A press conference was held on Friday to discuss the challenges and the way forward. The Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė, the Commander of the State Border Guard Service, General Rustamas Liubajevas, and the […]
Municipalities, which have had to temporarily shelter migrants are counting the second month of being neighbours now. It wasn’t just locals who got accustomed to the new arrivals over this period – the municipalities’ representatives […]
The Migration Department has released preliminary migration metrics for H2 2018. These have revealed that the largest foreign community in Lithuania is no longer Russians, but citizens of Ukraine, lrt.lt writes. […]
This Tuesday Vilnius’ business development and tourism agency Go Vilnius at the Workland Business Centre announced a series of dedicated workshops slated to begin taking place later this month. The Welcome to Vilnius workshops are designed to facilitate the transition of foreigners coming to the city to pursue professional opportunities. In just a few hours, workshop participants will receive invaluable information to help them navigate bureaucracy, settle into day-to-day life, and ultimately, become a local. The workshops will also give participants an opportunity to ask a team of experts specific questions, take part in a tour of Vilnius and meet other foreigners, a press release from Go Vilnius states. […]
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court of Thursday adjourned the hearing of a case on the rights of gay people married abroad. […]
Lithuania’s government has no position on recognizing same-sex marriages, and the interior minister, as a politician, has the right to express his opinion, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Lithuania is changing its rules and will issue residence permits to foreigners who entered into same-sex marriages with Lithuanian citizens abroad. […]
Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas thinks that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages. […]
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court will hold on Thursday a public hearing on a case regarding the rights of same-sex persons who married abroad. […]
Lithuania will have to accept another four refugees, implementing the international agreement, the public radio has announced. […]
Three refuge families — 18 people in total — have been relocated to Lithuania after a break of ten months, the country’s Migration Department said. […]
Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevičius believes that Lithuania benefits from labor immigration, saying that Ukrainians and other foreigners who come to work to the country are not driving down local wages. […]
As Lithuanian construction companies are experiencing a growing lack of qualified specialists, vacant job are more and more often filled by Ukrainians. […]
Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov says he is happy to have received political asylum in Lithuania despite the lengthy procedures. […]
Lithuania has granted asylum to Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov, the Migration Department said on Wednesday. […]
Asylum seekers from the Middle East might come to Lithuania in the fall following a break of more than six months, the head of Lithuania’s Migration Department said. […]
Nongovernmental organizations hope the European Court of Justice‘s Tuesday ruling will pave the way for homosexuals from third countries, married to EU citizens, to get residency in Lithuania. […]
Russian political activist Yuri Gorsky has appeal against the Lithuanian Migration Department‘s refusal to grant him political asylum. […]
Lithuania’s Migration Department this week rejected a political asylum application submitted by nationalist Yuri Gorsky who fled Russia last year. He plans to appeal. […]
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