Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

President moves to limit terms of office for state-owned cos’ CEOs

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė proposes legal amendments setting a limit of two five-year terms for chief executive officers of state enterprises and state-owned public and private limited-liability companies. […]

Sberbank
Economy

Lithuanian businesses get loans from Russian banks

Lithuania is in the zone of influence of Scandinavian banks, however, Russian banks also have low-key operations in the country and hand out loans to Lithuanian businesses, which Scandinavian-operated local banks are not extremely happy about and warn about risks, Verslo Žinios daily said. […]

Edgar Sesemanns, Per Dahl and Gerard Rog
CORPORATE

Rimi acquires IKI: What changes are to be expected in retail market?

On Friday morning it was officially confirmed that two major Lithuanian retail chains are merging – the owners of Rimi are acquiring Iki. What changes await consumers, employees and the whole market? […]

Remigijus Šimašius
Economy

Mayor hopes that Vilnius western bypass will improve traffic conditions

After opening the final stretch of the Vilnius western bypass on Tuesday, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said the 105 million euro section will help solve traffic jam issues in the northern part of the Lithuanian capital. […]