Virginija Vilimienė
Economy

Orlen Lietuva and workers’ trade union reach agreement

The management of Orlen Lietuva (Orlen Lithuania) and the oil company’s trade union on Friday reached an agreement on the key items of the collective agreement, which will stipulate that workers of the oil refinery will be rewarded for performance, but the incentives will also be tied to the performance of the company as a whole. […]

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Economy

Real degree of euro psychosis in Lithuania

About 8 percent of Lithuania’s citizens are planning to buy the necessary goods and services before the euro is introduced. In Latvia and Estonia, there were about 10 percent of such buyers before the euro changeover. […]

Economy

Lithuania’s GDP reaches pre-crisis level

According to the flash estimate, in the second quarter of this year annual GDP growth decelerated marginally to 3.1%. Seasonally and working day adjusted quarterly growth was unchanged at 0.7%. After six years GDP has finally reached the pre-crisis level. Estonian economy could reach pre-crisis level next year, while Latvian prospect is a little more distant. […]

Jonas Milius
Economy

Lithuania awaits more info on African Swine Fever spread in Belarus

Lithuanian specialists have only an unofficial map of the spread of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in Belarus published in Russia and expect Belarus’ chief veterinary officer to provide more information during his visit to Vilnius on Wednesday. […]

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Economy

Christian Thaler-Wolski: Lithuania has 3 years to catch up with startup ecosystems in London or Berlin

“A few of the 15 Lithuanian startups I have mentored have a really good prospect of raising funding from international investors,” says Christian Thaler-Wolski, investor and mentor. Last week he came to Vilnius from Germany to teach Lithuanian startups what topics should be covered when talking to investors and how to prepare your best one-on-one pitch. […]

Ramunė Rimgailaitė
Economy

Bank of Latvia: A special day and not only for Lithuania

This is an historic day for Lithuania and all the other Baltic States. Long and hard work on putting the economy right has been rewarded with an official invitation to join the euro zone as of 1 January 2015. Another wall then comes down for the people of the Baltic States, not least when it comes to business relations. This is one aspect that Latvia can’t help but value given its long border of almost 600 km with Lithuania. […]

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Economy

“120s”: Consequences of swine fever and fierce battles in Ukrainian cities

News in 120 seconds: Lithuanian pig farming in for LTL 0.5 million losses, storming cities in Ukraine, Malaysia Airlines crash, UN worried about military conflict in Ukraine, Russia loses 50-billion-dollar claim at the Hague. […]

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Economy

Lithuania’s Linas Agro granted 30-million loan to expand in Latvia

SIA Linas Agro, a subsidiary of AB Linas Agro Group, has refinanced its existing liabilities and attracted new capital to develop its business in Latvia. The credit line for working capital in the amount of EUR 30 million has been granted by SEB and DNB banks in Latvia within the scope of the club loan with SEB Banka being the leading bank of the transaction. […]