Lucia (Genys) Hassett | The Lithuania Tribune Before I start recalling my memories of growing up in Horton Street (a.k.a. “Litho” Street), I want to reflect on the words I have used in my title: “We will all meet up in heaven and dance”. This …
BNS Nearly seven percent of residents of Lithuania have spent at least a year abroad, shows statistics published by the Lithuanian Statistics Department on Friday. “205,900 or 6.8 per cent of Lithuania’s permanent residents have lived a year or more abroad,” reads the press release …
On 23-24 May, 2013, Lithuanian diplomats in London are planning to swap their London office for a temporary two day one-stop consular station in Northern Ireland, the Embassy of Lithuania in the UK has informed. Such an initiative stems from the discussions with local Lithuanian communities …
BNS Lithuania’s Education and Science Ministry will urge countries with large Lithuanian communities to follow the example of Ireland to allow graduates choose to take the Lithuanian-language examination. “Ireland is so far the only country outside Lithuania offering the Lithuanian-language examination as an option in …
In the past few years “brains drain” topic has been one of the key issues in Lithuania when talking about young people leaving to study abroad, claim the organisers of the conference ‘Let’s bring talents back to Lithuania’ (Sugrąžinkime talentus Lietuvai). However, after mostly negative …
Romas Satkauskas | The Lithuania Tribune My parents and I arrived in Australia in 1948 on the MV Casablanca. I have absolutely no recollection of the trip as I was only two years old when we arrived in Australia. I know, however, that I made …
BNS Lithuanians are more Nordic than Eastern Europeans, Lithuania’s Ambassador in London Asta Skaisgirytė Liauskienė said in an interview to Great Britain’s national broadcaster BBC. She was asked about the negative image about immigrants from Eastern Europe formed by British tabloids. “Lithuanians themselves do not …
According to www.delfi.lt, during the last few years the number of pupils in Lithuanian school has decreased by 30 percent, and the number of schools has dropped down too. The data offered by the Centre of Information Technologies in Education suggests that in the beginning …
According to the Lithuanian Post Office, before the biggest holidays of the year, such as Christmas and Easter, the number of money transfers to Lithuania traditionally increase, www.delfi.lt informs. “We estimate that during this week we will receive by around 15-20 percent more money transfers …
BNS On Tuesday, after the meeting with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, William Lacy Swing, director general of the International Migration Organisation (IOM) spoke with representatives of the Lithuanian media. When asked whether Lithuania could become an attractive destination for immigrants from third world countries in …
Last week during the programme ‘Business Position’ on the radio station ‘Žinių Radijas’, the head of the construction company ‘Hanner’ Arvydas Avulis complimented the government’s plans to accelerate the renovation of blocks of flats, but noted that when the process gains momentum they will have …
In 2012 the number of emigrants from Lithuania dropped by 12,800, while the number of Lithuanian nationals who returned to Lithuania grew by 3,300. The number of people who emigrated exceeded the number of those who immigrated 2.1 times, the Baltic Times repored referring to Statistics …
BNS Increasing numbers of emigrants return to Lithuania every year, however, the lower flow of emigration is still a few times higher than the returning numbers, shows statistics published on Friday. According to data published by the Statistics Department, 17,300 Lithuanian citizens returned to their …
The economic and population differences of the three Baltic countries are behind the statistics that show highest wages for Lithuanian managers but lowest wages for Lithuanian staff, a study by Hay Group human resources consultancy says, according to a report by news2biz LITHUANIA and cited …
Psychiatrists notice that emigrants increasingly returning to their homeland during the economic crisis, are afflicted more by mental disorders. Those emigrants most often needing psychiatric help are the ones who are susceptible to the lure of easy money, informs LNK show “Good evening Lithuania” and …
Russian and Ukrainian applicants will from now on be able to receive Schengen visas at Lithuanian embassies and 28 visa centers. A relevant agreement on visa center services in Russia and Ukraine was signed between the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry and VFS Global company in Vilnius …
Gintarė‘s life success story began 13 years ago when she, still a youngster, came to England to babysit for acquaintances in order to earn some money for studies. It was only planned that she would stay in the foreign country for half a …
Lithuanian expatriates working hard in UK factories can only dream about luxury homes in London or constant travel to exotic lands, however, Daiva Barauskaitė is used to all that. How does she do it? Born in Šilutė, Daiva, 29, has been living in London for …
There are only a few years left to prevent the extinction of the nation. We need to use these years to stimulate birth rates, warns Latvian demographer Ilmars Mezs. The situation will become critical if Latvia does not show a leap in birth rates in …
Lithuania must stop not only emigration but also population movement from regions to major cities, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius said on Monday. “We must immediately stop not only emigration of people of working age but also stop internal migration from regions to largest cities,” the …
