Almost half of people in Lithuania have been or are saving money for the upcoming winter, while about a third cannot afford to save, according to a new poll by Vilmorus for BNS. Sales figures suggest that households are increasingly limiting their purchases, while soaring energy prices, inflation and financial uncertainty are pushing them to…
Online gambling businesses – including online casinos, slot machines and betting – will be subject to mandatory permits for specific types of operation, following the Georgian government’s reveal of amendments to the relevant law on November 28. According to the bill, online casino permits will be issued only to casino holders, with online slot machine…
Lithuanian businesses should make the most of the opportunities for cooperation with Taiwan’s market in the area of technology, says Paulius Lukauskas, head of the Lithuanian Trade Representative Office in Taipei that was opened earlier this month. “Taiwan has a huge technological and scientific potential, so I think the biggest opportunities to work with it…
Some 63% of Ukrainian exports were directed to the EU countries from January to October, with most of them reaching the central and eastern regions, Ukraine’s Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office said in a post on Facebook. “In the first ten months of 2022, 63% of all Ukrainian exports were directed to the EU countries,…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on November 28 said the public employment programme for the country’s socially vulnerable individuals had given jobs to about 30,000 people since March. Speaking about the programme – launched on his initiative last year – at the weekly government meeting, the PM said the country’s Health Ministry registry still included…
The Lithuanian government on November 28 dismissed Mantas Staskevicius from his job as director of the country’s State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) amid corruption suspicions. “There’s probably nothing much to discuss here. Mr. Staskevicius is being dismissed from his post as of today,” Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte told the cabinet. A week ago, Simonyte…
More than eight out of ten people in Lithuania think that the situation in the country is getting worse, according to a survey conducted by Baltijos Tyrimai for LRT. The survey, conducted in late October and early November, found 84% of the respondents pessimistic about how things were going in the country, while 15% thought…