According to preliminary data of the Department of Statistics, 2019 was a record year for Lithuania in terms of immigration. In total, last year 8 thousand more people immigrated rather than emigrated from the country. This nice tendency is also evident in the Kaunas region - compared to 2018, the number of newcomers has increased by almost 40%.

Criminal act motivated by hatred and/or bias towards a group or a person based on age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, religion, beliefs or views significantly threatens democratic values, public security and the existence of a pluralistic society.

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A joint ROCK project team of the City of Vilnius and the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) starts measuring how you feel entering the City of Vilnius and leaving it. 4 sensors were installed in the main service centre of the capital at Konstitucijos pr. 3, which will capture physiological data at the main entrances to the municipal building.

After the massive success of the "Vilnius - the G-spot of Europe" campaign, the Lithuanian capital is following its own footsteps and launching a new campaign, titled "Vilnius: Amazing Wherever You Think It Is." The campaign, which has a goal to celebrate all the amazing aspects of the city, is aimed at drawing tourists to visit Vilnius by making fun at how unknown the city is for most people outside the country.

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kestutis Mazeika plans to contact Russia's authorities if is confirmed that a large amount of paraffin wax recently found on Lithuania's beaches came from the neighboring country.

Upon unceasing talks in the world about the threat of coronavirus in China, Lithuania is taking temporary protection measures. From Saturday, specialists of the National Public Health Centre (NPHC) have been on duty at all three Lithuanian Airports. They consult persons who have travelled to China. According to specialists, Lithuania is prepared to tackle the threat of such magnitude.

President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė are on a visit to Oswiecim in Poland, to attend the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The ceremony held in tribute to the victims was attended by state and international organization-leaders, including leaders of 50 countries, members of royalty, representatives of governments as well as ambassadors.

The Lithuanian Constitutional Court will hear an individual complaint by Oleg Ossinovski, Skinest Grupp and Skinest Rail questioning the constitutionality of a law based on which the Lithuanian government did not allow Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) to sign contracts with Skinest Baltija.

Among the Baltic countries, the biggest growth in new car sales year over year was seen in 2019 in Lithuania, where the number of new cars sold was bigger by 43.2% than in 2018, the Estonian association of car dealers and service companies AMTEL announced.