Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was forced to interrupt a press conference at a NATO airbase in Lithuania on Thursday when jets there were scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes. Sanchez and Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda were speaking to reporters at the Siauliai air force base, which hosts air policing fighter jets from various NATO member […]
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RSF says journalists in Belarus face ‘disastrous’ situation
VILNIUS: Belarusian journalists are facing a disastrous situation, the head of Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) said on Thursday during a visit to neighbouring Lithuania. “We came here because we want to send a signal that we support the journalists in Belarus,” Christophe Deloire said after speaking to Lithuanian prosecutors who have launched an investigation into […]
Lift those knees: Babies crawl to the Lithuanian finish line
In Lithuania, the rat race of life apparently starts early. Twenty-five babies have taken to the red carpet in Lithuania in a crawling race as their parents, grandparents and onlookers cheered the spectacle. Saturday’s event in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, was the 20th annual event staged by a local radio station to mark International […]
Lithuanian couple win world wife-carrying championship
Fifty-three men slung their wives or partners over their shoulders and hurtled off on an hour-long race in Sonkajarvi town in Finland on Saturday, as thousands cheered from the stands. The championship, which was introduced back in 1995, has gained a lot of fan-following as every year, thousands of supporters gather to see men from […]