Articles by LT Daily

Vilnius Tech Park is to develop a smart garden lab that will develop new technologies for urban gardening and other green city projects. […]

Figures putting Lithuania among top alcohol consuming countries not accurate

New research shows that Lithuania is not the third most alcohol consuming country in the world as the World Health Organization figures claim. […]

Lithuania second in world for number of women in top management

Lithuania has been ranked second in the world for the number of women in top management positions in corporations, according to the last global survey by consulting firm Grant Thornton. […]

Activists start to collect signatures for total ban on alcohol advertising

Activists who are campaigning for a total ban on alcohol advertising in Lithuania will today get the go-ahead from Lithuania’s Electoral Commission to seek to collect enough signatures to force parliament to consider their proposals on restricting alcohol sales and advertising. […]

Social Democrats ‘left with no option but to fight back against president’

After a stream of allegations of misconduct and corruption against the Government, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and the Social Democrats have changed their approach by starting to fight back against what they see as a sustained campaign by Lithuania‘s President, according to two political scientists interviewed by Lietuvos Rytas. […]

PM Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė

Whose ratings will take a hit after stand-off between president and prime minister?

After a recent stand-off between the Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on the one side and President Dalia Grybauskaitė on the other, analysts wonder who of the two massively popular politicians will suffer a greater hit on their ratings. […]

Norway Hague Convention approval to allow children to return to Lithuania for care

Norway has ratified the Hague Convention on the protection of children and on cooperation on international adoptions, and this will directly affect Lithuanian families bringing up their children in Norway. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Dalia Grybauskaitė

PM claims President blackening name of Lithuanian government to EU leaders

Lithuania’s Prime Minister has claimed that Lithuania’s president has been blackening the government’s name ahead of official visits to other EU countries by the Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]

Despite better qualifications Lithuanian women only take quarter of leadership positions

Despite having significantly higher levels of education on average than men, Lithuania women make up only a quarter of the leadership positions with real decision-making responsibilities both in the public and private sector. […]

Lithuanian analysts forecast better future for Russian economy than Russians do

The Russian Ministry of Economic Development is predicting that because of record low oil prices and Western sanctions, the economic crisis in Russia will continue for at least 3 years. […]

Lithuanian housing bubble to unwind not burst say experts

Last year, investment into residential real estate in Lithuania returned to the pre-crisis levels of 2007. Economists say, however, that the growth is sustainable and a real estate “bubble” could, in worst case, deflate a little rather than explode as it did in 2008. […]

Eurogroup commends Lithuania’s budget implementation, finance minister says

Lithuania has been commended by the Eurogroup, the meeting of eurozone‘s finance ministers, for its efforts to cut budget deficit and rein in public spending, says Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius. […]

Vilnius tourists hit million mark boosted by Japanese influx

Vilnius was visited by almost a million tourists last year, up 5% on 2014, according to the latest figures from the Department of Statistics. […]

Russian carriers continue to prefer Klaipėda port over Kaliningrad despite dispute

Russian carriers are continuing to use the port of Klaipėda after receiving a small number of transit permits from Poland to release the logjam at the port that developed from a dispute between the two countries. […]

Order and Justice leader Rolandas Paksas

Order and Justice Party aims to double party membership to 20,000

Order and Justice party is committing itself to expanding its membership to 20,000 from the current 13,000, said the party‘s leader Rolandas Paksas. […]

150 Lithuanians reported to have secret Swiss bank accounts

It has been reported that the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) has received information about 150 Swiss bank accounts held by Lithuanians in the Swiss branch of one of the world’s largest banks, HSBC. […]

Lithuania to make it easier for foreigners to buy land