EconomyOn 15 October 2015, Lithuania issued EUR 1.5 billion dual-tranche Eurobond (EUR 750 million each). Experts note that this is the biggest amount borrowed by Lithuania for the longest term and under the cheapest interest rate. In 2014, 27.3% of Lithuania's population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion2015-10-18, 18:41In 2014, 27.3% of Lithuania's population or 800,000 people were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, in comparison with 28.3% (910,000) in 2008, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), reports. France's Teleperformance, the worldwide leader in outsourced multichannel customer experience management, is planning to open its first service centre in Lithuania. The company will create over 2,000 new jobs. On October 16th, nearly EUR 300 million worth Rail Baltica line from Poland to Kaunas, Lithuania was officially opened, however, it is hard to say when passengers can actually use it. Swedbank Group was recognised as the Most Valuable Enterprise in the Baltics in 2015. The Group's value in a year grew by 22% and amounted to EUR 3.9 billion. The results were announced in Riga where the TOP10 most valuable companies in the Baltic States were presented. President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the inauguration of the Nasdaq technology and business support competence center as well as a new office of the stock exchange Nasdaq Vilnius and the Lithuanian Central Securities Depository in Vilnius. In the first nine months of 2015 real estate developers sold 2,650 new apartments in Vilnius, 8% more compared with the same period last year. Supply in a year increased by 26%, to 4,200 apartments. Pursuant to preliminary data as of the 5th of October 2015 the cargo handling turnover in Klaipeda Seaport in September of 2015 increased by 11,2% or by 356,6 thou. tn to 3,54 mln tn comparing with September of 2014. It is absolutely the best September within the entire history of Klaipeda Seaport. Statistics Lithuania informs that in September 2015, compared to August, prices for consumer goods and services increased by 0.6%. In September 2015, annual (September 2015, against September 2014) deflation stood at 1% (in September 2014, against September 2013, deflation stood at 0.1%). In the second quarter of 2015, the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Lithuania amounted to EUR 65.23 million, or 3.5 times more than in the same period a year ago. |
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