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Lithuanian Railways to be restructured

Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius said that the state-managed Lithuanian Railways company will be restructured according to the European Commission‘s requirements. In this way, the company will avoid paying several tens of millions […]

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Lithuanian wage growth fastest since financial crisis

The average wage in Lithuanian was 6.9% higher in the first quarter of 2016 than the same period last year. This is the fastest rate of growth in pay packets since the Lithuania‘s economic recovery […]

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Lithuanians have highest rate of cardiovascular-related problems in EU

Every second of Lithuanian will die from a cardiovascular disease, and every third adult in Lithuania has an increased blood pressure reflecting the fact that Lithuania has one of the highest rates of cardiovascular problems […]

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‘People thought Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler weren’t real refugees either’

The latest wave of refugees and migrants to Europe has barely touched Lithuania, and only 11 have been relocated to Lithuania out of its total quota of 1,105. However, many people have expressed a number of unclear fears about the migrants and refugees and seem to lack solidarity with Western Europe, which has received the most refugees and migrants, according to Eglė Verseckaitė, a professor at the University of Management and Economics (ISM). […]

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Every third Lithuanian SME would fold when faced with an unexpected misfortune

A new poll has shown that every third small or medium enterprise (SME) in Lithuania is poorly equipped to handle thefts, fires, storm damage or other unexpected misfortunes. The leaders of these companies admit that, […]

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Lithuanian MP cuts connections with pro-Kremlin organization following media exposé

MP Valerijus Simulik, who is seeking reelection to the Lithuanian parliament with the Peasant and Greens Union, had been revealed to foster associations with a pro-Kremlin group, but claims to have cut the links after […]