Estonia

  • Economy

Lithuania wants to prove it was net contributor, not recipient of Soviet funds

As part of its effort to estimate the damage caused by the Soviet occupation, Lithuania wants to dig up archival…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Greedy employers or bad laws: Why are Lithuanian wages lower than in Estonia?

Opinions are divided on why Lithuanians make relatively low wages, even compared to their northern neighbours in Estonia.As pointed out…

8 years ago
  • Culture
  • Opinion

Octopi and spaceships: Creative freedom in Soviet bus stops

A Canadian photographer has spent 14 years travelling across what used to be the Soviet Union and taking pictures of…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Joe Biden in Riga: “America will never fail to defend our allies”

Key moments from US Vice President Joe Biden's speech in Riga. [...]

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania commemorating 27th anniversary of the Baltic Way

On August 23, Lithuania is celebrating the 27th anniversary of the Baltic Way, a defining moment in the Baltic countries'…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania home to 3 biggest companies in Baltics

Three Lithuanian companies top the list of fifty biggest businesses in the Baltics compiled by the international credit insurer Coface.…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuanian Seimas speaker to join NB8 meeting in Riga

Lithuanian Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė is leaving for Riga to take part in a meeting of Nordic and Baltic parliamentary…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania behind other Baltic states in commercial real estate investment

Over the first half of 2016, 22 investment transactions have been made in the Baltic states involving 423,000 square metres…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanians spend more on housing than Latvians and Estonians

A survey shows that Lithuanians tend to spend more on homes than people in the other two Baltic countries.Forty-seven percent…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Loyalties and opinions of Lithuania’s ethnic minorities

Russia would defend the rights of its nationals and Russian speakers everywhere, including abroad. Such are the menacing notions emanating…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Latvia responds to growing minimum wage in Lithuania

Lithuania has surpassed its northern neighbour Latvia when it raised the minimum wage to €380, which is €10 more than…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Electricity price in Lithuania jumps by quarter due to lower NordBalt imports

With a decline of electricity flows through NordBalt by almost 60% and growing prices in neighbouring countries, electricity price in…

8 years ago
  • Culture

Poetry project in Vilnius commemorates 25 years of diplomatic relations between Lithania and EU member states

In August 2016, it will be 25 years ago that the 12 Member States of the then European Economic Community…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Over one fifth of Lithuanians face poverty

Some 640,000 of Lithuania's population, or 22.2%, were below the poverty risk line in 2015, up by 3.1 points year-on-year,…

8 years ago
  • Economy

The differing dietary habits of Baltic nations

Lithuanians have a sweet tooth for biscuits, Latvians eat more meat than their Baltic neighbours, and Estonians are the most…

8 years ago
  • Society

Higher education in Lithuania: Quantity over quality

While Lithuania leads among the Baltic states in the number of doctoral students and people with degrees, a number of…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Electricity prices drop in Lithuanian trade zone

The average price of electricity in Nord Pool Exchange Lithuanian trade zone stood at €31.8 per megawatt hour on July…

8 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania most Brexit-vulnerable country in Eastern Europe

The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (EU) will have the biggest negative effect upon Lithuania among all countries…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania produces most meat in Baltics

Lithuania produces more meat per capita than any of the other Baltic States according to new data from Statistics Lithuania.To…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Stoltenberg rejects claims of NATO warmongering in Baltics

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has strongly rejected comments from Germany’s foreign minister that accused the alliance of “warmongering”.To read…

9 years ago