Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he has been assured by London that the immigration restrictions proposed by the British government will not undermine the EU principle of free movement of persons.
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As individual economy sectors of Lithuania have started feeling shortages of labour, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of holding discussions on targeted labour immigration.
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.
Third-country citizens increasingly often choose job opportunities in Latvia. Furthermore, a majority of them are doing so intending to reside in Latvia for longer periods of time, as data provided by the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs indicates.
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 bureaucratic barriers that hinder the employment of foreign specialists of high professional qualification in Lithuania. At the same time, the am...
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 percent) below what it was at the beginning of 2013. In 2005-2013, the population declined by 411.7 thousand, or 12.3 percent.
New law amendments, which aim to prevent creation of fictitious businesses in Lithuania, will only make it more problematic for foreigners to start a small business, lawyers claim.
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday passed a bill, tightening requirements for foreigners who want to reside in Lithuania.