Gediminas Hill
Society

Vilnius declares emergency situation over Gediminas Hill

The city of Vilnius on Thursday declared an emergency situation due the critical condition of Gediminas Hill and warned that a new landslide would put the capital’s landmark Gediminas Castle Tower on top of the mound in danger of collapsing. […]

Rain in Vilnius
Society

Flooded Vilnius in pictures

Many Lithuanians woke up this morning to a sever rain, bright and loud thunderstorms. According to the Vilnius Municipality this was the most intensive rain since 1993. Some Vilnius streets are flooded, a few traffic lights out of order. The taxi drivers are charging the Christmas fee and some 7000 Vilnius’ region residents are left without electricity. […]

Red Cross
Society

Refugee and migrant integration center set to open in Kaunas

The Lithuanian Red Cross Society’s refugee and migrant integration center is opening in Lithuania’s second-biggest city of Kaunas on Wednesday. […]

Grand Duke and Kind Mindaugas
History

Looking for their place under the sun: Lithuanian refugees in the West and East

What were the first immigrants running away from? In 1268 Lithuanian noble Šiukšta (nobilis Suxe) was baptized with the name of Nicholas in Riga. He took an oath of vassal dependence to the local archbishop, and gave him his patrimonial holdings in Nalšia and received them back from the archbishop as a feudal fief. At the time Lithuania was dealing with internal conflicts after the killing of King Mindaugas. […]

Gediminas Castle Hill
Society

Government to declare emergency over Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill

The Lithuanian government plans to declare an emergency situation over the Gediminas Castle Hill to make funds available for saving the crumbling historical hill in the center of Vilnius, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday. […]

The collision on the Nemenčinė road at the village of Antaviliai
Society

2 injured as US troops’ truck collides with 2 passenger cars near Vilnius

Two women, one of them pregnant, were injured as a truck carrying US troops collided with two passenger cars on the outskirts of Vilnius on Thursday, police said. […]