Economy

Lithuania sees second-largest fall of industrial producer prices in EU

In January 2015, Lithuania saw the second largest fall of industrial producer prices on the domestic market in the European Union (EU) as they dropped by 3.1 percent. The country also experienced the second biggest decrease of industrial producer prices on a year-on-year basis (-10.6 percent), both time surpassed only by the Netherlands, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reports. […]

Society

Lithuanian women most educated in EU

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, Statistics Lithuania has published statistical information related to women. […]

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Economy

Third of Lithuanian enterprises innovate

In the European Union, just under half (48.9 percent) of enterprises of 10 employees or more reported innovation activity during the period 2010-2012. The proportion of innovative enterprises in the EU dropped in 2010-2012 compared with both 2006-2008 (51.5 percent innovative enterprises) and the peak recorded in 2008-2010 (52.8 percent). This pattern was observed in the majority of Member States, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, announced based on the Community Innovation Survey 2012. […]

Economy

Over half of Lithuanians use internet daily

Internet usage has become very widespread amongst the EU population, and not only are more and more people using the internet, but they also use it more and more often, with almost two-thirds (65 percent) of individuals aged 16 to 74 in the European Union using the internet daily in 2014, compared with less than a third (31 percent) in 2006. During the same period, the percentage of individuals in the EU that have never used the internet dropped from 43 percent in 2006 to 18 percent in 2014, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU announced. […]

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Society

439,500 people emigrated from Lithuania in 2004-2013

The United Nations confirmed 18 December as the International Migrants Day. On this day countries are encouraged to discuss migration problems. […]

Society

Lithuania among EU’s least generous in granting citizenships

The Lithuanian citizenship was granted to relatively few individuals compared to many other European Union (EU) countries in 2012, the EU’s Eurostat statistics agency said. […]

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Society

Lithuania issues most residency permits to Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians

Most of the residency permits issued by Lithuania were given to Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian nationals last year, according to a report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. […]