MFA
Economy

Lithuania launches tourism initiative at Charleroi Airport

An event at Charleroi Airport in Belgium last week inaugurated the month of tourism opportunities in Lithuania. […]

Savivaldybių tarybų rinkimai
Politics

Direct mayoral elections boost public trust, but contain ‘inherent problems’

One year after the first-ever direct mayoral elections in Lithuania, public trust in municipal authorities have grown, but the systemic problems are programmed into the local governments, experts say. […]