On March 24, Vilnius City Council decided to provide a one-off payment of 252 euros for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The one-off payment will be available to people who have fled Ukraine as a result of the Russian aggression and settled in Vilnius. They will be able to receive the allowance before they…
Lithuania’s state-owned gas supply company Ignitis says it will stop buying Gazprom’s gas and will make no payments to the Russian government-owned group after president Pootin said Russia would only accept payments in rubles for gas deliveries to EU countries. “We are not planning any payments to Gazprom, so it is not relevant for us,”…
Lithuania will provide 10 million euros in military aid to Ukraine, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on March 23. “We will continue to provide our assistance and we are capable of continuing doing so swiftly. We have decided to allocate at least 10 million euros, but that amount could also be higher,” Nauseda told reporters…
Hungarian airline Wizz Air has launched three new routes from Vilnius and Kaunas and resumed flights to five more destinations. Flights to Barcelona and Athens have been available since March 21. Meanwhile, the airline will fly from Kaunas to Eindhoven from March 28. The company said it was also resuming flights to Belfast in Northern…
Taiwan will offer strategic proposals to Lithuania’s semiconductor industry, according to Eric Huang, head of the Taiwanese representation office in Vilnius. “We are going to talk with a lot of companies, research centres and government institutions and we will form some of the suggestions of strategies for Lithuanian companies and government of the semiconductor industry,”…
On March 22, Lithuanian lawmakers gave their initial backing to proposed amendments on one-off payments to highly qualified Ukrainians and other nationals who were fleeing war. MPs accepted the proposed amendments to the Law on Employment, expected to help attract more highly qualified professionals from abroad and help skilled refugees from Ukraine. The amendments will…
Several dozen Taiwanese officials, businesspeople and scientists started their visit in Lithuania on March 21, as the two countries looked to expand economic cooperation in areas like semiconductors. They are scheduled to meet with Lithuanian business and government representatives and discuss specific locations where joint semiconductor and other companies could be set up in Lithuania,…