Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Economy

WTO members should not take organization for granted, says foreign affairs deputy

At the Tenth WTO Ministerial Conference on 17 December in Nairobi, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Raimundas Karoblis urged WTO members not to take the smoothly functioning multilateral trade system for granted. Karoblis emphasized that all WTO members, the world’s largest economies in particular, must comply with the WTO’s rules and fulfil the obligations they have undertaken, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]

Forum Cinemas
Economy

Forum Cinemas fined €1.4m for cartel agreement

Forum Cinemas, the Finnish company operating the biggest chains of cinemas in Lithuania, has been hit with a nearly €1.4 million fine for a cartel agreement. […]

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Economy

EC to give €53 million to foster growth across Lithuanian-Polish border

On Wednesday, the European Commission adopted the new cross-border cooperation programme INTERREG V-A Lithuania – Poland, whose total budget is €62 million, of which more than €53 million will be provided from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). […]

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Economy

New euro coin a tribute to Lithuanian language

The Bank of Lithuania has released a new euro coin which is a tribute to the Lithuanian language. While some of the one million new coins will be reserved for collectors, most will be put into circulation, according to Miglė Mockutė-Zaleckienė, a representative of the Bank of Lithuania. […]

Robertas Dargis
Economy

Ageing population may lead to labour shortages

A new survey, commissioned by the Lithuanian Real Estate Development Association and carried out by the Labour and Social Research Institute, shows that as Lithuania’s population continues to shrink, labour force shortages might be one of the country’s biggest challenges within a decade. […]