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News Lithuania » Vilnius County: The capital of Lithuania is threatened with turning into a real garbage pit

News channel or source: https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/07/16/the-capital-of-lithuania-is-threatened-with-turning-into-a-real-garbage-pit
Published on: Wednesday 15 July 2026

EADaily, July 16th, 2026. The Lithuanian authorities may declare an extreme situation due to garbage. This is reported by local media.

News Lithuania » Vilnius County: Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes over Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport for hours

News channel or source: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/05/europe/balloons-smuggled-cigarettes-over-lithuania-latam-intl
Published on: Sunday 05 October 2025

Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius Airport, delaying flights for ...

News Lithuania » Vilnius County: 36 Hours in Vilnius, Lithuania

News channel or source: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/25/travel/things-to-do-vilnius.html
Published on: Wednesday 24 June 2026

An increasingly popular filming location for movies and television shows, including Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” Lithuania’s leafy, art-loving capital is finally ready for its close-up.

News Lithuania » Vilnius County: How Lithuania became a tech startup nation

News channel or source: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366646000/How-Lithuania-became-a-tech-startup-nation
Published on: Monday 20 July 2026

Lithuania has built a network of tech startup companies the hard way, through bootstrapping. Today, it claims six companies with valuations over a billion dollars.

News Lithuania » Vilnius County: Lithuania takes Belarus to top UN court over alleged smuggling of migrants

News channel or source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/lithuania-belarus-vilnius-european-union-international-court-of-justice-b2753757.html
Published on: Monday 19 May 2025

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

News Lithuania » Vilnius County: Europe's last pagan state was already diverse: Medieval Vilnius drew migrants from Christian lands

News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2026-07-europe-pagan-state-diverse-medieval.html
Published on: Tuesday 14 July 2026

Lithuania was famously the final pagan state in Europe. While the rest of the continent converted to Christianity, Lithuania remained officially pagan until Catholicism was adopted in AD 1387. Despite ...