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'Blind spots': May drone alert highlights poor access to air raid shelters for Lithuanians
At the end of 2024, Lithuania had 6,344 shelters, which could protect 53% of the population, the country's National Audit Office said in a report last year. When a drone threat alert blared out in Lithuania's capital Vilnius urging residents to seek shelter, Rūta Gaškauskaitė hurried down to the nearest one, only to discover it was locked. Squeezed between Russia and Kremlin-allied Belarus, Lithuania has been warning for years of the risks to Russia's Baltic neighbours.
Lithuania turns pink for giant cold soup festival
Vilnius turned into a pink playground over the weekend as thousands of locals and tourists took part in a three-day festival built around Lithuania's famous cold beet soup, šaltibarščiai. The city mixed food, music and street events, with pink foam slides and river-side races adding to the atmosphere. At the centre of the celebration was a shared lunch known as the "Pink Break", where long tables filled with people from around the world ate the bright soup together.
Lithuania, Once Occupied by Germany, Is Glad German Troops Are Back
German soldiers on their base in Vilnius, Lithuania, in May. The forces deployed in the Baltic country reflect Germany’s increased willingness to act as Europe’s shield amid wavering support from the United States.
Ukraine’s Neighbors Seek Shelter as More and More Drones Fly Overhead
Ligita Visockiene, the principal of a primary school in Vilnius, Lithuania, in a room the school uses as a shelter. The school has detailed plans for what to do in the event of attack but, she added, “We never thought we would have to actually use the plan.”
RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon
I took part in a hackathon in Vilnius the other weekend (courtesy of Basedcollective) during the pink soup festival. I brought along an old rotary phone and our two-man team spent the next 48 hours sticking our fingers in it. We wired a Raspberry Pi into the phone which interfaced with all of its IO and communicated with our server via a single websocket connection which controlled everything from two-way audio, the bell ringer (with custom frequency and audio patterns) and the hangup switch.
A drone alert blasted on my phone – we had to take shelter. This is the new reality on Nato’s eastern flank | Linas Kojala
In Lithuania, and throughout the Baltic, we have lived for years with Russian hostility – but the tech now means that London, Berlin and Paris are just as vulnerableA couple of weeks ago, I was walking through the streets of Vilnius, on my way to give a talk on geopolitics to a group of visiting Austrian business and academic leaders. It was a pleasant spring day: people were out and about, cafe tables were set outside – all the familiar tranquillity of a European capital that has grown used...
Ukraine’s Neighbors Seek Shelter as More and More Drones Fly Overhead
Ligita Visockiene, the principal of a primary school in Vilnius, Lithuania, in a room the school uses as a shelter. The school has detailed plans for what to do in the event of attack but, she added, “We never thought we would have to actually use the plan.”
Baltic states on edge as stray Ukrainian drones cause airspace chaos and political turmoil
Baltic states on edge as stray Ukrainian drones cause airspace chaos and political turmoil As Ukraine steps up long-range attacks on Russian targets, some of its drones have missed their targets - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Concerns are escalating that the war in Ukraine is spilling over into NATO's northern borders, as military drones increasingly violate the airspace of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These incursions are directly linked to Ukraine's intensified long-range...
Diverging EU views highlight challenges in countering drone threats
EU countries agree drone threats require stronger coordination, but divisions remain over information sharing and national control. Amid fibrillations on the bloc’s eastern flank, a leaked document highlights efforts to boost detection, resilience and cooperation while avoiding overlap with NATO. EU member states have spent weeks debating how to respond to a growing drone threat on the bloc's eastern flank.
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