Fewer children adopted during pandemic in Lithuania
Fewer children adopted during pandemic in Lithuania Milena Andrukaitytė, BNS2021.04.21 14:01 Family (associative image) / J. Stacevičius/LRT The number of adoptions has gone down during the lockdown in Lithuania. Only 80 children were adopted last year, compared to 150 in previous years. Lithuanian citizens adopted 51 children last year and foreigners adopted 29, the latest figures from the country's statistics office, Statistics Lithuania, shows. In 2019, 108 children were adopted by Lithuanian and foreign citizens, 159 in 2018, 139 in 2017 and 157 in 2016. Significantly more children are ...