Vilnius
Economy

Lithuanian FDI growth bucks regional trend

With FDI project numbers falling in both CEE and Europe as a whole, the number of projects brought to Lithuania increased compared to the 1st half of 2014. Lithuania now leads CEE in terms of the number of FDI projects per 1 million inhabitants. […]

Economy

SEB bank cuts Lithuania’s GDP growth forecast

Analysts from SEB bank have reduced Lithuania’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast from 2.6 to 1.8 percent. […]

Economy

Lithuanian airports bring in consultants to assist in concession project

Lithuanian airports announced a public tender regarding the advisory services for the concession project. The consultant is expected to advice on all financial, tax, legal and technical issues arising in the drafting of the concession project. It is planned that Lithuanian airports will commence work with the selected consultant from Lithuania or abroad starting with January next year, Vilnius Airport reports. […]

Economy

Lithuania’s 2016 draft budget projects lower revenue, but higher spending

The revenue of Lithuania’s central government budget, including EU and other international aid, next year should be lower than this year, whereas spending and, consequently, budget deficit should grow. […]

Van Williams. Photo KTU
Economy

CIO of Virtustream: Our office in Kaunas has ‘Silicon Valley startup’ feel to it

Van Williams, CIO, chief of product engineering and manager of Virtustream development centre in Lithuania, says that the Baltic countries should be more active in attracting global funding. Also, he is convinced that the main asset of any business are innovative professionals, discovered and fostered by universities. […]