Immigration

  • Society

Population in Lithuania is up: a month like never before

For the first time in some two decades, a monthly population in Lithuania increase has been recorded – at the…

6 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

Refusals in extension of a residence permit in Lithuania. Causes and consequences.

Since 2017, amendments to the law of the Republic of Lithuania “On the Legal Status of Aliens” have come into…

7 years ago
  • Society

Immigration up in Lithuania in summer, emigration slightly down

The number of people coming to live to Lithuania went up this summer, while emigration numbers slightly declined, however, the…

7 years ago
  • Society

Immigration in Lithuania up in June-July y/y (Updated)

An immigration boom was recorded in Lithuania this summer, figures published by Statistics Lithuania showed on Thursday. Experts say this…

7 years ago
  • Global LT

Lithuania’s H1 emigration 10,000 above 2016 level

Some 31,731 persons declared emigration from Lithuania in January through June this year, which is a steep increase by about…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Lithuania’s greatest struggle – affluent countries will not understand this

The affluent EU member states have seen population increases over the past decade and this has led to more rapid…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuania expresses concern to UK over attack on Lithuanian home in Northern Ireland

A Lithuanian vice-minister of foreign affairs spoke with the UK's Minister of State for Immigration Robert Goodwill regarding the attack…

8 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s emigration crisis continues to worsen

Lithuanian institutions' anti-emigration policies have had little effect – statistics indicate that last year, more people left Lithuania than during…

8 years ago
  • Economy

Klaipėda welcomes foreign workers amidst labour shortages

With shrinking labour force universally acknowledged as the biggest impediment to Lithuania's long-term economic growth prospects, increasingly many migrants are…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

What is main source of foreign highly skilled workers in Lithuania?

The majority of highly qualified workers that use the blue card system come to Lithuania to work from Russia, Belarus…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Lithuanians oppose unskilled migrants despite labour shortages

There is a growing recognition that immigration will be needed to solve skill shortages in the Lithuanian labour market, but…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Labour relations and skills shortages ‘main obstacles to economic growth’

Inflexible labour relations and the absence of any immigration policy are the major obstacles to Lithuania's economic growth, the country's…

9 years ago
  • Global LT

The success story of a Spaniard in Lithuania

Meet Luis Velasco from Spain. He came to Lithuania, fell in love with Vilnius and looked for his dream job.…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuanian government simplifies visa process for foreign workers

The government has approved a proposal to simplify the procedures for granting temporary residence permits to foreign workers moving to…

9 years ago
  • Society

Skvernelis proposes immigration fast lane for skilled foreign workers

The Lithuanian Ministry of the Interior has proposed simplifying temporary residence permit procedures for foreigners in an effort to facilitate…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

The European Union is not a security union

In the wake of any shocking event, national governments and officials of the European Union invariably call for more cooperation…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania records dramatic spike in emigration last year

Emigration from Lithuania last year grew over 20% against 2014, according to the country's statistics office. Meanwhile the number of…

9 years ago
  • European Union

Discrimination against some EU citizens cannot be price for avoiding Brexit – Lithuanian President

European Union countries must look for compromise and help the British government convince the British people to stay in the…

9 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

What Lithuanians really think about immigration

Lithuanian residents would prefer to receive immigrants of the same ethnic group or race with barely 13 percent wanting to…

9 years ago
  • Society

Immigrants to Lithuania happy to stay for long term

Many immigrants to Lithuania are happy with their lives here and are not planning to move back to their homelands.…

9 years ago