#Lithuania

Lithuanian FM to discuss U.S. tariffs, Ukraine aid with EU counterparts in Brussels

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys is participating in a meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday. According to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, [..]

Experts overlook the purpose of Lithuania’s tax reform, highlight risks to personal income tax collection

With Lithuania’s Finance Ministry forecasting that the latest tax reform will contribute around 340 million euros to the Defense Fund next year and more than 500 million euros annually in [..]

Lithuanian President invites Cyprus to open embassy

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has invited Cyprus to open its Baltic embassy in the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius. “I am aware of Cyprus’ plans to establish an embassy in [..]

Lithuanian ministry seeking additional funding for border with Russia

Lithuanian Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovic has announced that his country needs an estimated EUR 120 million to ramp up security along its border with Russia. “The total amount exceeds EUR [..]

A dialogue between classical and contemporary works in Tartle’s new exhibition in Vilnius

A new exhibition, titled In the Shadow of Knowledge. Sculpture Pre-Context has been opened at the Lithuanian Art Centre Tartle, offering a fresh perspective on sculpture, not only as a [..]

Malta to block gambling access as part of deal with Lithuanian regulator

Lithuania’s Gaming Control Authority (GCA) is expected to remove Betway Limited from its list of illegal gambling operators after the Maltese-based company, which is not licenced in Lithuania, agreed to [..]

Lithuanian PM discusses ties between Lithuania, Taiwan

Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has said that it is a “big mistake” to present Lithuania’s ties with Taiwan as economically beneficial, arguing that the relationship is more about values [..]

Satellite company plans expansion in Vilnius

Kongsberg NanoAvionics is a Lithuanian company which manufactures small satellites, and its currently looking for a place to expand in Vilnius since receiving a major order from the US-based space [..]

Lithuanian avionics group raises new investments

WeSky is a Lithuanian startup which has developed an in-seat charging solution for airplanes. The company has now attracted another EUR 1.036 million in investment from the Coinvest Capital venture [..]

Lithuanian retail sales lower than EU average in March

Lithuania experienced retail sales growth in March that was below the EU average when compared to the same month in 2024, according to the latest Eurostat figures, which were released [..]

Lithuanian Interior Ministry: almost 62,000 people download LT72 app in first month since launch

The LT72 mobile app for public emergency preparedness has been downloaded by nearly 62,000 people in its first month since launch. According to the Lithuanian Ministry of the Interior, the [..]

Lithuania’s personal income tax progressiveness should be ‘moderate’ – president

As the Finance Ministry proposes raising income taxes for some private individuals, President Gitanas Nausėda has expressed support for a moderately progressive tax system with a lower top rate than [..]

Lithuanian border guards reveal new helicopter

Lithuanian border guards planned to unveil a new helicopter which will escort trains under the Kaliningrad Special Transit Scheme, thus ensuring a rapid response to any potential incidents. “The helicopter [..]

Lithuania seeking to boost LNG imports from United States

Lithuanian Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas, was in Washington DC this week, and he believes that his country could ramp up the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United [..]

Search continues for US soldiers in Lithuania

Crews working overnight at a military training area in eastern Lithuania removed some silt in the area where a missing vehicle carrying US troops was lost, but water is continuing [..]

Lithuanian firm purchases Danish company

A Lithuanian E-commerce company including the brand names Furniture1 and Baldai1 has announced that it is purchasing My Home, which is a Danish chain of furniture stores that has been [..]

Tesla opens its 1st Baltic center in Vilnius

US electric car giant Tesla is expanding its presence in Lithuania and the Baltic states by launching permanent services and opening its first sales and service center, following the introduction [..]

Lithuanian president sure Baltic power grid switch will go smoothly

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has said that he is sure that the synchronisation of Baltic electricity grids with the Western European system will proceed smoothly this weekend, adding that most [..]

Lithuania records lowest emigration level since 1990

Lithuania recorded its lowest emigration figures last year since the restoration of its independence in 1990, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. It was citing preliminary data from the [..]

Lithuania calls for enhanced NATO patrols in the Baltic Sea

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys has called on NATO to step up patrols in the Baltic Sea and on the European Union to retaliate now that another cable has been [..]

Lithuania prepared to host more American troops

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys spoke by phone to his new counterpart in the United States, Marco Rubio, last Friday. Budrys said that Lithuania is entirely prepared host more American [..]

Lithuanian minister discusses Rail Baltica links between Lithuania and Poland

Lithuanian Transportation Minister Eugenijus Sabutis believes that it will be realistic to install the Rail Baltica European standard-gauge railway between Lithuania and Poland by 2030, because the link will be [..]

Lithuanian, Finnish company investment approved

Atsinaujinancios Energetikos Investicijos, which is managed by the investment management firm Lords LB Asset Management, has partnered with Taaleri Energia from Finland to obtain permission to acquire 50% of PV [..]

Study: Lithuania, other Western countries still exporting war tech to Russia

Lithuania’s public radio station LRT reported last Friday that in 2023, Lithuania and other countries from the West exported technologies to Russia which could be used in Moscow’s artillery attack [..]

Lithuanian prime minister promises no halt to electricity services

Amid reports of potential sabotage that is targeted at strategic infrastructure in the region, including energy facilities, Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas has sought to assure consumers in his country [..]

Google removes Russian channels at Lithuanian request

Google has removed 201 blocked Websites of EU-sanctioned Russian TV programmes from its search engine, the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTC) said on Tuesday. The agency added that Google [..]

Lithuania to propose a joint Baltic power plant to Estonia and Latvia

Lithuanian Minister of Energy Žygimantas Vaičiūnas stated on Thursday that Lithuania will propose the construction of a new power plant to Latvia and Estonia to ensure flexible electricity production and [..]

Loan issued for construction of solar plants in Lithuania

The Luminor Bank has announced a EUR 25 million loan to Nala Renewables, which is a global renewable energy investment and development company and has been granted a 45-megawatt (MW) [..]

Forecast: Lithuanian unemployment to rise

Lithuania’s labour market barometer stood at 96.6 points in December, or three points lower than in November. The European Labour Market Barometer, for its part, edged downward by 0.1 points [..]

Danish company to build battery storage park in Lithuania

The Danish renewable energy company European Energy has announced plans to build a 12-megawatt (MW) battery storage facility near the northwestern Lithuanian town of Telšiai and to link it to [..]

Lithuanian leads in online payments in euro zone, people still use cash

Lithuanians buy and pay for items online more than people in other euro zone countries, but cash still remains important. This according to a recent survey by the European Central [..]

Lithuanian Public Security Service expands areas of protection

Lithuania’s Public Security Service (PSS) will be charged next year with protecting LitPol Link facilities in Alytus, the NordBalt infrastructure in Klaipeda, the Litgrid data centre in Vilnius, and a [..]

Completion of Rail Baltica by the set deadline depends on the ability of the three Baltic States to cooperate efficiently and co-ordinately

Authored by journalist Ain Alvela. The construction of the Rail Baltica high-speed railway, designed to connect Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with Europe, has entered the construction phase across all three [..]

Tsahkna to Landsbergis: We will not simply watch as Russia is acting arbitrarily on our territory

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis was on a visit to Estonia, meeting with Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna to discuss further cooperation between their countries, support for Ukraine, and regional security. [..]

Two Spaniards arrested for planning terrorist attack in Lithuania

Lithuanian law enforcement officials have detained two Spanish nationals and charged them with planning to carry out an act of terrorism in the country, prosecutors announced on Tuesday. The Prosecutor-General’s [..]

Lithuanian advisor: Baltic Sea patrols need strengthening

In the wake of two undersea fibre-optic cables being damaged, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda’s chief national security advisor called on Tuesday for the country to increase its intelligence capacities and [..]

Lithuania launching new bid for tenders for offshore wind farm

Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council on Monday launched a new bid for tenders on the development of a second 700 MW offshore wind park in the Baltic Sea, with a [..]

Telia company in Lithuania to lay off 153 employees

Telia Global Services Lithuania, which is the Vilnius-based competency subsidiary of Sweden’s Telia Company, has announced that it is laying off 153 of its employees as part of an attempt [..]

LNG terminal to contribute millions to Lithuanian economy: CEO

During its ten years of operations, the Klaipeda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal has generated major benefits for Lithuania’s economy and the country’s consumers, Darius Silenskis, CEO of KN Energies [..]

Lithuanian officials conducting international probe of DHL parcels

Lithuanian law enforcement officials have refused to comment on German media reports about a person who was detained in Lithuania on charges of sending out self-igniting parcels. The original report [..]

Lithuanian company to participate in offshore wind farm auction

Lithuania’s state-owned energy group Ignitis Group has announced its decision to take part in a second offshore wind farm tender for the right to develop around 700 MW of offshore [..]

Ryanair planning new hangar in Kaunas

The Irish budget airline Ryanair has announced plans to permanently base a third aircraft at Kaunas Airport in Lithuania next year. Part of the plan is to build another aircraft [..]

Decathlon Lithuania eyeing further expansion in Baltics

Decathlon Lithuanian operates French sports and leisure shops in Lithuania, and it is planning to expand further into the Baltic region and particularly Estonia. The company also plans to focus [..]

Experts don’t expect fuel, gas prices in Lithuania to rise

Ongoing unrest in the Middle East should not have a significant effect on the price of natural gas and oil products in Lithuania, according to the director of the Lithuanian [..]

Lithuanians expecting lower energy prices from EU

The latest Eurobarometer poll, which was published in Monday, shows that many Lithuanians expect the European Union to do better at co-ordinating energy issues – 71% of Lithuanians, as against [..]

Lithuania to help with restoration of Bucha, Borodyanka in Ukraine

Lithuania has developed an interactive 3D platform that will help to rebuild the Ukrainian cities of Bucha and Borodyanka, both of which were heavily damaged by Russian attacks. The platform [..]

Key facts about Northrop Grumman as it plans to produce ammunition in Lithuania – BNS REVIEW

As US defense giant Northrop Grumman plans to install a production line for 30 mm caliber ammunition within the territory of Lithuania’s Giraites Ginkluotes Gamykla, the country’s small caliber ammunition [..]

Germany’s DATAGROUP opens branch in Lithuania’s Kaunas, to hire 50 people

DATAGROUP, a German IT service company, has recently established a branch in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, DATAGROUP Operations Lithuania. Initially, it plans to hire up to 30 people and [..]

Financial Times: TPG in talks to buy stake in Lithuania’s Vinted

TPG, a US private equity group, is in talks to acquire a stake in Vinted, a Lithunian online peer-to-peer platform second-hand fashion platform, valuing the whole company 5 billion euros, [..]

Play Airlines to operate twice-weekly Vilnius-Reykjavik flights from next year

Iceland’s low-cost carrier Play Airlines is set to increase its flight frequency between Vilnius and Reykjavik to twice a week starting in mid-May next year, Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, [..]