Lithuania
Economy
Relations between Lithuania and neighbouring Belarus are being tested amid a diplomatic row surrounding the arrest of the former's senior police officer, Laimonas Bankauskas on the...
2010-08-26Economy
Signs of Lithuania's painful internal devaluation continue to abound, with the current account posting a EUR12.72mn surplus during the first quarter, in stark contrast to the EUR16.08mn...
2010-08-26Economy
While some improvement to Lithuania's ailing fiscal position has been registered in Q110, we maintain our view that the 3.0% of GDP deficit target remains unattainable by 2012. A weak...
2010-08-23Economy
Retail sales in Lithuania contracted 5.5% y-o-y in May according to latest data from Statistics Lithuania, reinforcing our long-held view that private consumption would remain weak...
2010-07-26Economy
Public support for Lithuania's four-party coalition government continues to drop according to the latest opinion survey by Vilmorus conducted in July. Only 15.4% of those polled said...
2010-07-26Economy
Political stability in Lithuania remains on edge, with the centre-right coalition government only narrowly avoiding collapse in mid-May following an attempt by the opposition to impeach...
2010-06-24Economy
We maintain our view that Lithuania will be unable to avoid a second consecutive full-year recession, and we have penciled in real GDP growth of -0.3% for 2010 accordingly. Private...
2010-06-24Economy
Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius stated in late May that the government may need to push through additional austerity measures before end-year if the country was to meet its goal of...
2010-05-28




