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,…
The foreign direct investments (FDIs) in Georgia in 2021 amounted to $1.1 billion, up 2-fold YoY, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported. In particular, the FDIs in Georgia in the fourth quarter of 2021 amounted to $411.3 million, up by 35.3% QoQ. Meanwhile, the re-investments in total FDIs in Georgia in 2021 amounted to $760.5…
The Government abolished measures of state control and market surveillance during martial law. From now on, both scheduled and unscheduled business inspections are halted. This will ensure the stable operation of enterprises under martial law. At the same time, if there is a threat to human rights, legitimate interests, life and health, protection of the…
Following war in Ukraine, the central Bank of Lithuania will revise the existing growth forecasts for this year, its board chairman Gediminas Simkus has confirmed, adding that new estimates will be released on March 22. Inflation is now being affected by changes in the international environment, the central banker said. Annual inflation in Lithuania reached…
In 2021, there were 24.4 thousand job vacancies in Latvia, up by 4.9 thousand or by 25.3% YoY. There were 15.9 thousand job vacancies in the private sector and 8.6 thousand in the public sector. During the year, the number of job vacancies in the private sector increased by 4.2 thousand or by 35.8%, while…
Average monthly earnings in Georgia increased by 149.1 GEL ($46.5 or EUR 42) in the fourth quarter of 2021, by 11.3% YoY, and amounted to 1,463.8 GEL ($456.5 or EUR 412.7), data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. The highest monthly earnings were observed in the following fields: financial and insurance activities…
Reforms planned in state-owned enterprises, energy market development, energy security and development of human capital were in the focus of a meeting between Lasha Khutsishvili, the Georgian Finance Minister, Yevgeniy Zhukov, the Director General for Central and West Asia of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Shane Rosenthal, the ADB Country Director for Georgia. During…