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Lithuania and the European Commission have formally signed the country’s €884.2 million Social Climate Plan, moving the programme towards implementation. The plan combines €662.9 million from the EU Social Climate…
Lithuania’s government has approved legislative amendments aimed at expanding the role of alternative investment funds in financing companies and long-term projects, as Vilnius seeks to reduce the economy’s dependence on…
The Port of Klaipėda has launched the main construction tender for its southern expansion, moving Lithuania’s largest port development project towards creation of 100 hectares of new territory and 1.3…
Lithuania’s railway market is moving in two different directions: passenger traffic is growing while freight volumes continue to contract. Railways carried 3 million passengers in the first half of 2026,…
Lithuanian state-controlled companies are investing an additional €33.6 million into the structure participating in Rheinmetall’s ammunition plant project in Radviliškis district. Energy group EPSO-G will contribute €17.13 million, while state…
Lithuanian defence technology company RSI Europe plans to invest up to €50 million in a new defence systems production facility in Panevėžys district. The project is being developed under a…
Lithuanian investment manager Prosperus Asset Management has agreed to acquire the Ozas shopping and entertainment centre in Vilnius from NEPI Rockcastle for €200 million, in one of Lithuania’s largest commercial…
A Lithuanian court has given aviation maintenance company Aviabaltika until 31 December 2026 to demolish its buildings and remove the remaining materials from the territory of Kaunas Airport. The buildings…
ORLEN Lietuva has secured enough crude to maintain most of its maximum refinery production despite disruptions to Saudi Arabian supplies, according to Lithuanian Energy Agency head Agnė Bagočiutė. Three September…
The Bank of Lithuania has sharply upgraded its outlook for Lithuanian exports in 2026, while leaving its headline economic growth forecast unchanged. Exports of goods and services are now expected…
Lithuania has completed a major electricity connection for the €3.5 billion Teltonika High-Tech Hill project in Vilnius almost a year ahead of the original deadline. The new Kuprioniškės transformer substation…
Global tugboat operator Boluda Towage has established a company in Lithuania as it explores possible operations at the Port of Klaipėda. Boluda Towage Lithuania was registered in Vilnius on September…
Vilniaus Duona, part of Sweden’s Lantmännen Unibake group, has started producing three new portion-bread products in Vilnius for export to Denmark.
NATO fighter jets have shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace from the direction of Belarus, triggering air alerts and temporary restrictions at Vilnius Airport.
London-listed minerals group SigmaRoc has agreed to acquire Lithuanian dolomite producer AB Dolomitas for €110 million, strengthening a Baltic platform that already includes operations in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
The Lithuanian-owned accessories brand is combining Asian manufacturing inputs with design, printing, assembly and global fulfilment in Kaunas. Its new facility shows how a digital-first exporter is turning international demand into physical industrial capacity at home. Lithuanian accessories…
PhotoLithuania’s State Tax Inspectorate, VMI, has published its taxpayer rankings for the first quarter of 2026.
PhotoLithuania remains the strongest macro story in the Baltic region, but the June update from Lietuvos bankas makes the picture less simple than it looked in spring. The economy is still expected to grow, wages are projected to…
PhotoAraneta, the company behind the Baldų turgus furniture retail brand, has acquired a 16,000 sq. m logistics, showroom and office facility in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone for €16m. The buyer is not a logistics real estate fund…
PhotoMore than 600,000 Lithuanian real-estate register records, including personal identification codes, were allegedly copied after unauthorised users accessed the Register Centre through accounts linked to the Migration Department.
PhotoMaxima, Rimi, Lidl and IKEA are visible to Baltic consumers as retail brands. But behind those brands stand very different capital models.
PhotoLithuania is preparing to tighten gambling regulation at a moment when gambling is becoming part of a broader household-finance and regional-market question. The Finance Ministry plans to submit amendments to the Gambling Law during the Seimas spring session.…
PhotoLithuania returned to international capital markets on 13 May with a new €1bn 7.5-year Eurobond issue, bringing its total Eurobond borrowing this year to €3bn.
PhotoProsecutors are examining whether Paluckas and his wife acquired almost €345,000 in assets from income that could not be legally justified. Lithuania’s parliament has lifted the legal immunity of former prime minister and former Social Democratic leader Gintautas…
PhotoChina has lifted countermeasures against two Lithuanian banks, Urbo Bankas and Mano Bankas, after the European Union removed restrictions on two Chinese financial institutions. The decision took effect on 24 April 2026 and was framed by Beijing as…
PhotoDFDS will increase capacity on the Karlshamn–Klaipėda corridor by introducing the RoPax vessel from mid-September 2026, replacing Optima Seaways. The move raises both passenger and freight capacity on one of the key Baltic Sea links between Sweden and…
Photo🇱🇹Who lives well in Lithuania: who benefits — and who remains on minimum wage
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