On 25–26 November, the 2013 SME Assembly will be organised by the Ministry of Economy of Lithuania and the European Commission. During the Assembly, the main focus will be directed towards the issues related to SME access to finance, improvement of business environment, responsible business, green economy, impact by digital technologies, smart regulation and ...

Media representatives are invited to register to the Vilnius Innovation Forum ‘Innovation Drift’ to take place on 4-6 December (Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva, Konstitucijos ave. 20, Vilnius, Lithuania). The Media participation at the Forum is subject to accreditation. If you plan to attend, please fill out the accreditation form on the Forum’s website ...

“There is no Planet B,” – this is the motto of Peter Boyd, associate of Sir Richard Branson, who will be one of the keynote speakers at the Vilnius Innovation Forum “Innovation Drift”, organized by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania along with the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology in Vilnius on 4-6 December.

On 29 October, the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union organized a Panel Discussion on Smart Regulation for SMEs, attended by Brussels-based European business organizations, representatives of companies, EU institutions and diplomats.  The event focused on impact of regulation on medium-sized enterprises in Europe and possible ...

In the World Bank‘s Report Doing Business 2014, which has been announced today, 29 October, and which offers the evaluation of business conditions in 189 report-covered economies, Lithuania  is upped from 27 to 17 position. Against other EU Member States Lithuania ranks 6. Lithuania succeeded to improve its ...

On 17 October, the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania Evaldas Gustas opened the 12th European Tourism Forum ‘Tourism – a Force for Economic Growth, Social Change and Welfare’.

On 17-18 October, the 12th European Tourism Forum ‘Tourism – a Force for Economic Growth, Social Change and Welfare’ is to be held in Vilnius. Forum participants will discuss the benefits of tourism for the European Union (EU) economy and competitiveness, the diversity of tourism products, closer cooperation, the future of tourism and tax ...

The conference ‘Mutual Recognition: Boosting the Single Market’ was held in Vilnius on 15 October. The representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, Lithuanian authorities, science and business people exchanged views on the problems ...

During the Lithuanian EU Council Presidency, on 11 October, the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) unanimously approved the agreement reached during the debates with the European Parliament on the updated eight product safety directives. Amendments to the directives will provide clearer labeling of products, less red tape for industry and more ...

The conference ‘Mutual Recognition: Boosting the Single Market’ is to be held in Vilnius on 15 October. The event is organized by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania, ‘BusinessEurope’ and the Lithuanian confederation of industrialists LPK. The aim of the conference is to discuss the problems ...

On 4-6 December 2013 the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania along with the Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology will hold the first Vilnius Innovation Forum ‘Innovation Drift’ in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Sir Timothy John Berners−Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, who is coming to the Baltic States for the first time, ...

More than 200 participants attended the 13th European Corporate Governance Conference, which was held in Vilnius on 8-9 October. The conference focused on active participation of shareholders in corporate governance.