The EU has awarded €15 million in financial support to a five-partner project, Blue Baltics, involving AB Klaipėdos Nafta, to develop an LNG bunkering network in Baltic Sea ports. The Blue Baltics project includes investments […]
The gender pay gap, the difference between men’s and women’s wages for the same role, has increased in Lithuania to an average of 14.3%, according to the latest figures. The biggest gap between men’s and […]
In a prestigious location near the centre of Vilnius, an old state-owned villa was recently sold off to private investors. Soon after, the development regulations for the property were changed to allow for new construction – and locals aren’t happy about the new plans. […]
Lithuanian state tax revenues were 5.4% ahead of target in the first six months of this year, and 7.8% higher than in the same period last year. Preliminary data from the Ministry of Finance shows […]
Surveys show that if the Seimas elections were to be held next weekend, the Social Democratic party would win in its multi-member electoral districts. The Social Democrats have been the most popular party in Lithuania […]
The Lithuanian Pig Breeders Association (LKAA) said lax state control of pig producers and indecisiveness by the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Food and Veterinary Service was leading to more cases of African swine […]
Klaipėda port handled nearly 20 million tons of cargo in the first six months of this year – almost 5.7% more than in the same period last year. Klaipėda remained the only port in the […]
Only a little over 3% of Lithuanians would start their own business without savings behind them with 55% saying they would never start a business, according to a Vilmorus survey commissioned by DNB Bank. Around […]
Across Europe there is widespread fear of terrorist attacks but is Lithuania a possible target for terrorists? […]
Lithuania has the highest rates of deaths among construction workers in the EU, with this number increasing in summer. Most workers are injured in falls on construction sites according to the State Labour Inspectorate (VDI). […]
The British decision to withdraw from the EU may increase the vehicle prices of some Japanese vehicle makers who have factories in England. Nissan has a factory in Sunderland in the north east of England […]
Lithuanian presdient Dalia Grybauskaitė refused to give an interview to Russian TV at the NATO summit in Warsaw. Estonian portal Uudised.err.ee filmed as Grybauskaitė waved to Estonian journalists and later a reporter approached her. When […]
The new multinational NATO battalions to be stationed in the Baltic States are not perceived as a direct threat in Russia according to a leading Russian analyst. “I think that the military battalions in Poland […]
Ten high-ranking Russian intelligence and naval officers in Kaliningrad were fired over the last few weeks. Some believe the Kremlin took these drastic measures because of the fleet’s audacious actions that have put the West on edge, but others see more strategic reasons behind the move. […]
Lithuania’s ruling coalition’s political council will consider how to deal with President Dalia Grybauskaite vetoes of the Labour Code and assisted reproduction laws on Friday with the parties horse-trading ahead of the meeting. The Social […]
Lithuania has climbed from the 46 place in 2014 to 29th place in this year’s World Bank’s logistics rankings. Latvia occupies 43rd place (down from the 36th position), Estonia rose one place to 38th, Poland […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius excluded discussion of a new partnership law for unmarried couples from yesterday’s cabinet agenda after a sermon by Archbishop Gintaras Grušas sermon that criticized the move and a letter from the […]
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. […]
International experts from 30 countries have called on Lithuania’s government to block amber extraction in the Curonian Lagoon. The World Amber council has reacted strong to the Lithuanian government’s decision to consider permitting industrial scale […]
The price of electricity in Lithuania‘s Nord Pool Spot area jumped 23% in June but was still down 5% on the same month in 2015 according to Litgrid. The average price was €40.50/MWh in June […]
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