Canadian and the EU flags
Economy

Lithuania’s ratification of EU-Canada trade deal postponed until fall

Lithuania’s ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada is likely to be postponed until the fall, although Lithuanian diplomats expected the parliament to ratify the free trade treaty by the end of its spring session. […]

Hyperloop One technology
Economy

Hyperloop One representatives: Lithuania might be part of the project

In Los Angeles, Minister of Economy Mindaugas Sinkevičius visited one of the most advanced global companies — Hyperloop One — which is engaged in creating a new generation transport system. At the meeting, the company’s representatives presented the technology and vision they are working on: to connect Scandinavia and the Baltic States as well as Poland and Germany via the Hyperloop One transport corridor; they also proposed that Lithuania could participate in this process Ministry of Economy reported. […]

Rivona warehouse
Economy

PM sees no signs of crisis

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday that he saw no signs of crisis after Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), mentioned earlier in the day that another global economic crisis might be on the way. […]

Dargis' Presentation at the European Business Network
Economy

LPK President Dargis: Lithuania is not immune from the winds of change

Lithuania is not immune from the winds of change and the draughts of populism that are blowing across Europe, says Robertas Dargis, a prominent entrepreneur and the president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK). With his insightful overview of the country’s economic outlook, Mr. Dargis concluded the European Business Network’s season of monthly breakfast events. […]

In a forest
Economy

Reform of forestry firms postponed until fall – Seimas’ speaker

After about 100 employees of forestry companies and representatives of trade unions gathered outside the Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday in protest of the planned reform, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis announced that the approval of the reform would be postponed until fall. On Wednesday morning, he had said the amendments would be adopted during the parliament’s spring session. […]

London
Economy

Lithuanian businesses worried about outcome of EU-UK talks – daily

Lithuanian politicians and businesses hope that the United Kingdom will remain open and part of the single market after it leaves the European Union, but they also prepare themselves for a “hard Brexit” scenario, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on Tuesday. […]

Lithuanian stand in the Munich (Germany) Fair, which will take place June 26-29
Economy

90 our of 100 universities in the world request Lithuanian lasers

One of the things Lithuania is best known for is the laser industry. While perhaps not at the very pinnacle of the industry, the country does not compare all too poorly against highly developed states such as the USA, Germany, France, China and others. And at the same time the industry shows no signs of slowing down, with growing sales and increasing numbers of manufacturers, which should keep Lithuania within the top echelon of the laser industry. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

President signs Labour Code amendments into law

President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed into law amendments to the country’s new Labour Code. […]