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The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.4% in March 2024, down from 2.6% in February. A year earlier, the rate was 6.9%. European Union annual inflation was 2.6% in March 2024, down from 2.8% in February. A year earlier, the rate was 8.3%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical o...

In March 2024, compared with February 2024, the wholesale price of electricity decreased by 9% in Lithuania to EUR 68.29/MWh. In Latvia and Estonia, electricity prices decreased by 10% in a month to EUR 68.26/MWh.

Average wholesale electricity price decreased by 11% in Lithuania last week and was the lowest this year, shows data published by Litgrid, Lithuania’s electricity transmission system operator.

In January 2024, compared with December 2023, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU).

Data of Go Vilnius, tourism and business development agency of Vilnius city, shows that in 2023 Lithuania’s capital was visited by nearly 1.2 million guests. The majority of visitors were from Europe and the United States.

In October 2023, the number of employees receiving minimum monthly wage (MMW) and lower gross earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) amounted to 122 thousand and it was 10.2 percent of total number of employees (0.5 percentage point more compared to October 2022). The majori...

In February 2024, compared with January 2024, wholesale electricity price in Lithuania was by 36% lower and stood at EUR 74.78/MWh. Electricity price in Latvia dropped by 36% to EUR 74.78/MWh, while in Estonia it dropped by 40% to EUR 75.52/MWh.

The number of foreign workers is rapidly growing in Lithuania. In a year, their number increased by 56,000 and is now nearing 142,000, show data of the Employment Service.

In the fourth quarter of 2023, in the Capital Region, average gross monthly earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises excluded) was EUR 2,319.5, an increase of 4.6% from a quarter before, the State Data Agency reports.

In January, total industrial production increased by 7.1 percent, reports Lithuania’s State Data Agency.

Fewer Belarusians arrived in Lithuania in recent months and one of the reasons behind this is tighter restrictions and changing priorities of Lithuanian employers, says Director of the Migration Department Evelina Gudzinskaitė.

In 2022, there were almost 7.3 million female scientists and engineers in the EU, 310 500 more than in 2021, accounting for 41% of total employment in science and engineering, reports Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

On 29 January-4 February, compared with the previous week, the wholesale price of electricity in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia fell by 21% and stood at EUR 64.4/MWh on average.

The unemployment rate stood at 7.4% in Lithuania in the fourth quarter of 2023, up by 1.2% from the quarter before, reports the State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), citing the data of the Labour Force Survey.

Based on the data of the Police Department, the number of road traffic fatalities increased by 30% in 2023, compared with 2022.

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...

The latest report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) indicates that Lithuania ranks last in the net pension replacement rate – net pension entitlement divided by net pre-retirement earnings – reports public broadcaster LRT.

Last year, nearly 2,000 new residents were officially registered in Vilnius district. The latest data of the Centre of Registers indicates that 116,579 people live in Vilnius district.

According to Statistics Estonia, more than 222,000 tourists stayed in accommodation establishments in November 2023, which is 1% less than in November 2022 and 11% less than in October 2023. Year on year, accommodation establishments hosted fewer foreign as well as domestic tourists, Statistics Esto...

In November 2023, compared to October, construction input prices in Lithuania grew by 0.2 percent, the State Data Agency said on Thursday.