Technology
Economy

FinTech Company Moneta International Finds a Home in Lithuania

FinTech company Moneta International, which provides payment services predominantly for the e-commerce sector through an online platform, has set up its global headquarters in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and is now gearing up for substantial expansion in the near future. Total investment is expected to exceed €1 million, including the Moneta platform and other products under development. […]

Vilnius Tech Park
Economy

Boosting local startups globally at Vilnius Tech Park

Startup Lithuania, a team of Enterprise Lithuania, a government agency to assist startups in Lithuania, relocates to the biggest startup hub in the Baltics and Nordics, soon to be launched in Vilnius. The decision to move part of the government agency closer to startups themselves clearly represents Lithuania’s aim to emerge as the leading startup-friendly ecosystem in the Baltic region. […]

Rasa Budbergytė
Economy

Finmin calls on new Govt not to make draft 2017 budget worse

After the European Commission has asked for clarification from Lithuania over its draft 2017 budget, Finance Minister Rasa Budbergytė says that the EU’s executive body wants additional information regarding the government’s request for a higher deficit due to the so-called social model. The Finance Ministry says, meanwhile, that the Commission does not request additional explanations and does not comment on the draft budget sent to it on October 17, but only reminds the country that its new government, once formed, will have to submit an updated daft budget. […]

Economy

Lithuania slips to No. 21 in World Bank’s of Doing Business ranking

Lithuania ranks 21st among 190 countries in the World Bank‘s latest ease of Doing Business report, a notch lower than last year. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Economy

Government okays 2017 budget draft

Lithuania’s government on Wednesday gave its approval to the bill of the financial indicators of the 2017 state budget and municipal budgets before submitting it to the parliament. […]

Robertas Dargis
Economy

Lithuania needs changes but stability important for business after eletions – Dargis

Lithuania needs changes in areas, such as education, however, the important thing for business is that the parties triumphant in parliamentary elections do not undertake unpredictable decisions or radical changes of laws linked with economy, says Robertas Dargis, the president of the Lithuanian Industrialists Confederation. […]