Professor Gunnar Eskeland speaking at the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Energy Event Photo Marte Freihow Langeland
Economy

Lessons from Norway in a rapidly changing energy world

The Norwegian Embassy in Lithuania in cooperation with the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce hosted on Friday morning a presentation in the Comfort Hotel in Vilnius that allowed for a peek into the various parts that are transforming the energy puzzle. After opening remarks from Anne Sofie Bjelland, the Norwegian Chargé d’affaires, three specialists addressed innovation from very different angles and tackling very diverse aspects of changes affecting energy production and consumption. […]

Crimea
Economy

Lithuanian government backs proposal to ban ‘warmongering’ goods

The Lithuanian government supports a proposal to ban by law the sale of goods designed to promote war and a positive attitude toward aggression against other states. […]

International Monetary Fund
Economy

IMF warns Lithuania that further minimum wage rise may harm competitiveness

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission that concluded its visit to Vilnius on Monday warned the Lithuanian government that further minimum wage increases may harm the country’s competitiveness. […]

Revolut
Economy

Fintech start-up Revolut applies to Bank of Lithuania for banking license

Revolut has announced this week that it has applied for a European Banking Licence and begun building its own in-house payment processor as the London-based fintech pursues its vision of building the first global banking app, Revolt wrote in a press release. […]

Vilius Šapoka
Economy

Lithuania wouldn’t mind linking EU support to reforms – finmin

Lithuania would not mind if the post-2020 European Union (EU) financial assistance would be linked with a specific country’s performance in structural reforms, says Lithuania’s Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka. […]