Almost half of people in Lithuania have been or are saving money for the upcoming winter, while about a third cannot afford to save, according to a new poll by Vilmorus for BNS. Sales figures suggest that households are increasingly limiting their purchases, while soaring energy prices, inflation and financial uncertainty are pushing them to…
Lithuanian businesses should make the most of the opportunities for cooperation with Taiwan’s market in the area of technology, says Paulius Lukauskas, head of the Lithuanian Trade Representative Office in Taipei that was opened earlier this month. “Taiwan has a huge technological and scientific potential, so I think the biggest opportunities to work with it…
The Lithuanian government on November 28 dismissed Mantas Staskevicius from his job as director of the country’s State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) amid corruption suspicions. “There’s probably nothing much to discuss here. Mr. Staskevicius is being dismissed from his post as of today,” Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte told the cabinet. A week ago, Simonyte…
Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu and Prime Minister of Lithuania Ingrida Simonyte, on a working visit to Chisinau, at a meeting have discussed the subject on measures of enhancing Moldova’s resilience, the parliament’s communication and public relations department has reported. The discussions were focused on the concrete actions undertaken by the authorities, in order to diminish…
More than eight out of ten people in Lithuania think that the situation in the country is getting worse, according to a survey conducted by Baltijos Tyrimai for LRT. The survey, conducted in late October and early November, found 84% of the respondents pessimistic about how things were going in the country, while 15% thought…
The Lithuanian parliament Seimas has legalised specialised tobacco shops that will start operating in 2025. Other stores will no longer be allowed to publicly display tobacco products. On November 24, Lithuanian MPs adopted amendments to the Law on the Control of Tobacco, Tobacco Products and Related Products, with 44 votes in favour, 13 against and…
LTG Link, the passenger transport subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, will start offering new destinations to Poland from December 11. The daily train route will offer journeys to Warsaw, the Polish capital, and Krakow, the country’s second city, according to a press release. Trains between Lithuania and Poland will run on the route Vilnius-Kaunas-Warsaw-Krakow. The new…