The minimum monthly wage should rise to 800 euros next year, Economy Minister Ausrine Armonaite says. At the same time, the tax-exempt income threshold should go up to 740 euros, she believes, splitting the burden of raising workers’ incomes between the government and employers. “We are basically proposing that the pre-tax minimum monthly wage could…
Lithuanian border guards’ unions complain that they are armed with old unreliable Kalashnikovs and undersupplied with ammunition. In case of a foreign invasion, border guards say they would be the first line of defence. Shooting is an important part of border guards’ training and the main weapon is the pistol. However, border guards’ trade unions…
Some 1,400 monkeypox vaccine doses have been delivered to Lithuania, the Health Ministry said on August 24. “The National Public Health Centre will identify people to be vaccinated and refer them for vaccination,” Deputy Health Minister Ausra Bilotiene Motiejuniene told reporters, adding that over 17,000 infection cases had been recorded worldwide since May. People will…
Achema, Lithuania’s biggest fertiliser manufacturer based in Jonava, has announced it is stopping its plant as of September 1 due to high prices of natural gas, one of the key ingredients. For the time being, only the production of resins and technical gases will be maintained. “In the current market situation, most Western fertiliser producers…
A poll of economy experts and public figures has ranked Nerijus Maciulis, a chief economist at Swedbank, as the most influential person in Lithuania’s business. The ranking was published by Delfi.lt on August 24. Vidmantas Janulevicius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, comes in second in the poll, followed by Arvydas Avulis, a businessman…
Lithuania will send two rotations of instructors to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian troops there, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on August 23. “I can confirm that Lithuania will send two rotations of 15 instructors each to the UK for the basic training of Ukrainian troops. This further increases Lithuania’s contribution to the…
There should be no problems with payments for the transit of Russian goods via Lithuania to Kaliningrad from September 1, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Lansbergis has said. “Based on the information I am aware of, settlement issues should be resolved,” Lansbergis told reporters at the Seimas on August 23. There are no sanctions on payments for…