Earlier today, the World Economic Forum has released Global Competitiveness Report 2019 containing Global Competitiveness Index.

On 3 July, the signing of an agreement on the establishment of business incubators of CERN technologies in Lithuania was completed and the agreement took effect. It has been signed by Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius, Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania, and Mr. Martin Steinacher, Director for Finance and Human Recourses of CERN.

On 12-14 June, representatives of the Bank of Lithuania Mr. Egidijus Paleckis, Head of Monetary policy, Emission and Control Division at the Cash Department and Mr. Saulius Budzinauskas, Head of Project at the  Banking Service, participate in the final meeting of the  ITU Focus Group on Digital Currency Including Digital Fiat Currency (FG DFC). 

On 25 April 2019, Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organisation, visited Vilnius. Here, he and his delegation took part in the high-level international conference “Towards a Digitalized World of Work: What Future Works for All?” 

Friday, January 25, Klosters-Davos, Switzerland. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, currently attending the World Economic Forum, met with Dr. Fabiola Gianotti, Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). It was announced that Lithuania was going to host two CERN business incubation centers – one in Vilnius and another in Kaunas.

Thursday, January 24, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. President Dalia Grybauskaitė took part in a debate initiated by the influential US daily The New York Times on women’s leadership.

Thursday, January 24, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, presented Lithuania’s experience and achievements in cyber security.