Economy

Newsec and Redgate Capital signed a partnership agreement

Changes in Baltic region‘s real estate field are happening – international real estate consulting company Newsec and Baltic investment banking company Redgate Capital signed a partnership agreement to offer real estate services to clients in Estonia. Redgate Capital‘s real estate advisory team will now operate under the Newsec trademark name in Estonia, a Newsec press release states. […]

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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

Seimas to decide on writing down emigrants’ tax debts

Lithuania’s parliament will decide whether the state should write down around 100 million euros in compulsory health insurance contributions unpaid by emigrants. If lawmakers back such a proposal, these contributions will no longer be calculated for and recovered from people who left Lithuania. […]

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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. […]

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Economy

Lithuania should use InvestEU opportunities, Katainen says

As the European Commission proposes cutting cohesion support to Lithuania by almost a quarter as of 2020, InvestEU, a fund being set up by the EU, might become a financial alternative after it will replace the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), also called the Juncker Plan, which has operated since 2015. […]

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Economy

Lithuania’s central bank was not cautious enough before crisis, chairman says

The Bank of Lithuania could have tightened supervision rules for the banking sector before the last crisis but failed to do so, Vitas Vasiliauskas, chairman of the Bank of Lithuania, says. […]

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

Ship traffic at Klaipėda port remains restricted

Winds in Klaipėda are subsiding, but shipping restrictions remain in place at the Lithuanian port on Wednesday afternoon, the port’s spokeswoman said. […]