Nearly 70 percent of Lithuanian residents are not prepared for emergencies, shows a poll commissioned by public broadcaster LRT.
State of emergency
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Lithuania's Interior Ministry has proposed extending the existing state of emergency, declared in the country in response to Russia's military aggression in Ukraine, until mid-December.
Lithuania's state of emergency on the border with Belarus is set to expire at 12 midnight on Friday.
A state of emergency has been declared in the municipality of Jonava due to a coronavirus outbreak at a mink farm in the central Lithuanian district.
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday has declared a state-level emergency over the ongoing drought's impact on agriculture.
Officers from the Lithuanian interior system will carry out a tabletop exercise in September on how to respond to an explosion of a radioactive bomb during a mass gathering.
Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to set up a Crisis Management Centre under the government, which would be activated in case of an emergency.
At a meeting on Friday the Emergency Commission of the Lithuanian Government decided against declaring a national state of emergency due to African swine fever (ASF) in Utena district.
