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Nearly Twice as Much Russian Tourists in Lithuania This Year
The Statistics Department of Russia announced that, though in 2009 the amount of Russians travelling abroad declined due to the global economic recession, in the first half of 2010 it picked up by 42.7 %, and the number of Russians visiting Lithuania has increased nearly by 100 %.
Names of GetJar and Lithuania Pronounced Loudly by the World Economic Forum
For the first time World Economic Forum selected the Lithuanian mobile application creator GetJar as one of the world’s most innovative Technology Pioneer 2011 companies. From the 31 companies worldwide GetJar is among only four other companies related to the Internet technologies.
Chinese About Lithuania: Land of Crosses, Amber and Good-looking People
Chinese, who have already visited the Lithuanian pavilion in EXPO 2010 exibition in Shanghai, remember Lithuania as the country where hot air balloons fly over cities breathing Europe's cleanest air, one can still find amber on the coast of the seaside and as the land with the most crosses in the world.
State-owned Companies' Annual Review
The Lithuanian Ministry of Economy in cooperation with the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance prepared the annual Review state-owned companies’ review, based on information derived from various external sources, such as financial statements of enterprises, Center of Registers, Department of Statistics, VĮ Valstybinis Miškotvarkos Institutas, Bloomberg, information provided by separate ministries, and other.
Lithuanian Minimum Wage is One of the Smallest in the EU
Statistics agency Eurostat determined that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in Lithuania is one of the smallest in the EU. At the moment NMW in Lithuania is EUR 232, and it is 7,25 times smaller than in Luxembourg; NMW is smaller only in Romania (EUR 142) and Bulgaria (EUR 123).
