Income inequality

Income inequality might go down in 2020

Income inequality might go down slightly in Lithuania this year but no major changes are expected, economists have told BNS.

Key economic and business events in Lithuania in 2020

BNS offers a look at what are likely to be key economic and business events in Lithuania in the year ahead.

Experts divided on how many people live in poverty

Lithuania's poverty indicators remain among the highest in the European Union, with one in five people at risk of poverty or social exclusion , according...

Nauseda suggests spending additional EUR 100 mln on pensioners and disabled

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has proposed to the country's Seimas to increase social security spending by additional 100 million euros next year...

Only Bulgaria has higher income inequality than Lithuania

The way income and wealth are distributed across society determines the extent to which individuals have equal access to the goods and services produced...

Gap between rich and poor: Lithuania on list of 15 countries with widest gap

D. Grybauskaitė: more decisive action against social exclusion must be taken

Government promises there will be three million of us once more, experts shrug

Vitas Vasiliauskas: the matter of income inequality will become only more acute next year

Karbauskis suspects that Grybauskaitė had a plan to replace him: "I know how it was being done"

R. Sotvarė-Šemetienė. The treacherous poverty metric

Lithuania's H1 immigration doubles, emigration down by almost a fourth

OECD membership to make Lithuania more attractive to investors – speaker

Romas Lazutka. The tax system is functioning, but only for the president and her favourites

OECD: Lithuania must solve demographic problems, ensure job quality

Presidential election forecast – new favourite rising

Larger wages and pensions: why we are increasingly behind Estonia

Vasiliauskas on pension reform: I’m no longer certain what’s happening

President: “Pseudoprojects instead of reform”

The future of Lithuanian social democracy is cared for

Lithuanians seek a very specific president after Grybauskaitė

Potential presidential candidates begin saying what voters want to hear

OECD rep: "Winner takes it all" ideology not suitable for Lithuania (1)

“Farmers” set the stage for V. Uspaskich and A. Guoga

N. Mačiulis. Economy up, citizen’s moods down. A Lithuanian phenomenon?

R. Karbauskis boasts of “Farmer” leftist leanings, A. Butkevičius says they lack knowledge

Good times for the Lithuanian economy, what about the Lithuanian people?

Immigration in Lithuania up in June-July y/y (Updated)

Lithuanian president: Govt-proposed tax reform will raise heating prices, income of rich

IMF calls upon Lithuania for full education restructuring