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Economy

Antanas Guoga invests in ice-cream business

The Soprano ice cream shop chain, which has operated in Lithuania for 18 years already, has finished its first seed funding round (A round) and plans expansion into Europe. The network, which is comprised of seven ice cream shops, saw investment by Antanas Guoga and entrepreneur Vytenis Mažiulis with both bringing equal investment. Mažiulis will also take up the Director position of UAB Ledai enterprise, which controls the Soprano brand. […]

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Economy

Lithuanian airports “bursting”, need upgrading, transmin says

Lithuanian airports and road infrastructure are bursting and need upgrading, Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says, adding that the upgrading of Vilnius Airport is the minimum task the state must complete. […]

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Economy

ESO applies Narrowband Internet of Things: first results bring pleasant surprise

Preparing for a mass rollout of smart metering in Lithuania, JSC Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) has started the active testing of NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) technology. The pilot project aims to evaluate if meter data collection is possible by employing this technology and if its penetration in practice is higher compared to that of traditional communications technologies and sufficient to satisfy the needs of ESO’s business. Attempts are being made to identify whether this technology is sufficient for equipment control, maintenance, replacement and updating of software, a press release from ESO states. […]

Economy

Vilnius wants to demolish old airport terminal, transmin says

There’s a wish to demolish the old arrivals terminal at Vilnius Airport during its future reconstruction, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says. […]

Economy

Lithuanian road builders don’t expect more projects in 2019 despite higher public funding

Lithuania’s public funding for road construction and maintenance is set to grow by 60 million euros next year, but road builders do not expect to bag more contracts, saying the amount of work will remain unchanged from the current levels or will even decrease due to rising prices for materials and general inflation. […]

Lithuania's National Stand at SIAL in Paris
Economy

Lithuanian Food Exporters Present at SIAL

The love for food was the recurring theme for 5 days at SIAL in Paris, one of the largest in the world fairs that closes its doors on Thursday. 39 Lithuanian Food Exporters have a stand on SIAL, a gigantic biannual food fair, the largest in France, and a meeting place for more than 180,000 visiting 7200 companies from 119 countries on 250,000 m² of exhibition space (25 times Litexpo!). […]

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Economy

Lithuania’s 2019 budget to get around EUR 200 mln “out of shadow”, finmin says

Lithuania’s government plans to collect around 200 million euros in revenue from the shadow economy next year, the finance minister says. […]