The European Commission (EC) has presented a new proposal on the System of Own Resources of the European Union. The…

SME definition is an important issue, regarding not only a number of European policies that have been set up to…

Lithuania consolidates the employer and employee base for social security contributions, introduces a cap on social security contributions, phases out…

In cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and the Heritage Foundation we are pleased to announce a conference on the…

Being the monopoly suppliers of some state-sponsored activities, many state-owned enterprises also engage in traditional businesses and compete with private…

A cross-country legislative and policy analysis on the flexibility of hiring of non-EU nationals in Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria,…

Regulation of retail opening hours is applicable in 14 out of 30 European countries. The range of the regulation varies…

Zilvinas Silenas, President of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute. Instead of comprehensive re-examination of the Energy…

May 23rd, 2018 – the symbolic Tax Freedom Day, marking the day when an average taxpayer has paid all the…

Today Lithuania commemorates the first Respect for Taxpayers Day. To mark the occasion, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute launches The…

The global weekly GDP growth since the financial crisis in 2007-2009 has coincided with unusually weak growth in global trade.…

Žilvinas Šilėnas delivers a speech on Lithuania’s transition to the market economy with a focus on flat tax rates and…