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Economy

Lithuanian government to consider assistance to dairy cooperative Pienas LT

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with dairy producers and promised to inform them in two weeks how the state could assist the dairy production cooperative Pienas LT, enhance possibilities for cooperation of farmers and boost competitiveness of Lithuania’s dairy sector. […]

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Economy

Most Lithuanians feel price hikes after euro adoption

As many as 65 percent of Lithuanians, most of them younger people (aged 15-34 years), say they are already used to changes after the euro adoption, the latest survey for September has shown. However, compared to February’s survey, considerably more respondents believe that prices of goods and services have gone up after the introduction of the new currency. […]

Economy

Most Lithuanians trust banks, but not instant credit companies

Two thirds of Lithuanians trust insurance companies and the same number of people is suspicious of instant credit companies. […]

Economy

Closing down of power plant in Vilnius to result in 114 redundancies

Energy service company Vilniaus Energija has informed the Lithuanian Labour Exchange about the planned reorganisation which will result in lay offs of 114 employees of Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant TE-3. […]

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Economy

Beloved farmers’ markets in Vilnius face stiff competition

Vilnius’ marketplaces are beloved by both visitors and locals alike as a source of quality organic food products with prices that can often be haggled over with the farmers that grew them. Interest in organic and farm fresh products is growing fast but so too is competition for the attention of consumers, making the future of the small businesses and individual farmers that fill Vilnius’ farmers’ markets anything but certain. […]

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Economy

Lithuania moves up in World Bank’s Doing Business report

In the Doing Business 2016 report by the World Bank, Lithuania moved one positions up compared to the previous year and came 20th among 189 economies in the world, while among member-states of the European Union it was 8th this year. […]