Eric Stewart of the Lithuanian American Business Council   Photo Ludo Segers
Economy

American-Lithuanian Business Council president: Geopolitical tensions has made Lithuania more attractive to investors

The American-Lithuanian Business Council, which was set up last year, works to promote investment between the two countries – sometimes by pointing out investment opportunities in, say, Lithuania’s striving for energy independence and sometimes by playing up the Lithuanian ancestry of many a successful US entrepreneur. […]

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Economy

Over half of Lithuanians support euro adoption

Fifty-three percent of the Lithuanian population are in favour of the upcoming euro adoption, according to a representative survey conducted in mid-November and released by the Bank of Lithuania on Monday. […]

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Economy

Central bank warns about slower than expected economic growth in Lithuania

Growing consumption and investment encourage consistent growth of Lithuania’s economy; however, a poorer outlook for the country’s major foreign trade partners, as well as gradually slowing development of domestic demand led to more cautious GDP growth projections for next year. The Bank of Lithuania projects a 3.1 percent growth in GDP next year, and this is less by 0.2 percentage points than was projected in September, the Bank of Lithuania informs. […]

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Economy

CEO of American Revel Systems: Talent is Lithuania’s greatest advantage

In November, plans of the US company Revel Systems to establish its IT office in Lithuania were announced. The company was established four years ago. The company provides point of sale payment platforms for retailers using an iPad. […]

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Economy

First beneficiaries of euro adoption – Lithuania’s wallet sellers

As expected, the upcoming introduction of the euro has brought much new business to wallet sellers. As the euro notes are bigger in size than the litas notes they are replacing on 1 January, around 10-20 percent more wallets were bought in the first week of December 2014 compared with the same period of 2013. […]