Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president receives WEF invitation
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been invited to the next year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, which will take place in January. […]
World Economic Forum
Opinion
Address at the Opening Ceremony of The Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2018
Following a tortuous journey, a collective global recovery has emerged. This recovery is driven by the new round of industrial revolution and a new boom in innovation, which has lent fresh impetus to global economic development. That said, our world is faced with rising uncertainties and destabilizing factors, and a growing backlash against globalization. How to boost the new drivers to secure sustained growth of the global economy is a key area of concern for all of us. In this context, the theme of this Annual Meeting, “Shaping Innovative Societies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, cannot be more relevant. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president, in Davos, defends Poland in row with EU
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday came to Poland’s defense in the neighboring country’s row with the European Union, saying that decisions in the bloc cannot be forced upon member states. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian president in Davos: Russia to remain aggressive after presidential election
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is in Davos for the World Economic Forum, says that Russia will remain aggressive and destabilizing after the upcoming presidential election in the country. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president, in Davos, warns against globalist-protectionist divide
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė warns against a widening divide in the world between protectionist countries and free trade advocates as she starts discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to World Economic Forum
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Wednesday leaving for Davos to attend the annual World Economic For […]
Economy
Lithuania tops list of emerging economies in WEF’s inclusive development index
Lithuania remains at the top of the list of the world’s emerging economies in the Inclusive Development Index published by the World Economic Forum for the second time. […]
Foreign affairs
Culture minister off to World Economic Forum in Davos
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson is on Saturday leaving for the Swiss resort of Davos to attend the European Cultural Heritage Conference and the World Economic Forum. […]
Politics
PM offers Vilnius as venue for regional World Economic Forum event
Amid Lithuania’s plans of developing the infrastructure of electric cars, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis suggested hosting a regional event of the World Economic Forum in Vilnius. […]
Economy
Davos Economic Forum founder visiting Lithuania
Prominent German engineer and economist Klaus Martin Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum in Davos, is visiting Lithuania this week. […]
Economy
Lithuania drops on World Economic Forum competition index
Lithuania declined six spots to 41st worldwide in terms of competition among 137 rated countries in the latest competitiveness report published by the World Economic Forum. […]
Economy
Lithuania tops list of developing economies in WEF’s inclusive development index
Lithuania tops the list of the world’s developing nations in terms of inclusive economic growth, according to the Inclusive Growth and Development Report published by the World Economic Forum for the first time. […]
Economy
PM expects new Labour Code to improve Lithuania’s competitiveness
Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expects that Lithuania’s new Labour Code will significantly improve the country’s competitiveness after it comes into effect next January. […]
CORPORATE
Radical transformation of education system ‘one of five key steps to narrowing Lithuania’s wage gap with EU’
A radical transformation of the education system in Lithuania is needed to narrow the wage gap between Lithuania and other European countries, according to Rokas Grajauskas, chief economist for the Baltic countries at Danske Bank, writing in Lietuvos Žinios. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia’s economic hardship is dangerous for Lithuania, Grybauskaitė says
The economic hardship that has afflicted Russia presents dangers for Lithuania too, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Foreign affairs
British report linking Putin to poisoning of Litvinenko doesn’t surprise Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is not surprised by the findings in the British High Court judge’s report concerning the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko and says that the document is further proof of how unpredictable Russia and its leader, Vladimir Putin, have become. […]
Opinion
Is Lithuania willing to embrace the next industrial revolution?
This year’s World Economic Forum in Davos will focus on the next wave of innovation, but are Lithuanian politicians ready to embrace new opportunities and give up unnecessary regulations, asks economist Rūta Vainienė. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaite to attend World Economic Forum in Davos
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for a three-day working visit to Switzerland. The Lithuanian president will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos and visit the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). […]
Economy
Lithuanian GDP ‘to rise by over 3% every year to 2019’
Contracted export market and Russian economic stagnation last year slowed Lithuania’s gross domestic product growth, but this year the growth will be twice as fast and will rise from 1.6 to 3.2 percent, announces professional services company EY in the latest publication the Euro Forecast. […]
Economy
World Economic Forum representatives: Lithuania could be among the most competitive
With implemented structural reforms, infrastructure development and innovations, Lithuania could be among the top most competitive countries in the world, say representatives of the World Economic Forum who shared their experience in the Annual Economic Forum organised by the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists. […]