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Emigration from Lithuania continues to rise

New data released by Statistics Lithuania show that even more people emigrated from the country over the first half of this year than in January-June 2015. Demographers say the figures are alarming, but may be inflated due to Brexit.

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Refugees ‘learn Russian before they learn Lithuanian’ – minister scolds integration policies

Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas has criticized Lithuania’s refugee integration policy, saying that newcomers in integration centres are placed in a social environment that is not conductive to successful integration.

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Lithuanian professor salaries ‘put them in poverty’

Artūras Žukauskas, the rector at Vilnius University, says he believes that Lithuanian professors’ wages are too low.

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Government withholds support for proposal to raise minimum age for alcohol from 18 to 20

The Lithuanian Government on Monday withheld support for proposals to raise the minimum legal age for purchasing alcoholic drinks to 20 years from the current 18 years and to allow selling alcoholic beverages only in specialised stores.

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