Economy

In the first half-year, increase in flight number by 11%, leading airlines remain the same

Like in 2017, in the first half of this year, the largest number of flights in the Lithuanian airspace was operated by five airlines: Air Baltic (Latvia), Finnair (Finland), Aeroflot (Russia), Lufthansa (Germany) and Ryanair (Ireland). Compared to the same period last year, the Latvian air company, according to the number of flights operated, outran Finnair and came first, a press release from Oro Navigacija states. […]

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Opinion

The White Paper on China and WTO

On June 28, the White Paper on China and the World Trade Organization was published. China joined the WTO in 2001, which marks a key milestone in its intensive participation in economic globalization. The past 17 years witness how the role of China has evolved from an active partaker, to an important contributor, and eventually a firm guardian and defender of the multilateral trading system. The White Paper presents to the world China’s satisfactory performance as a WTO member so far, as well as its positive attitude and strong determination to safeguard the global trading system. […]

Vilnius
Economy

British Telecommunications and Expedia will test-drive Vilnius in September

British Telecommunications (BT Group) and Expedia’s UK branch are both temporarily moving their offices to Vilnius this September thanks to the Workation Vilnius programme. Almost 100 companies from around the world took part in the initiative, with the UK and Sweden taking the lead with 13 and 11 company submissions respectively. The two major UK companies, together with Danish startup OrderYOYO, represent the winning teams selected to come to Vilnius for a week this September. The winning companies were evaluated and selected by a panel of judges from the Municipality of Vilnius and Go Vilnius, the city’s official development agency, a press release from the agency states. […]

Peruvian restaurant Pachamama
Freetime

One of the most well-known places in Vilnius has shut down: have a look what’s new and how it looks now

A restoclub called ‘’Studio 9’’ in the shopping center GO9, Gediminas avenue has been successfully open for six years and closed down in winter. After half a year, a new Peruvian cuisine restaurant called ‘’Pachamama’’ has settled down and opened their doors to the public. We will see whether the Vilnius residents will like this place, as well as the previous one, a press release from the restaurant states. […]

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Society

Noise – unavoidable background of Lithuania’s major cities

Noise is bothering three out of four residents of the major cities in Lithuania – vehicles buzzing on the streets and in the residential premises, sounds coming from the adjacent apartments, building entrance doors slammed regularly, restaurant bustle or rumble coming from construction works are a real headache for urban dwellers. Residents of rural areas, on the other hand, have been enjoying tranquillity around them, as half of them have reported not being bothered by any noise at home, a press release from Rockwool states. […]

Liutauras Čeprackas
Freetime

Lithuanian chef frustrated over children in restaurants: if you have nowhere to leave them, stay at home

It is probably possible to divide all the people willing to go with children to a restaurant into several groups. Some fear that the child will cry, but still go. Others are afraid for the same reason and don’t go. There will also be those who are neither afraid or care how the child will behave. The last, and perhaps the rarest, is the group that has raised their children to behave as to not bother neither the parents nor people around them. Regardless, stories about parents and their children being asked to leave restaurants have reached public’s attention many times. So how should one pick a restaurant and which should be avoided if you plan to take your children along? […]

Society

Lithuanians still trust firefighters most – survey

People in Lithuania traditionally have most trust in firefighters, the police and the army, and distrust political parties, the parliament and the government, the latest survey by Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday, shows. […]

Society

Wildfire in Latvia causes smoky skies in northern Lithuania

A massive forest and peat bog fire raging in western Latvia has caused smoky skies across northern Lithuania, the National Public Health Center said on Friday. […]