Veolia
Economy

Solving Lithuania-Veolia dispute would be positive sign for French investors – ambassador

Resolution of Lithuania’s dispute with Veolia would send a positive message to French investors, France’s ambassador to Vilnius, Philippe Jeantaud, said on Monday. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

New labour code needs to be supplemented – Grybauskaitė

If Lithuania’s new Labour Code is passed by the Seimas with the Tripartite Council-approved amendments and takes effect in July, the package will have to be supplemented immediately as it fails to ensure adequate protection of workers’ rights, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]

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. […]

URL
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. […]

Pensioners
Economy

Government has no plans to tax pensions – PM

Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government does not plan to tax pensions, although Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis has recently publicly mentioned such a possibility. […]