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Economy

Lithuanians outpace neighbours in Microsoft game development programme

Lithuanian game developers who participated in AppCampus, Microsoft and Aalto University’s global mobile applications business accelerator programme, have been more successful than their counterparts from the other Baltic States. Ten Lithuanian projects have received funding for further activity since the start of AppCampus in 2012. […]

Economy

Invest Lithuania awarded for professionalism and success

The 16th annual awarding of St. Christopher’s statues took place at Vilnius Town Hall on 18 December. The statutes, which are the highest honour awarded by Vilnius Municipality, were presented to the city’s most deserving people and businesses. At the ceremony, the foreign investment development agency Invest Lithuania was awarded for its professionalism and for attracting foreign investment to Vilnius, the agency said. […]

Economy

Over half of Lithuanians use internet daily

Internet usage has become very widespread amongst the EU population, and not only are more and more people using the internet, but they also use it more and more often, with almost two-thirds (65 percent) of individuals aged 16 to 74 in the European Union using the internet daily in 2014, compared with less than a third (31 percent) in 2006. During the same period, the percentage of individuals in the EU that have never used the internet dropped from 43 percent in 2006 to 18 percent in 2014, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU announced. […]

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Economy

Price for transportation via pipelines grows most in Lithuania

Statistics Lithuania announced that in the third quarter of 2014, compared with the second quarter of 2014, the price of transportation via pipelines services increased the most, by 22.2 percent, followed by sea and coastal transport services, by 3.1 percent, security and investigation activities, by 2.1 percent. […]

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Economy

Libeskind unveils designs for new leisure centre in Vilnius

The City of Vilnius, together with private investors and the world renowned architect Daniel Libeskind have revealed the design for Vilnius Beacon at the Liepkalnis Ski Hill. The project is a collaboration between the City of Vilnius and Daniel Libeskind to create a new tourist destination and aid in the transformation of the city as a centre of the Baltic region, the Vilnius City Council said. […]

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Economy

US software company Exadel plans major expansion in Lithuania

Having opened an office in Vilnius this summer, American software engineering company Exadel has announced further plans for expansion, including the opening of new offices in Kaunas and Klaipėda. Exadel intends to create 35 new jobs for IT specialists and programmers in the two new offices. […]

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Economy

KTU to offer students access to Bloomberg Professional Service in new financial markets lab

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has signed an agreement with leading global financial information company Bloomberg to install a financial markets lab, the first of its kind in Lithuania and the Baltic region. The contract will allow KTU students to access the Bloomberg Professional service, which has more than 320,000 leading business and financial subscribers worldwide. […]

Economy

Russian tourists staying away from Lithuania

Economic difficulties in Russia and tensions in Vilnius-Moscow relations have reduced the flow of Russian tourists to Lithuania. […]