My perception is that Lithuania (and Baltics in general) is suffering a lot more for its reputation than it should. Society has developed very quickly the past 10 years and the reputation doesn't reflect today's reality here.
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I believe it's slowly changing and you can see some non-Europeans coming for study exchange and to work for international companies, but it's far from what it's like in e.g. Sweden, Netherlands or Germany.
However, Lithuania is quite diverse in the sense that it's a crossroad between Central Europe, Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. Having many influences from Nordics, Russia, Poland and Germany. Many people in Vilnius speak several of the following: Lithuanian, English, Russian and Polish.
All young (below 45) people speak English, older generation (45+) might speak Russian instead of English as second language.
It's flattering to hear that Vilnius is improving and you are enjoying living there.
The financially smartest (IMHO) way is to live in .lt when you have a remote job/contract.
* I pulled up numbers about Nuremberg which has roughly the same population, average income and average apartment costs are, relatively speaking, the same. However as mentioned above you will safe less towards retirement in absolute terms, limiting your choices later on.
"Work in Lithuania is an initiative of the Foreign Investment Development Agency Invest Lithuania which aims to encourage professionals from abroad to pursue their careers in Lithuania."
And no, the lower cost of living doesn't completely offset that. Unfortunately Eastern Europe is still less developed and poorer than the West.
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Like it or not, people of different colours bring culture and a welcoming variation to a city. I get it, the French are minorities in Lithuania but you're nitpicking, being ignorant and missing the point.
There are 12 picture with exclusively white people. Why would any who isn't white want to move there is that's the only group represented.
I take argument, and actually some offense to your comment because there could definitely be maligned groups in the website. Polish people deal with discrimination in many parts of Europe even today, and Lithuania has a history of this (read about the Lithuanization of the Polish). I have Polish ancestry and have been in situations where I've been told to keep quiet to avoid problems.
Skin color doesn't always show the battles that people fight against discrimination every day.
One of our friends was black, it was very scary at times. Lots of skin heads, random people spitting at our friend, getting followed by gangs of people.
I have no idea what it's like in Lithuania, but there can still be some pretty extreme racism going on in E.European countries.
But it is the biggest factor. An instant identifier to discriminate against.
(https://minorityrights.org/country/lithuania/)
So, how did you figure out from the photos that those people are not among Lithuanian minorities?
Aren't a region's minorities a product of its composition? White people are minorities in Asian countries.
We should make sure that folks are welcome, but drive by critiques aren't going to get us there.
just because people aren’t varying shades of brown doesn’t stop them being a minority
