Society
Official emigration volumes down in Lithuania in May
The volume of official emigration from Lithuania has declined – the number of declared emigrations was down by nearly 500 in May from April, Statistics Lithuania said. […]
Emigration
Opinion
M. Jastramskis: the president cannot walk away from what we currently have
The annual report of the President Dalia Grybauskaitė is receiving both praise regarding its structure and specificity, while others note what was missing from the afore mentioned report – the primary focus on areas which […]
Economy
President’s support for Government turns to criticism – economist
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who supported the ruling coalition’s plans half a year ago, has changed her opinion and now criticizes the education system overhaul and some other reforms proposed by the government, Gitanas Nausėda, an adviser to SEB Bankas’ president, said on Thursday. […]
Global LT
Lithuania’s emigration rate remains higher than last year
Statistics show that Lithuania’s official emigration rate did not slow down in April and remained higher than in the same period last year. […]
Economy
PM to review Lithuania’s situation: Economy growing, population shrinking
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to present the government’s report to the parliament on Tuesday, reviewing the country’s condition after the 17th government took office at the end of last year. […]
Society
Official emigration rate slows a bit, but remains higher than last year
Statistics show that Lithuania’s official emigration rate slowed somewhat in March compared with February, bet remained higher than a year earlier. […]
Economy
Higher wages won’t be key factor in stemming emigration
Lithuanian politicians say that higher wages may stop Lithuanians from leaving their country, but businesses argue that such steps as revamping the education and tax systems and cutting back on the state bureaucracy might put emigration on a declining patch, the business daily Verslo Žinios reported on Thursday. […]
Politics
PM, opposition leader meet at govt, discuss emigration
Following disagreements among some of the members of the ruling political group of the Farmers and Greens Union and the government, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday met with Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the opposition conservatives. […]
Politics
The opinions of Skvernelis and Karbauskis have separated dramatically
The Prime Ministers Saulius Skvernelis and the leaders of Farmers and Greens Ramūnas Karbauskis opinions has yet again differed radically. For example the Prime Minister does not think that the national agreement regarding putting a […]
Global LT
Emigration from Lithuania no longer impacted by economic growth
Lithuania’s economic indicators are no longer having an impact on emigration flows, a new trend that has been observed in recent years, the head of the Vilnius office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. […]
Society
PM sees no need for agreement to curb emigration
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees no need for an agreement on curbing emigration, saying that measures aimed at doing so are envisaged in the government’s program. […]
Global LT
Farmers want public groups, parties to sign agreement to curb emigration
The largest parliamentary Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union will seek that the agreement to curb emigration is signed by both political parties and public organizations and associated structures. […]
CORPORATE
Dargis – I’ve been talking for 11 years that demographics will touch us painfully
The demographic forecasts released by the European Union statistics agency Eurostat are the most painful for Lithuania of all the Union’s members. Lithuania is to diminish most rapidly. If this year the country has a […]
Global LT
50,000 emigrated from Lithuania in 2016, 14,000 this year
Over 50,000 people emigrated from Lithuania last year, in addition to nearly 14,000 in the first two months of 2017, shows official statistics. […]
Politics
What to observe in Lithuanian politics in 2017
BNS Lithuania news agency lists the most important 2017 projected events on the political and public arena in Lithuania. […]
CORPORATE
Bank of Lithuania forecast – how will we live next year?
Employers are struggling for employees still remaining in Lithuania and are raising wages at the fastest rate in the European Union, but emigration is hurting long term economic growth. […]
Politics
Emigration a key topic in Seimas elections
Mass emigration from Lithuania has become a key topic in this year’s general elections, with most political parties vowing to create more well-paid jobs to lure people back home, but laying emphasis on different aspects of achieving this goal. […]
CORPORATE
Stereotypes about emigration obscure reality
While the stereotypical perception of emigration in Lithuania holds that most emigrants are low-skilled labourers toiling in the agricultural farms of Norway or the UK, the reality is much more complex, experts say. “Economic reasons […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania’s brain drain: ‘Some professions are trained for export’
Emigration has been a perennial headache for the Lithuanian government and businesses for more than a decade now. Departures of young and educated people are a particular drain on the country’s resources. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian government’s emigration plan: ‘Cold water subsidies will not make people want to come back’
With data showing that emigration from Lithuania has increased even more this year, the cabinet has drafted a plan to reduce emigration and encourage repatriation. Economists, however, are sceptical that it will work. […]