Lithuania

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Karolis Broga

The State Security Department (VSD) has examined the ties of Aivaras Stumbras, the son-in-law and business partner of former president Rolandas Paksas, which may pose a threat to national security. According to investigative journalists from the public broadcaster LRT, Stumbras’ business projects ha...

Григорий Поташенко, историк, Вильнюсский университет

В 2005 году Генеральная Ассамблея ООН провозгласила 27 января, день освобождения Освенцима, Международным днем памяти жертв Холокоста. В Литве День геноцида литовских евреев отмечается также 23 сентября — в день, когда в 1943 году началась депортация евреев из ликвидированного Вильнюсского гетто.

Justina Vaišvilaitė-Braziulienė

Swedbank has reported a net profit of EUR 361 million in Lithuania last year, which is 152% more than in 2022. The rise in the profit is due to significant growth in the corporate loan portfolio, high private client activity, the European Central Bank’s monetary policy and other reasons, the bank sa...

The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.9% in December 2023, up from 2.4% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 9.2%. European Union annual inflation was 3.4% in December 2023, up from 3.1% in November. A year earlier, the rate was 10.4%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistica...

Karolis Broga

On 8-14 January, compared with the previous week, the wholesale electricity price in Lithuania dropped by 49% and on average was EUR 103.01/MWh. In Latvia, electricity price decreased by 49% as well, while in Estonia it slumped 58% and in both countries stood at EUR 102.73/MWh.

In the third quarter of 2023, house prices, as measured by the House Price Index, fell by 2.1% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU compared with the same quarter of the previous year. In the second quarter of 2023, house prices fell by 1.5% and 0.9% in the euro area and EU, respectively. These fi...