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Reduced VAT rate for books proposed in Lithuania

August 20, 2014 ELTA EN 0

MP Vytautas Antanas Matulevičius has proposed to introduce a 5-percent value added tax (VAT) rate on books and non-periodicals instead of the current 9 percent VAT rate. […]

Lithuanian prime minister says no VAT cuts

August 13, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday that VAT rates on agricultural products will not be reduced. […]

Lithuanian parliament speaker sceptical about cutting VAT to alleviate Russian import embargo effects

August 13, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė says she has reservations about cutting value added tax (VAT) rate for vegetables and meat. According to the head of Parliament, only retailers would benefit from VAT rate exemptions, while producers and consumers would not. […]

Agriculture minister: Russian embargo can reduce Lithuania’s economic growth more than estimated

August 12, 2014 BNS 0

A failure to compensate the losses suffered by the dairy and meat sectors due to Russia’s restrictions on the imports of food and farm products may shave more than 0.2 percentage points off the Lithuanian GDP growth, Agriculture Minister has said. […]

Lithuanian meat and vegetable producers ask for tax cuts in wake of Russian embargo

August 12, 2014 ELTA EN 0

After Russia has imposed an embargo on Lithuanian agricultural production, the government is considering not only subsidies for food products but also a reduced 5-percent value-added tax (VAT) rate for vegetable and meat producers. […]

President’s advisor’s words stuck with expert: this is a unique threat to Lithuania

March 17, 2023 0

The “Suvalkų koridorius” (“Suwałki Corridor”) and the goods and transport corridor are one of the most significant threats to Lithuania’s security and a unique threat to Lithuania, Lithuanian diplomat, signatory Albinas Januška wrote on Facebook. […]

Ganges Valley. Geopolitical journeys of a Lithuanian

March 16, 2023 0

India’s paradoxes begin with a glance at a map. The country’s historical name is linked to the Indus River, which is, after all, the most important river not in India, but… Pakistan, is formally the […]

Prof Lindley-French: We have to engage Russians on currency of power they’ve chosen

March 14, 2023 0

The Lithuania Tribune recently interviewed Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French, Chairman of The Alphen Group, during the Annual Conference on Russia organized by the Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia. Dr Lindley-French shared his insights on […]