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Economy

Tourism Department bans Latvian agency Travel RSP from operations in Lithuania

Latvia’s travel agency Travel RSP has no right to operate in Lithuania, as it is not listed as a provider of travel services, the State Tourism Department concluded. […]

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Economy

Italy’s Gemmo litigates over Vilnius street lighting project

An attempt to cancel a contract with Italy’s Gemmo, the winning bidder for Vilnius’ street lighting project, is stuck in courts, the 15min.lt news website reported on Tuesday. […]

Hyperloop One delegation in Lithuania
Economy

Faster, greener, cheaper: Hyperloop One visits Lithuania

Hyperloop One spent a day visiting Lithuania and met with ministers, innovators and business community. They gave everyone updates of the progress they are making towards building the first functioning Hyperloop. They are currently building a test demonstration site in Nevada and will show off the first prototype in the middle of this year, Vladas Lašas’, representatives wrote in a press release. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

President says tripartite deal on pay rise unworkable

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that a trilateral pay rise agreement between the government, employers and trade unions is a good intention that cannot be put into practice as the state cannot force privately-owned businesses to commit themselves to raising wages. […]

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Economy

Israel’s Simplex Payment Services to develop payment platform in Lithuania

Simplex, an Israeli financial technology (fintech) and cybersecurity start-up, has chosen Lithuania ahead of the likes of Luxembourg, Cyprus and the UK as the location for its new global supervision and sales team. The company plans to employ around 20 experts in sales, support, Fraud analysis, marketing, information technologies, data analytics, quality supervision and finance in the coming couple of years, Invest Lithuania announced in a press release. […]

Klaipėda port
Economy

Lithuania should overcome Latvia in competition battle for Chinese investments – PM

Lithuania should overcome Latvia in the competition battle for Chinese companies’ investments in transport and logistics sector, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said after meting with China’s Parliamentary Speaker Zhang Dejiang in Vilnius on Friday. […]