Gediminas Hill

Landslide damage to Gediminas Hill has been repaired, the National Museum of Lithuania said Wednesday.

A new landslide has been observed on the southern slope of Gediminas Hill after the storm swept through Lithuania for the past two days. The National Museum of Lithuania said Tuesday the landslide of superficial soil does not threaten to the stability of the hill, but the damaged slope will be reinf...

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Investigators suspect that illegal workers from Ukraine and Belarus were hired for reconstruction works on Vilnius' landmark Gediminas Hill, the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) said on Wednesday.

Visitors are one again allowed onto Gediminas Hill in central Vilnius after a break of around eight months, the National Museum of Lithuania says.

Lithuanian researchers want to conduct genetic analyses to identify the remains of Konstantinas Kalinauskas (Konstanty Kalinowski), one of the leaders of the 1863 uprising against Tsarist Russia, among the remains of 17 people found on Vilnius' Gediminas Hill.

Anthropologists will unveil on Thursday the latest findings of their research of human remains found on the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius.

Vilnius' historic Gediminas Hill remains in a critical but stable state after the winter, with a risk of landslides at the base of the western slope and at a part of the southeastern defensive wall, an official said on Wednesday.

The Lithuanian government's emergency commission proposed on Tuesday to declare a national emergency over the poor condition of Vilnius' historic Gediminas Hill, which is suffering from landslips.

Vilnius' municipal administration director Povilas Poderskis says that a nationwide emergency is planned to be declared over the critical condition of the historic Gediminas Hill, a symbol of the capital and the whole Lithuania.

Specialists on Saturday decided to close the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius to visitors after a landslide on its eastern slope.

Researchers expect to confirm after genetic testing that the remains of Žigmantas Sierakauskas (Zygmunt Sierakowski) and Konstantinas Kalinauskas (Konstanty Kalinowski), the leaders of the 1863 uprising against Tsarist Russia, are among those found on the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, but say ...

After a call from the Lithuanian National Museum to take additional security measures at the foot of the Gediminas Hill, the Vilnius municipality on Saturday imposed restrictions on pedestrian and bicycle traffic at the southeastern slope of the hill.

Vilnius' Gediminas Hill, which was closed for visitors last week due to heavy rain forecasts, is being reopened on Tuesday, but visitors will only be allowed into the Castle Tower and a part of the observation area on the top of the historic mound.

Polish geologists have found that the structure of Vilnius' landmark Gediminas Hill is more permeable to water than thought, a factor that accelerates landslides.

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office is not opening, at least for now, a public interest case over damage done to Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, but is asking the government to initiative a comprehensive assessment of the circumstances.

As forecasters warn of downpours in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Culture Ministry has decided to close the capital's Gediminas Hill for visitors until next Monday due to a risk of further landslides.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday allocated almost 3 million euros for urgent works to deal with landslides on Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, Tomas Beržinskas, a spokesman for the prime minister, confirmed to BNS.

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.