A record number of information technology companies of Belarusian origin and the people employed in them moved to Lithuania this year, LRT radio reported on Monday.
Founded by Belarusians JAV in the digital platform engineering and software development company EPAM Systems, employees increased from 320 employees to almost one and a half thousand, and in Wargaming, the developer of the popular computer game World of Tanks, from 400 to almost a thousand.
Coherent Solutions, a Belarusian-founded software development company, has also seen strong growth.
Public institutions "Invest in LithuaniaElijus Čivilis, who helps Belarusians to move, says that companies came to Lithuania this year in a hurry to get rid of Belarusian connections.
"This year's migration was unique in that there were mostly companies that wanted to finally get rid of their Belarusian ties, close their offices and finally move out of the country," said E. Čivilis.
According to him, the wave of relocations also brought benefits to Lithuania's public finances.
"We can already see according to the data of Sodra that the average salaries of those relocated people are at least 2,7 times higher than the gross average of Lithuania (third quarter VDU - 1 - BNS) and reach more than 799 thousand. euro And this is an impressive amount of personal income tax that they pay to the budget. It has a very positive effect on public finances", said E. Čivilis.
