Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has proposed a new model for fixed-term work permits for foreigners and submitted legislative amendments to parliament. The President’s Office said on June 29 that the head of state aimed to improve migration management while addressing labour shortages in the national economy. Nauseda said Lithuania needed “well-managed, legal and efficient migration”…
Independent bookstores are disappearing across Lithuania’s regions, as consumers increasingly buy books online or at large retail chains, leaving many small-town shops struggling to remain viable. To stay afloat, some municipally owned bookstores are expanding beyond books, stocking everything from handbags and scarves to household and cosmetic products. “At our store, we sell Lithuania-made handbags…
Lithuania’s state-owned Giraite Armament Plant has begun producing anti-drone cartridges, with test batches already dispatched to Sweden and France and interest from several other countries. The plant, a small-calibre ammunition manufacturer based in Kaunas district, developed the ammunition concept last year drawing on experience from Ukraine. Prototypes were tested in laboratories and at a firing…
Wizz Air has launched twice-weekly direct flights from Vilnius to Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, marking the start of the summer season route. “Podgorica is another European capital now conveniently reachable from Vilnius,” said Simonas Bartkus, chief executive of Lithuanian Airports, adding that the new route expanded summer travel options across the region. The Hungarian…
For the first time in the country’s history, Vilnius Airport has surpassed Riga Airport in monthly passenger numbers. “More passengers boarded and disembarked at Vilnius Airport than at Riga Airport in May. A milestone we hardly dared expect to reach three years ago,” Simonas Bartkus, chief executive of Lithuanian Airports, wrote on Facebook. Excluding transit…
Lithuania will purchase 936 Patria armoured vehicles from Finland under a decision approved by the State Defence Council on May 27. President Gitanas Nauseda said 300 of the vehicles were expected to be acquired until 2030. He added that one of Lithuania’s requirements was for part of the production process to take place inside the…
Lithuania’s State Security Department has warned that proposals to resume the transit of Belarusian fertilisers through the port of Klaipeda would effectively circumvent European Union sanctions without reducing security threats posed by Minsk. “This would bypass sanctions, but not the threats,” State Security Department director Remigijus Bridikis said on May 26. “The regime is what…