Articles by the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania’s retail sales growth slowed for the fourth month in a row in December, according to the latest figures from Statistics Lithuania. […]

Benediktas Vanagas. Photo facebook.com/BenediktasVanagas

Defence ministry spent €20k sponsoring Vanagas in Dakar Rally

The Ministry of National Defence spent €20,000 supporting Lithuanian racer Benediktas Vanagas‘ participation in the prestigious Dakar Rally. […]

Prices of both used and new vehicles spike in Lithuania

Over the last year, prices of both new and used cars shot up in Lithuania, sometimes up to 15%, LRT reports. […]

Healthcare minister under suspicion of demanding bribes from hospitals

Lithuania’s Minister of Healthcare Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė is being investigated for allegedly demanding bribes from hospitals in exchange for EU support, 15min.lt reports. […]

Population of Lithuania shrank by 33k last year

Over the last year, Lithuania’s population has shrunk by 33,000 people, Statistics Lithuania says. It is the size of a mid-sized town. […]

Lithuanians more optimistic about future prospects, economy

Lithuanians are more optimistic about their country and their financial prospects, but expect to save less in the coming year, according to the latest survey from Statistics Lithuania. […]

Healthcare minister admits offering bribe to doctor

Healthcare Minister Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė has admitted she once gave a bribe to doctors. She made the comments while discussing small-scale corruption that is wide-spread in the country’s healthcare system. […]

Credit company fined record €30k for giving loans to jobless

Lithuanian banking regulators have hit a consumer credit company with a fine of €30,000 for issuing loans to unemployed applicants, the biggest penalty of this kind to date. […]

Lithuanian president on refugees: no documents, no asylum

The European Union must prioritize the security of European citizens over that of refugees, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė believes. If that requires reintroducing border controls, so be it, she said in an interview with LRT radio. […]

Maltese man fights extradition to Lithuania quoting ‘inhumane’ prison conditions

A man arrested in Malta on Lithuania-issued arrest warrant is fighting extradition, saying conditions in Lithuanian prisons are inhumane. […]

Lithuania raises €38m from telecommunications spectrum auction

Lithuanian national telecommunications regulator RRT raised €38 million from an auction of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands for mobile phone companies. […]

Sanctioned consumer credit company resumes operations in Lithuania

4finance Group S.A., a Riga-based online and mobile consumer lending group, has announced it has re-started lending operations in Lithuania through its subsidiary UAB Credit Service under the group’s brands Vivus and SMSCredit. […]

Lithuanian exporters see no dangers in doing business with Poland

After Lithuanian economist Nerijus Mačiulis said recently that the new government in Poland made the country as unpredictable a business partner as Russia, Lithuanian businesspeople counter him by insisting they do not see any threats in doing business with the neighbouring country. […]

Kaunas cuts its debt by €45m

The city of Kaunas and its municipal companies have have cut their debts by €45 million over the last nine months. […]

Ethics Commission to decide whether to open investigation into Education Minister’s trip

Lithuania’s Ethics Commission will decide whether to open an investigation into the controversy surrounding the Minister for Education and Science, Audronė Pitrėnienė, bringing her husband with her on an official trip to London. […]

Lithuania improves its standing in corruption rankings