War in Ukraine: Lithuania is becoming the real crossroads of new European and NATO strategies, as it prepares for the presidential elections scheduled for May 12
The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have decided to ban the entry of Russian citizens from Russia and Belarus, to strengthen EU sanctions
Through its subsidiary Italferr, the Italian State Railways has been awarded a new contract for the construction of the infrastructure and the development of a new high-speed line in the Baltic Republics - The Rail Baltica project will improve…
Timely containment measures for the virus have helped the Baltic country's economy: real GDP is expected to decline by around 2,25% this year. Private consumption, the main contributors to growth, will remain strong thanks to higher minimum wages…
On January 2009, the Baltic Republic joins the currency union - It is the nineteenth EU state to join the monetary club and it arrives after a very rapid economic recovery - The severe crisis 10-XNUMX ended - The appreciation…
They fear retaliation from Moscow after the agreement on new NATO bases. And the "accidents" with the cumbersome neighbor they depend on for gas are already following one another. Latvia and Estonia have a strong Russian-speaking community. Lithuania with a drastic cure…
From Vilnius Draghi welcomes Lithuania to the euro - "Lithuania demonstrates that the adjustment is politically feasible, but we need to act courageously and quickly" - For the Eurozone, risks from geopolitics and government slowness on reforms - ECB…
The Baltic Republic has twice as much inbound investment as the regional average, twice as much as Estonia and almost 7 times as much as Latvia, thanks to growth in software, development and testing projects.
This is the message of the new EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs after the final decision to admit the Baltic country to the Eurozone starting from XNUMX January next.
The Lithuanian IPA aims to upgrade the skills the country needs, increasing training and workforce development and identifying structural gaps where added value can be developed.
The Baseline Profitability Index 2014 has been published by Foreign Policy magazine: if Botswana, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Qatar stand out globally, in the Old Continent Poland and Lithuania excel, with Greece and Italy in black jerseys.
In the document, the Commission evaluates the position of eight member states with respect to the possibility of entering the monetary union - The EU Executive therefore proposes "that the Council of Europe decides that Lithuania can adopt the euro from 2015 January XNUMX"
“My country has successfully fulfilled the task entrusted to it, thus demonstrating that it deserved the trust of Europe”, the President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaité claimed proudly before the European leaders in Brussels…
The experience of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania shows that three related variables are fundamental to attract FDI flows: deep structural reforms, their timing and the fight against corruption.
