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Lithuania is not immune from the winds of change and the draughts of populism that are blowing across Europe, says Robertas Dargis, a prominent entrepreneur and the president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK). With his insightful overview of the country's economic outlook, Mr. ...
Productivity in Lithuania compared to Western European economies remains abysmally low. One of the ways to approach the problem could be by looking into ways to extend the population's life expectancy, say international experts.
New data shows that Lithuanian men's life expectancy is the shortest in the European Union at 68 years of age on average and scientists are investigating what the key causes could be behind this.
Kaunas, Lithuania's second city, is facing serious challenges as its population shrinks and young families move to the suburbs.
Lithuania is facing grave demographic problems in the coming decades as its society continues to age at an alarming rate.
Demographics will soon be the biggest problem facing Lithuanian society and industry, leading economists have warned, urging Lithuanian politicians to address the massive emigration that has been draining the Lithuanian population for over a decade now.
Over the last year, Lithuania's population has shrunk by 33,000 people, Statistics Lithuania says. It is the size of a mid-sized town.
The Lithuanian population has lost 1.1% or 32,700 people over the last year, preliminary estimates from Statistics Lithuania suggest. The primary reason for the negative growth is emigration.
Will Lithuania ever again be a nation of 3.5 million? This target, championed by the leaders of six political parties, is to be achieved by 2025. Some experts say it reeks of utopianism, while others point to historic precedents in other countries.
A new survey, commissioned by the Lithuanian Real Estate Development Association and carried out by the Labour and Social Research Institute, shows that as Lithuania's population continues to shrink, labour force shortages might be one of the country’s biggest challenges within a decade.
President of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK) Robertas Dargis says that the shortage of specialists and growing migration to foreign countries and Lithuania's major cities will first pose problems for rural areas.
In 2014, 47.6 percent of Lithuania's population lived in rural areas, while 42.9 percent - in densely populated areas (cities). 9.6 percent of residents lived in intermediate area, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said. This makes Lithuania the third most rural country in...
Statistics Lithuania has published demographic data on the occasion of the Day of Older Persons. It has transpired that the number of older people is on the rise in the country.
Gyvenimas paprastai būna labai banguotas – jame būna ir pakilimų, ir tikrų prarajų. Atrodytų, tėvystė ar motinystė turėtų būti pats aukščiausias pakilimas. Bent jau taip mus bando įtikinti sauskelnių reklamos, rašo washingtonpost.com.
The latest UN population estimates and projections report states that Europe's population is ageing and shrinking, a trend which more than applies to Estonia as well, according to the National Broadcasting.
It is mind-boggling that the question of dual citizenship remains unresolved. Since the 1990s, Lithuania’s population has been in decline. Emigration coupled with low birth rate continues to drive down the number of people living in Lithuania.
On 1 January 2015, the population of the European Union was estimated at 508.2 million, compared with 506.9 million on 1 January 2014. During the year 2014, 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, while 4.9 million persons died, meaning that the EU recorded a positive natural change of its populatio...
The European Commission's forecast of a dramatic decline in Lithuania's population is based on wrong and too short historical data, Swedbank Lithuania's chief economist said on Wednesday.
