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Construction sector continues to dig out, albeit slowly (3)
2011-05-31 10:20
Estonian construction companies saw a 34 percent year-on-year growth in volumes in the first quarter of 2011 but are ...
Shale gas drilling could start in a few years (2)
2011-05-30 10:20
Industrial production of shale gas in western Lithuania could start in few years, scientists predict.The value of the ...
Estonia has highest portion of working students in EU (3)
2011-05-30 09:53
A new report published by the Human Rights Center states that 66 percent of Estonian university students are holding ...
Study: executives make too many decisions for others (5)
2011-05-27 09:29
A management study commissioned by Enterprise Estonia paints an unflattering picture of the country's executives as ...
Full steam ahead on US cargo (5)
2011-05-26 10:57
After almost six months of carrying cargo from the USA bound for Afghanistan via the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, both ...
Danspin makes 40 mln litas investment
2011-05-25 14:36
Danspin, a Danish carpet and wool spinning company, will invest more than 40 million litas (11.6 million euros) into ...
Sanitas deal done for 1 billion litas
2011-05-25 09:06
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is expected to pay almost 1 billion litas (275 million euros) for an 87.2 percent ...
Visaginas deals powering forward (3)
2011-05-24 08:43
Lithuania is soon to find out which companies are willing to invest in the new nuclear power plant in Visaginas. According ...
Nordea revises growth forcasts (1)
2011-05-20 09:10
The largest Nordic and Baltic financial group Nordea has for the second time increased the projections for Lithuania’s ...
"50 km/h is not 21st century speed" (2)
2011-05-19 12:17
Central and Eastern Europe are falling behind because of their poor transport networkds, the Vice Minister of Foreign ...
Fuel prices already hit ceiling (1)
2011-05-18 09:01
High oil prices earlier this year led to falling fuel consumption in all three Baltic states Vice President of Neste ...
Webmedia buys Finnish software firm CCC (2)
2011-05-17 08:43
Estonia's largest software developer, Webmedia Group, announced on May 16 that it has bought a 97 percent stake in the ...
Virtual Garden wins startup competition
2011-05-16 08:43
A business project called Virtual Garden, which allows anyone to become a gardener from the comfort of their own living ...
Forbes: US should copy Baltic states (1)
2011-05-13 16:32
"Let’s copy the Baltic nations and really cut spending," is what the influential US based Forbes magazine web site call ...
Government enterprises need to report projections (1)
2011-05-12 09:35
Government owned companies and assets such as the forestry industry and the railroad company will now have to submit ...
Skype centre should stay in Estonia, says MP
2011-05-12 09:15
High-profile IT entrepreneur and Reform Party MP Andrei Korobeinik has expressed hope that Microsoft will leave Skype's ...
Socially responsible companies awarded
2011-05-12 09:01
Thirteen Lithuanian and foreign companies contributing to the creation of social well-being and reduction of negative ...
Nuclear plant investor deal imminent (3)
2011-05-11 10:49
Lithuania will soon find out who will invest into the country’s new nuclear power plant at Visaginas, Prime Minster ...
Cherry to dominate Baltic online market
2011-05-10 10:33
Cherry Media, an Estonian startup that auctions cheap offers online, is expanding its services to other Baltic countries, ...
Entrepreneurs market first self-growing plants (1)
2011-05-09 08:58
A gardening convention in Tallinn's Pirita district is exhibiting the world's first mass-produced, automatic potted ...
Western Union opens centre in Vilnius
2011-05-06 09:22
Global money transfer giant Western Union officially opened their new European Regional Operating Centre on May 5, marking ...
Fitch ups Lithuania's ratings
2011-05-05 09:20
The Fitch Ratings agency increased Lithuania’s outlook from stable to positive and affirmed its long-term foreign currency ...
Ilves, Juncker: all members answerable for eurozone stability
2011-05-04 08:50
The Eurozone is not suffering from a crisis, however, it is up to member states to make it stronger and more of a success, ...
More than half of Lithuanians use internet banking
2011-05-03 16:08
Half of Lithuania’s adult population is using Internet banking services, and the number of such users is rising fast, ...
Australian cafe chain seeking Lithuanian franchisees
2011-04-29 08:41
Representatives of the Gloria Jean‘s Coffees, are exploring Lithuania’s market and will come to Vilnius to look for ...
Swedbank posts first quarter profits (1)
2011-04-28 20:10
During the first quarter of 2011 the Lithuanian branch of Swedbank posted a net profit of 170 million litas (49 million ...
Čili abandons India expansion plans
2011-04-28 09:12
Due to a lack of reliable local partners in the county, plans to enter the Indian market by the Lithuanian "Čili Holdings" ...
PM: we will only buy safe nuclear energy
2011-04-28 08:58
The Baltic States will buy only safely generated nuclear energy from third countries, Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius ...
Grybauskaite invests in government bonds
2011-04-27 17:52
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite invested into government bonds in 2010 and 2011, ekonomika.lt news portal reported. ...
S&P: Estonia is on a roll
2011-04-26 09:01
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) raised Estonia's outlook to positive.The country's entrance into the Eurozone, ...
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