2024-03-05
Capital and growth shine where efficiency rules
Progress in FDI attraction comes even within the public sector, where Wroclaw, Vilnius, Tallinn set a benchmark for business-friendliness.
Tag: investment
2024-03-02
The digital way breaks the burdens and boosts efficiency
Lithuania is optimizing the digital process to facilitate data collection, storage, analysis, aggregation, and reporting to the financial actors.
2024-02-24
Latvia is among the leaders in renewable energy use
Half of Latvia’s electricity in 2022 came from renewable sources (53.3%). And regarding renewable energy of all sorts, it ranks third in the EU.
2024-02-20
Environment is now a business worth the money return
Every euro invested in wetland restoration can generate a return between €8-€38 as future savings, with a positive impact on biodiversity and climate.
2024-02-17
Lithuania’s account rises, but there’s still way to go
In December, the surplus on the CAB increased thanks to a drop in the foreign trade deficit and a rise in the surplus balance of services.
2024-02-13
Poland: the goods trade deficit is still here
December data show a deficit of PLN 0.1bn in the country’s current account, with trade in goods declined the sharpest in 2023.
2024-02-10
Clean energy investments now pay attention to national defense
The ELWIND offshore wind park will provide electricity of at least 1000 megawatts and create at least 2800 new jobs in Latvia.
2024-02-06
Credit and deposits: loans are cheaper than in the EU
The Bank of Lithuania published a comparison of interest rates on loans of Lithuanian and euro area credit institutions and term deposits.
2024-02-03
Poland: one apple a day keeps the export awake
The value of the export of apples in January 2022 was $28,000, and a year later it increased by 50 times. The result for the whole of 2023 is almost $5 mln
2024-01-30
Banks’ profit will struggle alongside the economic performance
Profit as a share of assets was around 60% higher in 2023, but now interest- and administrative expenses are likely to grow, as well as overdue loans.