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,”…
The Lithuanian government has backed significant changes to the traffic rules with novelties such as cycling streets, A+ driving lanes and special traffic lights for public transport. The government passed the amendments on September 15. According to the planned changes from June 2022, some streets in town centers and resorts can be designated as “bicycle…
From September 13, 186 supermarkets in Lithuania require clients to have the national Covid certificate, the Opportunity Pass (Galimybiu Pasas). On the first day of the new rules, shops reported a drop in revenue with some conflicts erupting at the door between clients and workers checking the passes. Maxima, one of the biggest chains, saw…
Siauliai Airport in northern Lithuania has become the parking lot for dozens of passenger airliners to be reconfigured into cargo carriers. The long-range passenger airliner Airbus A340 is a rare sight at the airports of the Baltic States. However, several of such planes are currently parked at Siauliai airport, where they are being reconfigured to…
Lithuania has from September 13 introduced new restrictions to present the country’s own or the pan-EU Covid-19 certificate to enter a sleeve of indoor public spaces. Yet the documents will not be required in intercity public transport. The Lithuanian opportunity pass is issued to people, who have recovered from Covid-19 in the past 180 days,…
Lithuania’s parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs expressed its support to the actions of the Lithuanian Government with respect to China. Zygimantas Pavilionis, the committee’s chairman, said after the meeting that Lithuania might even benefit from China’s sanctions over time. “I think Lithuania will benefit from these sanctions, as can be seen from the example of…