Estonia

Increasing salaries significantly reduced migration of medical professionals

November 13, 2025

Rapidly rising wages have significantly decreased the outflow of Estonian healthcare workers to Finland but have not solved the shortage completely, said Kaupo Koppel, an expert at the Foresight Center. [..]

Europe

Germans prefer Switzerland when they daydream about emigrating

July 28, 2025

By Christoph Driessen, dpa. A third of Germans say they could “definitely” imagine emigrating. Among those are both people unhappy with the influx of migrants, and those appalled by the [..]

Europe

Quarter of migrants consider leaving Germany again, survey suggests

June 12, 2025

A quarter of immigrants living in Germany are considering leaving the country again, with political discontent, tax burdens and red tape among the main reasons cited, according to a new [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania records lowest emigration level since 1990

February 2, 2025

Lithuania recorded its lowest emigration figures last year since the restoration of its independence in 1990, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. It was citing preliminary data from the [..]

Latvia

Riga’s population drops by 4,600 as influx of Ukrainian refugees slows down

June 17, 2024

As the influx of Ukrainian refugees slows down, the population of Riga decreased by 4,600 people last year, according to the Riga City Council’s public report for 2023. At the [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania’s emigration growth in 2023 driven by departing Ukrainians, Belarusians

January 30, 2024

Some 22,000 permanent residents emigrated from Lithuania last year, almost 50 percent more than in 2022, with the growth mostly due to departing Ukrainians and Belarusians, figures from the State [..]