The number of Lithuanians being able to buy property purely in cash has been steadily multiplying in the last few years – in fact it is hard to imagine how many Lithuanians have been buying a home or apartment using cash – but such luxurious purchases may now have serious consequences. […]
A radical transformation of the education system in Lithuania is needed to narrow the wage gap between Lithuania and other European countries, according to Rokas Grajauskas, chief economist for the Baltic countries at Danske Bank, writing in Lietuvos Žinios. […]
Relations between Lithuania and Poland have been chilly for some time now and experts say that the delay in works on the 200km Rail Baltica stretch between Warsaw and Šeštokai are a reflection of that state of affairs. […]
IT specialists will continue to be the most sought-after employees in Lithuania to 2020 and beyond as skills shortages continue in the key sector. […]
The Social Democratic Party group on Vilnius Municipality Board have put forward a proposal to collect a pillow tax – a €1 charge for hotel accommodation – which would begin to take effect from 2017. […]
The ministers of environment and agriculture will have to go if they are caught lying about investigations they are currently subject to, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has suggested on Monday evening after meeting with the president. […]
Stepping up the the fight against African swine flu, Lithuanian authorities have said all wild boars in Lithuanian forests will have to be counted by the end of February. […]
Turkey‘s Directorate of Religious Affairs is to translate the Koran into the Lithuanian language. The Muslim Holy book was first translated to Lithuanian language in 2008 by poet Sigitas Geda. […]
British broadcaster BBC aired a documentary about Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Saturday as part of a series on the world‘s most influential women. […]
The Lithuanian language is in threat of decline as competition from foreign languages, exclusion from scientific fields and lower literacy levels threaten its well-being. […]
Lithuania has been seeking to expand the number of nations it maintains diplomatic relations with by starting relationships with several distant African, Asian and Oceanic countries. However, not all countries have answered the invitations to open diplomatic relationships sent by our country, reports Lietuvos Žinios. […]
During the last two terms of the Seimas, there have been two political firsts in Lithuania: between 2008-2012, Andrius Kubilius was the first prime minister to remain in his post for his entire term since Lithuania’s independence was regained. Now, the social democrats, who have been behind the government’s wheel for the last four years, have emerged with a strong lead in the polls – also the first time this has happened since independence. […]
The government has decided that from 2019 vendors will no longer be allowed to give customers plastic bags for free. […]
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service is working with Spanish authorities investigating possible money laundering at the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China branch in Madrid. […]
A team of scientists led by the head of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Kaunas University of Technology has developed a concrete mixture which can be used to print houses with a 3D printer. […]
Bank Kapitalbank managed by Lithuanian and Latvian investors in the Rostov region of Russia have submitted a bankruptcy notice to the Arbitration Court. However, the application was adjourned until mid-March. […]
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