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Economy

Wages in IT determined by productivity, not change of currency

The euro which will shortly replace the litas will have a positive effect on the IT services market of Lithuania, however, it will hardly bring any significant changes. Antanas Ursulis, general manager of CSC Baltic which provides IT services, says that the euro will not bring any dramatic changes to working conditions or expectations of employees; nevertheless, the new currency will help Lithuania enhance its image as a reliable and attractive country for investors. […]

Rimantas Šadžius
Economy

Challenges for Lithuanian economy next year: not just Russia

Key challenges for Lithuania’s economy next year will include the weakening purchasing power in Russia, competition in the euro area as well as sluggish investment into the expansion of manufacturing, the finance minister has said. […]

Baltic farmers protest against discriminatory EU payment policy
Economy

Most Lithuanian farmers receive direct payments

As much as 109,000 farmers have already received direct payments for the utilised agricultural area and crops declared in 2014. Funds allocated for direct payments in 2014 have been successfully disbursed. […]

Šiaulių bankas
Economy

Šiaulių Bankas to participate in renovation programme

The Lithuanian Programme for Renovation of Multi-Apartment Buildings has reached a strategic turning-point. The Programme, which was funded by the state budget and the European Union Structural Funds till now, has found a private investor – Šiaulių Bankas. The first partner of the European Investment Bank in the country in providing preferential renovation loans, Šiaulių Bankas will contribute EUR 20 million of its own resources to be channelled through the JESSICA Holding Fund, the bank said in a statement on 23 December. […]

"Philip Morris Lietuva"
Economy

Philip Morris launches EUR 40mn investment project in Lithuania

On 23 December, Philip Morris announced the launch of a new LTL 137 million (EUR 40 million) investment project to expand its factory in Klaipėda. The expansion and modernisation of the factory, which is already set to start this year, will increase production capacity by 40 percent. All extra production will be exported, primarily to the highly quality exigent market of Japan. The investment will create 40 new jobs at the factory and provide more orders for local Lithuanian service suppliers and business partners. Currently, more than 90 percent of Klaipėda-based factory production is exported to around 60 global markets, Invest Lithuania said. […]

Economy

Russian court fines captain of detained Lithuanian fishing ship

A court in the Russian city of Murmansk on Friday slammed the captain of the detained Lithuanian fishing vessel, the Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf), with a fine of 4 million roubles (around EUR 59,000), representatives of the ship’s owner, Arctic Fishing, told BNS. […]

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Economy

Lithuanian business start-ups to expand despite slowing economy

With the country’s economy growing slower than expected, most business start-ups in Lithuania are taking advantage of the situation in the domestic market. While the country’s largest companies are estimating the consequences of Russia’s embargo, Lithuanian business start-ups are planning to further increase their sales volumes within the coming six months and recruit new employees to satisfy the growing demand, the bank DNB said in a statement. […]

Vitas Vasiliauskas ir Algirdas Butkevičius
Economy

Baltic leaders to make first euro cash withdrawal in after-midnight Vilnius ceremony

The press service of the Lithuanian prime minister has announced that on the night of 1 January Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, together with his Estonian counterpart Taavi Rõivas and Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs, will make the withdrawal of the first banknotes of the new Lithuanian currency, the euro. […]