Lithuania

Vilnius planning civil defence, anti-terrorist drills

May 1, 2025

Drills aimed at ensuring crisis management, civil defence and anti-terrorist activities are due to take place in Vilnius on Tuesday. Participants will train how to respond a large chemical fire [..]

Lithuania

Lithuanian Interior Ministry: almost 62,000 people download LT72 app in first month since launch

April 22, 2025

The LT72 mobile app for public emergency preparedness has been downloaded by nearly 62,000 people in its first month since launch. According to the Lithuanian Ministry of the Interior, the [..]

Latvia

Riga to post signage for civil defence shelters

October 2, 2024

The city of Riga will start marking the first safe shelter locations on Wednesday – places where people can feel secure during times of disaster or military threats, the Riga [..]

Lithuania

Vilnius plans special publication for residents on crisis preparedness

August 12, 2024

The Vilnius authorities will distribute a special publication on preparing for possible crisis situations to the residents of the capital. According to the description of the public tender announced in [..]

World

The situation in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant is very unsafe

March 3, 2024

Being occupied by russians, Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been without back-up power for the past ten days and is entirely dependent on its only remaining 750 kilovolt [..]

Latvia

Red flood warning issued for Jekabpils area

February 29, 2024

A red flood warning has been issued for residential areas on the banks of the River Daugava from Jekabpils to Zelki. An ice buildup up the river from Plavinas has [..]

Lithuania

Specialists to identify Lithuanian state-owned buildings with potential for shelters

February 23, 2024

Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite and Ernestas Cesokas, acting head of Turto Bankas (Property Bank), agreed on Thursday that specialists will inspect buildings administered by the centralized public property management [..]

Estonia

Estonian schools to practice responding to bomb threat in virtual exercise

December 5, 2023

he Estonian Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Education and Research, the Rescue Board and the Police and Border Guard Board are about to hold an exercise on Tuesday [..]

Estonia

Estonia: Storm predicted to raise sea level above critical at Pirita

October 6, 2023

Starting from Friday evening, winds will strengthen to storm force in Estonia, breaking trees and potentially disrupting ferry services, and the sea level at Pirita, Tallinn, will exceed the critical [..]