During the ongoing survey organised by an international green energy company, Ignitis Renewables, to assess the feasibility of the offshore wind farm, a 70 metres long and 6 metres high sunken ship was discovered. The wreck, lying 38 metres deep, was discovered by a geophysical survey vessel Fugro F...
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UAB Kauno saulėtekis, a company owned by the Kaunas city mayor’s family, took over 1.5 thousand square metres of state land unlawfully when building a shopping centre, and set up a parking lot there, the news website Delfi reports.
Lithuania is launching events on Friday to mark the European Heritage Days.
Vilnius is building a new modern mental health center in Vasaros Street – Council of the capital approved the decision to build a huge (4150 square meters) 3-storey hospital building by 2022, which will require an investment of EUR 4.5 million. Acute Psychiatry Department, Psychosocial Rehabilitatio...
The remains of around 700 World War II victims might be buried in the territory of Lithuania's Air Base in Siauliai, the Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday.
A Vilnius court has cancelled a fine of almost 1,500 euros for an organization, named Forgotten Soldiers, which installed tombstones for Soviet soldiers without permits.
It is unfortunate, but this year the organisers will face difficulties. Such hints were already bandied around by Kremlin propaganda outlets Baltnews and Sputnik in March by unnamed individuals, predicting that this year the project Misija Sibiras (Mission Siberia) will be obstructed. The threat was...
A clay pot with 350 coins dating back to the time of Sigismund II Augustus was unearthed on Monday by workers renovating Laisves Alėja, the main pedestrian street in downtown Kaunas, a news website reported.
A crypt has been found at St. Varvara's Chapel in Vilnius, which is part of the Markuciai Manor housing the Museum of Alexander Pushkin.