SocietyLithuania's Air Navigation mulls increasing airspace capacity as flight numbers grow2018-10-03, 10:30Lithuania's state-run company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation) is looking into ways to increase the country's airspace capacity as the number of flights grows. Almost 27,000 new passenger cars were registered in Lithuania during the first three quarters of 2018, up 25 % from 21,600 in the same period last year, Autotyrimai said on Monday, citing data from the state car registration company Regitra. The Lithuanian Social Security and Labor Ministry proposes to raise the minimum monthly wage by 30 euros to 430 euros next January, but the actual amount will be 555 euros due to taxation changes taking effect in early 2019. The international tour operator TUI Group started its business activity in the Baltic states. E Energija, a Lithuanian energy group that is developing 43-megawatt solar farms in Poland together with partners, has secured funding from the Dutch bank ING for one-fourth of these projects. On 27 September 2018, RB Rail AS Supervisory Board appointed Ignas Degutis, Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board in the capacity of RB Rail AS Interim CEO, informed the company’s representative. Ireland's budget carrier Ryanair is cancelling three flights from Lithuania due to a cabin crew strike across Europe on Friday. The Baltic states and Finland plans to create a regional natural gas market in the next few years, the Lithuanian government discussed on Wednesday the necessary regulatory changes, but postponed the issue until next week due to comments from the energy market regulatory authority. A profit tax break might apply to companies in Lithuania which buy electric cars as of next year. A joint operation carried out in 23 European Union member states, including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and targeting organized crime groups involved in fuel fraud, has resulted in the arrests of 25 suspects so far and the seizure of 2.2 mln kilograms of illicit fuel. |
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