In 2013, entrepreneurs were provided LTL 15.8 million (EUR 4.6 million) in loans from the Entrepreneurship Promotion Fund (VSF) – by 35% more year-on-year, when LTL 11.7 million (EUR 3.4 million) were allocated.

The preliminary sales revenues of the Lithuania-based oil company during twelve months of 2013 comprise 127.1 million litas (36.8 million euros) and are lower by 8.5% compared to the same period of 2012 (138.9 litas or 40.2 million euros), Klaipedos Nafta said in a statement.

The consolidated sales of the company Vilkyskiu Pienine for December 2013 amounted to LTL 31.6 million (EUR 9.2 million) – 29% increase comparing to December 2012.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in December 2013, average annual inflation (2013, against 2012) calculated based on the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP), which is methodologically harmonised with those of other EU member states, stood at 1.2%.

According to Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius, Lithuania was to have the euro in 2015.

Statistics Lithuania informs that in December 2013, compared to November, prices for the total industrial production sold decreased by 0.3%, refined petroleum products excluded – by 0.5%.

The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate3 was 12.1% in November 2013, stable since April4. The EU281 unemployment rate was 10.9%, stable since May4. In both zones, the rates increased compared with November 2012, when they were 11.8% and 10.8% respectively. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced that it carried 13.5 million passengers in 2013, representing growth of 12% year on year, with an average load factor of 86%, the official website of Wizz Air informs.

A company ASHBURN International owned by a group of companies Penki Kontinentai has offered the Lithuanian market prepayment checks Paysafecard, which can be used to pay for goods and services purchased online, says the company in a statement.

Salaries for the Members of the Seimas in Lithuania will become larger since the amendment adopted in December 2013 assured that from January salaries for MPs will increase averagely by LTL 2,000 (EUR 579).