Poland’s population is expected to decline to 32.5 million in 2060 from 37.9 million in 2022 according to a demographic forecast by the Finance Ministry published by social insurer ZUS. The population will drop further to 28.3 million until 2080, which means it will be smaller by 25.5% than today, the ministry writes. Poland’s working…
China’s stance towards Lithuanian companies has been softening for some time now, Vidmantas Janulevicius, president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), has said. “There has been lately a certain softening toward the export of Lithuanian goods to China,” Janulevicius said. According to him, talks have started about resuming exports of Lithuanian goods to China.…
Entrepreneurs whose businesses are aimed at restoring the sectors of the economy most affected by war will be able to apply for participation in the Impact Business accelerator. On January 17, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Ministry of Digital Transformation jointly with its partners presented an in-depth Impact Business acceleration program. The…
On January 18, Lithuanian IoT company Teltonika IoT Group and Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute signed a deal, worth 14 million euros, to share semiconductor chip technology. Under the agreement, Teltonika will acquire the right to use the licences for semiconductor chip manufacturing technologies and devices developed by the Taiwanese institute. Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry will…
Lithuanian government on January 18 renounced the agreement signed with Belarus 16 years ago on the principles of cross-border cooperation. The Interior Ministry, which initiated the process, says the implementation of this agreement is impossible in the existing geopolitical situation and will not be possible in the near future. “This would also be an expression…
51 projects within the European Village National Programme were successfully finished last year. Their overall value is 59 million lei (2.95 million euros). Thus, 251 mayoralties received money for the works carried out, the National Office for Regional and Local Development (ONDRL) reported. As many as 490 out of the total number of 492 projects,…
Some EU member states are ready to increase their financial assistance to Ukraine, Lithuanian Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste has said after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels. Ukraine is estimated to need more than 40 billion euros in aid this year to maintain schools, hospitals and other essential services. The EU plans to…