Every fifth resident in Lithuania lives below the poverty risk line, according to a new report by Lithuania’s National Network of Anti-Poverty Organisations. Figures from Lithuania’s statistics office showed some 585,000 people in the country lived below the poverty risk line in 2020. The poverty risk level stood at 20.9% in the country last year,…
Green Connect, an architectural project by the British firm Zaha Hadid Architects, has been deemed the best proposal for a new railway station complex in Vilnius, the city’s authorities say. Vilnius top architect Mindaugas Pakalnis says that Zaha Hadid Architects knows the Lithuanian capital well and has a lot of experience in designing such areas.…
Hungary’s low-cost airline Wizz Air is resuming flights between Vilnius and Paris from September 30. Wizz Air has said it will operate the service twice a week. In August, the airline announced plans to expand its aircraft fleet at Vilnius Airport and launch flights from the Lithuanian capital to Reykjavik in Iceland and Yerevan in…
Next week, Lithuania is planning to launch a tender for the construction of a 400-kilometer fence along the border with Belarus. Thirty-four companies from Lithuania, the United States, Israel, Luxembourg, Ukraine, Estonia and India have expressed interest in the upcoming tender. Fourteen of the firms have submitted comments and recommendations, Epso-G, the state-owned company implanting…
People struggling to pay their heating bills will be offered financial assistance, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said on September 21. The government will take into account the rising heating costs, which are due to grow by more than 50% for households, and “it will be reflected in the budget”, the prime minister told reporters. Price…
Some Lithuanian companies working with China say that their Chinese partners are not renewing or concluding new contracts amid worsening relations between Vilnius and Beijing, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has said. A survey of Lithuanian companies has shown that high-tech, agricultural and food processing, timber, textile and logistics companies have ties with China, according to…
Last year, direct investment of Lithuanian business in Ukraine amounted to EUR 180 million, mostly in the financial sector and trade. “Last year, Lithuanian business invested EUR 180 million in Ukraine, in particular, in financial sector, insurance, wholesale and retail trade. In addition, the trade turnover between our countries reached 1 billion 200 thousand euros,”…