Economy1 billion for the Lithuanian economy: the European Space Agency's business incubator launches2022-12-27, 14:15Ministry of the Economy and Innovation (EIMIN) is investing in the growth of the space industry and the promotion of space start-ups. The European Space Agency Business Incubator (ESA BIC Lithuania) is being set up in Lithuania to bring together space start-ups, provide them with technical and consultancy support and support the development of innovative products. The incubator's start-up funding until 2027 will come from a EUR 500,000 package of EUR 1 billion planned for the Lithuanian economy. LTG Infra, the company responsible for the implementation of the Rail Baltica project in Lithuania, has announced a new tender for construction works in Kėdainiai and Panevėžys District. The selected tenderer will form the track bed, and build engineering structures and local access roads for cars. Another stage of the spatial planning of the European gauge railway Rail Baltica is being finalised — the specific solutions for the Kaunas railway node have been approved. All interested parties will soon be invited to get acquainted with the engineering infrastructure planned in the special territorial planning document within a period of two months. Kaunas Airport has launched seven electric vehicle charging stations in the long-term parking lot next to the passenger terminal. Lithuanian Airports representatives say they plan to further expand charging stations in the upcoming years at all airports in Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga, and the charging stations will be easily accessible and suitable for both charging of regular transport in the airport's vicinity and as a pay-as-you-go option for businesses operating on the airport's premises. The Bank of Lithuania has started publishing more data on loans granted to businesses, households and the general government by commercial banks operating in Lithuania, their subsidiaries, and foreign bank branches collected in the Loan Risk Database – national Central Credit Register. The Bank of Lithuania published the balance of payments for October 2022, which shows that: 1 billion euro for the Lithuanian economy, and nearly €19 million – for the integration of state data into the data lake2022-12-17, 10:19In Lithuania, citizens and businesses can access more than 95% of services digitally. The Ministry of the Economy and Innovation (EIMIN) will continue to invest in digitisation. The latest investments have been planned for moving public sector data into a common space to enable its operational use for a wide range of analytical purposes and to be opened up to the public. MEPs push for a reform of the EU budget to respond more effectively to evolving needs, address funding gaps, and increase flexibility and crisis responsiveness. Lithuanian energy storage system named most sustainable energy investment of the year by “Environmental Finance”2022-12-15, 16:06The international sustainable finance and investment publication “Environmental Finance” has named Energy Cells’ 200 megawatt (MW) energy storage facility system project as the most sustainable energy investment of 2022 globally. November aviation statistics at Lithuanian airports: normal seasonality has returned, cargo traffic is growing rapidly2022-12-14, 16:18In November, almost 392,000 passengers travelled through Lithuanian airports and 3,728 flights were handled. In November, 79% of the pre-pandemic passenger traffic (same month of 2019) was restored. Meanwhile, cargo traffic is even ahead of the same month in 2019, with a 28% increase in cargo volumes. According to aviation experts, November's results indicate that the sector is returning to normal seasonality across all statistical categories. |
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