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Economy

Lithuanian food watchdog receives four complaints over needles in food

Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service has received four complaints over this week on needles found in foodstuffs. […]

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Economy

Lithuania will have more business financing alternatives

Lithuania creates one of the most favourable conditions in the European Union for the activities of the investment funds. The Government approved draft laws regulating the activities of collective investment undertakings (CIUs) aimed to reduce the administrative burden on investment funds and to create more favourable conditions for their activities, and, therefore – more business financing alternatives and investment opportunities in our country, a press release from the Lithuanian Finance Ministry states. […]

Economy

State reserve to stand at EUR 1.5b late next year, Lithuanian fimin says

Lithuanian economy will slow slightly next year but the country will have an accumulated reserve of 1.5 billion euros late next year to be used in times of financial difficulties, Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka says. […]

Economy

Varle.lt’s cryptocurrency payments volume grows by more than 1,200 percent

More and more people are becoming familiar with and are acquiring bitcoins from their friends or acquaintances, while speculating on the stock exchange, through mining or performing other tasks or operations on the internet or otherwise. In fact, the process of earning money would not get people hooked if they did not have the opportunity to spend them. The first bitcoin owners did not have the freedom of choice when it came to using bitcoins as money but today there are much more opportunities to do so, a press release from varle.lt states. […]

Economy

Estonia’s SK ID Solutions plans to set up unit in Vilnius

Estonia’s authentication and electronic signature solutions company SK ID Solutions is setting up a unit in Vilnius amid signals that regulatory changes might be in the pipeline in Lithuania, the business daily Verslo Žinios reported on Thursday. […]

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Economy

IT labour market: most in-demand professionals revealed

There are more than a dozen different jobs in the IT sector and a future professional is faced with a rather difficult task of selecting a desirable job. People with sufficient amount of knowledge and experience in this field can easily find a well-paid job with different benefits in the most attractive companies in Lithuania. Staff experts believe that they will continue to enjoy the great prospects, but also note that only those willing and ready to put effort will reach their career heights, a press release from Forbis states. […]

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Economy

How to grow a Lithuanian unicorn?

There are numerous startups, which already attracted impressive amounts of investments. Unfortunately, no Lithuanian startup has grown to the “unicorn” – a young business valued at more than a billion-dollars. Israeli web development platform Wix.com director in Lithuania Monika Laukaitė has an idea of how to grow a Lithuanian unicorn. […]

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Economy

Ten percent increase in flight number. Measures for enhancing the airspace capacity under consideration

During the nine months of this year, air traffic controllers handled 204.2 thousand flights in the Lithuanian airspace, i.e. by 10 per cent more flights, compared to the same period last year. Overflights accounted for three fourths (155 thousand) of the total number of flights. Compared to the same period last year, the number of overflights increased by 9.7 per cent. Taking into account the considerable growth of flight number, Oro Navigacija is considering measures for enhancing the airspace capacity, a press release from the state enterprise states. […]

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Economy

Smart Energy Fund Invests EUR 250 Thousand into Lithuanian PVcase

Smart Energy Fund powered by Lietuvos Energija, managed by Contrarian Ventures invests EUR 250 thousand into the Lithuanian PVcase that will automate the designing of solar power plants. It is expected that the technology developed by the start-up will enable to significantly shorten up some designing stages of solar power plants and this way reduce designing expenses even more, a press release from Lietuvos Energija states. […]

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Economy

MEP Antanas Guoga: Before regulating any new technology first, we need to educate about it

Today, 03th of October, European Parliament voted in favour of the motion for a resolution on distributed ledger technologies and blockchains: building trust with disintermediation. All political group members supported the resolution, which sends a positive message that politicians see this technology as benefiting Europe, a press release from MEP Antanas Guoga‘s office states. […]