The anti-globalist, anti-neoliberal movement which contributed to the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union and Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election has supporters in Lithuania as well. Not many […]
Theresa May’s plan for the United Kingdom’s divorce with the European Union brought up the pound, even if temporarily. Economist Gitanas Nausėda says that one of the points in the plan is particularly unfavourable for […]
Bad news for the LiberalsIf elections were to happen next Sunday, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) would triumph in it following its continued rise in popularity. Political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius warns that the […]
Economists and analysts describe the new Lithuanian government‘s program as cautious and vague and are concerned about the ruling coalition’s new proposals that may have a negative fiscal effect. […]
Lithuanian employers are considering a possibility of a public pledge to raise wages in exchange of consideration of their proposals of regulation of labor relations, delfi.lt news portal said, adding that trade unions are cautious about the proposal. […]
The proposal made by Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union that won the recent parliamentary elections, to postpone the enforcement of the new social model for a year may affect the key structural reform in the future, economists say. […]
With the first round of Seimas elections concluded, two candidates are facing off in Naujoji Vilnia. This showdown has been joined by famous economists, politicians and other public figures. Algirdas Paleckis of the non-parliamentary Socialist […]
With various party programmes being flooded with promises, gaffes and populism, experts note that despite some craftily concealed details and occasional errors, it has managed to avoid many of the populist promises and complaints marring […]
With the Labour Party’s glory days long past, its electoral programme is no longer meant to reflect reality, but to attract voters notes political analyst Rimvydas Valatka. He is echoed by the LRT.lt chief editor, […]
Speaking to LRT Radio, economist Gitanas Nausėda stated that one needs to have a strong imagination to call the Lithuanian Freedom Union’s (LLS) leader Artūras Zuokas a liberal. According to Nausėda many of the politician’s […]
Economist Gitanas Nausėda says that not only Lithuania‘s exports would suffer after Brexit, but so would its real estate and retail markets as a result of Lithuanian expatriates sending less money they make in the […]
Lithuania’s social democrat Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has been gradually losing voters’ favour, a new poll suggests. […]
The average salary in Lithuania this year will grow by 7% and next year by 6%, according to SEB Bank economist Gitanas Nausėda. The economist said that the wage growth is now especially visible in […]
Lithuania‘s economy will grow faster this year driven by increases in exports and strong domestic demand, according to SEB Bank. SEB analysts expect that GDP growth in 2016 will be 2.8% and rise to 3.2% […]
The Lithuanian government’s performance last year merits a score of 8 out of 10, says a SEB Bank economist. Gitanas Nausėda says that the government of the social democrat Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius deserves praise […]
The failure of oil-exporting countries to agree in Doha on freezing production is beneficial to Lithuania and other oil importers, a leading economist says. […]
Terrorist attacks or a sense of insecurity is not an issue that would encourage Lithuanian emigrants to return to Lithuania, said economist Gitanas Nausėda, adding that return migration policy should not be based on such ideas. […]
With about six months left to the next general election, cutting taxes is all the rage in the Lithuanian parliament. MPs have submitted several bills suggesting cutting value-added tax (VAT). Some proposals have been discussed more extensively than others, but there is still no clear agreement on a number of points concerning the cuts. […]
The Lithuanian government could collect more revenue from the value-added tax (VAT) by lowering the rate and thus cutting the black market, according to a SEB Bank economist. […]
Gitanas Nausėda, Žygimantas Mauricas and Nerijus Mačiulis, all economists at leading commercial banks in Lithuania, are optimistic about Lithuania’s economy in the coming year but they highlighted some of the greatest economic risks Lithuania faces in the coming year – most of them international rather than domestic. […]
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