Immigration

Lithuanian PM suggests targeted immigration as solution to labour shortage

As individual economy sectors of Lithuania have started feeling shortages of labour , Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of holding...

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...

Third-country citizens seek job opportunities in Latvia

Third-country citizens increasingly often choose job opportunities in Latvia . Furthermore, a majority of them are doing so intending to reside in Latvia...

Lithuania's immigration reform scares away investors, but attracts local employers

On 26 June 2014, the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Legal Status of Aliens was revised with amendments. The purpose of these amendments is to get rid of...

Lithuania lost over 12 percent of population in under a decade

Statistics Lithuania informs that, at the beginning of 2014, the estimated population of Lithuania stood at 2943.5 thousand, i.e., 28.4 thousand (1...