Former Minister of Economy, Social Democrat (LSDP) Birutė Vėsaitė and Aivaras Abromavičius, former Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development and Trade, now candidate for the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), were featured in a live Delfi Balsuok 2016 debate on September 30. The main topic of the evening was economics and future plans in Seimas. […]
With the elections less than two weeks away the Lithuanian Free Market Institute looks at some of the key points of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) electoral programme and their significance. […]
The new Labour Code passed by the Seimas has not been well received by voters. Based on a poll by public opinion and market research company Vilmorus more than half of the respondents viewed the new Labour Code negatively. The negative perception of the code was found across the electorates of almost all parties, albeit less so among Social Democrat (LSDP) and Polish Electoral Action voters. […]
On a cool summer morning, the sun rises through the bullrushes at Rusnė pier while the hum of boat motors can be heard in the distance. Some residents are still sleeping but the town’s fishermen are loading their boats with fish crates and preparing to “blow off some steam” as they do every morning. […]
Contradictory views on what Germany’s position should be in relation to NATO and Russia in the Baltics surfaced last week ahead of today’s NATO summit but those contradictions may reflect domestic political concerns as much as divergent foreign policy positions. […]
One of the biggest questions raised by Lithuanians in the wake of the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union is what will happen to work migrants in the country. Will Brexit cause a wave of emigrants returning to Lithuania, and if so, what awaits them in Lithuania? […]
Technologies are inevitably changing the global labour market and will wipe out certain professions. Global trends and technological development will also change Lithuania’s labour map, which may result in a shorter working week, Nerijus Mačiulis, an economist with Swedbank Lithuania, forecasts. […]
Nearly 60 percent of Lithuanians would object to a law banning abortions, shows a survey commissioned by DELFI. […]
Air Lituanica, Lithuanian airline owned by the municipality of Vilnius, has announced that it is stopping operations as of Saturday. […]
The ruling Social Democratic Party remains the most popular party in Lithuania with 20.7 percent of respondents in a poll saying they would vote for the party if general elections were held soon. […]
Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD), the eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament, has distanced itself from suggestions that it might have something to do with books smearing Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that were distributed to all EP members last month. […]
In November, plans of the US company Revel Systems to establish its IT office in Lithuania were announced. The company was established four years ago. The company provides point of sale payment platforms for retailers using an iPad. […]
Mats Persson marvels at the changes Vilnius has undergone since his first visit to Lithuania just three years ago. The Swedish head of Adform, a Denmark-based specialist in multi-screen brand advertising, comes to the firms’ Vilnius office several times per month, and is impressed by the pace at which the Lithuanian capital is developing. […]
The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), built for Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, sailed into the port of Klaipėda on Monday morning. At a welcoming ceremony in the afternoon, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said this was a groundbreaking achievement in the country’s aspiration for energy independence. […]
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