Rimantas Šadžius
Economy

Lithuania signs EUR 100m loan agreement with NIB

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Republic of Lithuania have signed a loan agreement, totalling EUR 100 million, with a maturity of 20 years, to improve energy efficiency in public and residential buildings, Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance reports. […]

Economy

Major structural shifts pushed Lithuania closer to advanced economies over last decades

The structure of Lithuania’s economy has clearly changed over the last two decades, an economist says. […]

Klasmann-Deilmann
Economy

Klasmann-Deilmann to expand production capacity in Lithuania

The Germany-based Klasmann-Deilmann Group has announced EUR 11 million worth of investments in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The company is to build a further state-of-the-art production line for manufacturing peat products and growing media for the worldwide commercial-horticulture sector. Its intended expansion of an existing factory at the Šilutė site includes plans for high-performance mixing, screening and packing facilities, a research laboratory and an experimental greenhouse for product development. This will involve the creation of at least 20 new jobs over the next three years. […]

No Picture
Economy

Lithuanian company acquires Latvian tea producer Inteka

The Kaunas-based tea and coffee wholesale trade company Gemaga has acquired Latvian tea producer Inteka, the holder of the popular Mozums trademark that controls around one-third of the Latvian market, as Vz.lt reported on Monday. The value of the deal has not been disclosed, but the Lithuanian portal indicates that the company’s financial indexes have been declining for the past several years. […]

Eurai
Economy

Lithuanian government to raise minimum pay to EUR 350

The minimum monthly wage in Lithuania will be increased by 25 euros to 325 euros in July and may be raised by a further 25 euros to 350 euros early in 2016, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said. […]

Economy

Lithuania’s extra-EU exports down 19 percent

According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, in January-February 2015, Lithuania’s intra-EU exports of goods stood at EUR 2.1 billion, up 2 percent compared with January-February 2014. Extra-EU exports of goods stood at 1.2 billion, down 19 percent compared with January-February 2014. […]