In February, the number of foreign and resident visitors comprised 88.3 thousand, up 2-fold YoY, but down by 43.4% from before the beginning of pandemic in February 2020. As compared to February last year, the number of nights spent by visitors comprised 163.3 thousand, up by 91.1%. In the two months of the year, the…
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair must pay more than 600,000 euros to its ten former employees in Lithuania for their unlawful dismissal, a Lithuanian court has ruled. Kaunas District Court considered a lawsuit filed by the dismissed employees against Ryanair’s subsidiaries – Ireland’s Ryanair Designated Activity Company and Poland’s Ryanair Sun. All the plaintiffs are Lithuanian…
About 2 million hectares of planted areas have already been sown with crops in Ukraine despite the Russian armed aggression. The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food First Deputy Minister Taras Vysotskyi at the Prague Karlsbourse trade fair. “Ukrainian farmers intend to continue the sowing campaign despite all the challenges. Currently,…
More than 250 production facilities have already been relocated from the war zone to other regions under the state program. Of them, 121 facilities already work. “More than 250 production facilities have already been relocated to other regions under the state program. Of them, 121 companies are already fully operational in the new location, while…
Donald Tusk, leader of Poland’s main opposition party Civic Platform (PO), has suggested a package of solutions to help society weather rising prices, interest rate increases and shrinking savings. Poland’s inflation reached 10.9% YoY in March despite the seventh rate hike in a row by the central bank, which pushed the reference interest rate up…
Lithuania plans to buy about 100 more infantry fighting vehicles from a German manufacturer, according to the Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas. Lithuania plans to continue purchasing the same IFVs (named Vilkas, or Wolf) it will use to completely equip two battalions this year, Anusauskas said. “A second phase of IFV procurements will be launched. They…
Both due to the surge of the cost of construction materials and the war in Ukraine, construction company Merks has projects in which it has major difficulties to progress within the limits of previous costs detailed in contracts. All this causes major losses, says Merks board chairman Andris Bismeistars. He explained that last year there…