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Sleet inundates Klaipėda: city South turns into a lake

November 13, 2017 EN.DELFI 0

On Monday morning numerous Klaipėda residents had to resolve the problem of how to float their cars out of their yards and go to work. The Southern part of the port city was faced with severe flooding of its streets and yards. […]

Lithuania hosting Baltic exercise to curb flooding

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

An international rescue exercise is starting in the Kelmė district, northern Lithuania, on Tuesday where Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian officers will work on their skills to manage flood effects. […]

Two Lithuanians died during floods in Spain

September 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Two Lithuanian have died in Andalusia’s province of Granada in Spain after heavy rains caused floods, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BNS on Wednesday. […]

Flood chaos in southern Sweden

September 1, 2014 Reuters 0

A bus gets caught in heavy rain in the southern Swedish city of Malmo on Sunday – forcing rescue workers to evacuate passengers. […]

Trucks stuck, balloons from Belarus continue to fly: “Lithuania has shot itself in the foot”

November 26, 2025 0

The border with Belarus was opened at midnight on Thursday, but Lithuanian carriers are still not allowed to leave, Aurimas Perednis states on Žinių Radijas programme. According to the leaders of the National Carriers Association […]

Mačiulis on the growing threat: “It may not bring down the world, but it will cause personal concerns”

November 14, 2025 0

In April this year, US President Donald Trump declared a global trade war. However, like any war, this one also has consequences. The global economic climate is also being disrupted by artificial intelligence (AI). Although […]

After saying goodbye to Šakalienė, Ruginienė revealed 3 reasons why her trust had been broken

October 22, 2025 0

Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė no longer wants Defence Minister Dovilė Šakalienė on her team. On Wednesday morning, after meeting with President Gitanas Nausėda, Ruginienė confirmed that she would accept the minister’s resignation request and had […]

Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad

Antanaitis: ‘The Russians will want to test us’

September 16, 2025 0

“First of all, these exercises are intended to demonstrate their power. The Russians are beginning to appear to the world and NATO as a weak link, a weak state. The Russians need to flex their […]

At the border – “Dragon Teeth,” above their heads – smuggling balloons: they told how Lithuania is preparing

September 8, 2025 0

With the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad military exercises approaching, the Lithuanian army and border guards are preparing for all possible scenarios. It becomes clear when visiting towns in the Vilnius district near the border with Belarus, […]