Shibuya district in Tokyo  Photo Ludo Segers
Economy

Japan, a business opportunity too far?

Walking through Tokyo Station on a weekday morning with tens of thousands of people leaves the impression of a well orchestrated ballet where the dancers manage to find their way through what looks like a labyrinth of train lines, subway, shopping areas and high speed train lines. Most of these people are the backbone of the innovative Japanese economy. […]

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Economy

Lithuanians among 100 Financial Times and Google innovators

The executive director of Association Infobalt, Paulius Vertelka, and the developer of the mobile app Plag, Ilya Zudinas, are Lithuania‘s representatives in the top 100 list of Central and Eastern European innovators. […]

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Economy

Agreements between China’s CMG and Lithuanian companies to consolidate partnership, PM Butkevičius says

While on his working visit to China, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with the management of the country’s industrial corporation China Merchants Group (CMG) to sign agreements between the Klaipėda Free Economic Zone and CMG, as well as the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority and CMG, the press service of the Lithuania Government said. […]

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Economy

Lithuanians far behind Estonians and Latvians in perceptions of shadow economy

Fewer businesspeople in Lithuania think underground economy is a problem than a year ago. However, Lithuania has a far bigger black market than the Central and Eastern European average, research shows. […]

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Economy

Huawei to cooperate with Lithuanian universities

During the Lithuanian-Chinese business forum on Monday in Beijing, cooperation agreements were signed between the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei and Vilnius University (VU), Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). […]

Loreta Graužinienė
Economy

Seimas speaker not worried about budget warnings from EC

Lithuania’s draft budget for 2016 allows for conservative optimism, says Loreta Graužinienė, speaker of the Seimas. According to the parliament’s leader, there is no risk that budget spending would exceed income in 2016 more than projected. […]