Vilnius City Mayor Valdas Benkunskas has announced that residents of a private home evacuated from the crash site of Swiftair cargo plane will temporarily move to social housing.
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On early Sunday morning, a plane of the Lithuanian Air Force landed in Šiauliai Airbase having evacuated citizens of Lithuania and Latvia from Lebanon.
Nine Lithuanian nationals, including mothers with young children, have been evacuated from Lebanon as arranged by Lithuanian diplomats and their partners. They reached Rzeszow in southeastern Poland on a flight organised by Ukraine from Beirut late Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry has said.
Seeking to enhance Lithuania’s preparation for emergencies, the Ministry of the Interior plans to organise a massive evacuation exercise this autumn.
The Seimas held an air raid exercise Tuesday to evacuate personnel and visitors to a shelter in a parliamentary building.
On Sunday night, 19 May, a helicopter of the Lithuanian Air Force evacuated an injured Latvian citizen from a fishing vessel.
Strong odour prompted an evacuation of the shopping centre G9 in Vilnius city centre on Thursday afternoon and a suspect was held later the same day for spraying teargas.
Shopping centre G9, located in Vilnius city centre, was evacuated Thursday evening due to strong odour.
