Arunas Milasius, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Arūnas Milašius. What happened in the provincial elite when MG Baltic sought power in Vilnius

May 16, 2018 Arunas Milasius 0

The MG Baltic scandal arose at the right time and the right place. The ten years of intelligence data was published specifically on the day when high state officials had to decide how to respond […]

Real estate market forecast: pricing peak has been reached

October 27, 2017 Arunas Milasius 0

Developers now openly talk that the rise in real estate prices that has been ongoing for a few years and rising sales have declined. Supply continues to rise, but increasingly fewer homes are being purchased […]

European Commission building in Brussels

It’s official – Lithuania doesn’t need EU institutions and service centres

July 3, 2017 Arunas Milasius 0

On early morning this weekend news portals and radio shows flashed with a message which rapidly descended to the bottom of the news feed: “Lithuania yields on ambitions to attract EU institutions from London.” This […]

Grybauskaitė effect? Among the candidates for Prime Minister, there is also an option that has not yet been named out loud

September 13, 2024 0

With the parliamentary elections just a month away, party leaders are already working out, in public and behind closed doors, the scenarios for the foundations of the future governing coalition and who will lead the […]

Lithuanians will have to open their wallets even wider: goods and services will become more expensive

August 30, 2024 0

According to TV3.lt, Swedbank economists raise their GDP growth forecast for Lithuania and believe the Lithuanian economy will grow the fastest among the Baltic States this year and next. Inflation will likely rise next year, […]

The Baltic Way Celebration in Paris Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithua

Janulevičius. Lithuania’s economy looks better than Estonia’s or Latvia’s, but we shouldn’t be happy about it

August 27, 2024 0

From Q1 2022 onwards, Estonia has been in a prolonged recession. Yes, we also had a recession last year, but—rare in our history with Estonia—we have overcome it and are moving on. We are moving, […]

Resorting to anger when it should be apologising: experts on Gabrielius Landsbergis

August 21, 2024 0

As the debate on the Landsbergis’ assets continues in the public sphere, political analysts are not shying away from the Minister’s calls to assess the limits of his privacy. They say that Gabrielius Landsbergis is […]

Preliminary housing purchase contract – what not to be afraid of and what to check before signing

August 5, 2024 0

A preliminary contract is usually signed when buying a new dwelling directly from the developer or project manager. This contract contains more uncertainties than the main contract and is drawn up at a notary’s office. […]

Intersecting non-systemic actors: why Lithuania’s populists can’t be in the same boat?

July 29, 2024 0

19 political parties have registered to run in the Seimas elections. Still, some have decided to cooperate, while others have attracted or are seeking to attract politicians who performed well in the presidential elections. However, […]