Vilnius Airport
Society

Plane makes emergency landing in Vilnius as passenger dies

A Boeing 757 plane made an emergency landing in Vilnius on Tuesday after a male passenger died aboard the aircraft. […]

Global LT

MPs back presidential veto of lower threshold for dual citizenship referendum

The Lithuanian parliament upheld on Tuesday President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto of amendments lowering the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum. […]

Yuriy Mel
Foreign affairs

Lawyer of Russian tried for 1991 crackdown in Vilnius calls him ‘victim and hostage’

The defense lawyer of Yuriy Mel, a Russian citizen arrested in Lithuania and now standing trial for his involvement in the January 1991 bloody crackdown on protesters in Vilnius, calls her client “a victim and hostage” to the Soviet political authorities of that time and describes the case as politicized. […]

No Picture
Society

Lithuanians flood their country with hundreds of rainbow flags as police investigate homophobic arson attacks

In response to a series of seemingly homophobic arson attacks in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Lithuanian LGBT community are importing hundreds of rainbow flags and distributing them for free around the country. Participants in the campaign are defiantly displaying the flags on balconies and in windows, sharing photos with the hashtag #LGBTdraugiškaLietuva (LGBT friendly Lithuania). […]