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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. […]

John F Tefft, at the conference. Photo by Jonas Petronis

Former US Ambassador Tefft: the war situation has further alienated the Russian government from the population

September 22, 2023 0

Former Ambassador John F. Tefft, visiting from the United States for Leonid Donsky’s 6th conference “Will Russia Survive 2024?”, says that Russia’s fate is difficult to predict and depends on the outcome of the war. […]

Investment in military-use technologies: trap or opportunity?

September 22, 2023 0

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, the national defence industry is becoming more relevant, and the possibilities of producing both dual-use and military-use-only equipment or providing military-related services in Lithuania are being discussed. […]