State of emergency

Nearly 70 percent of Lithuanian residents are not prepared for emergencies, shows a poll commissioned by public broadcaster LRT.

Lithuania's Interior Ministry has proposed extending the existing state of emergency, declared in the country in response to Russia's military aggression in Ukraine, until mid-December.

Lithuania's state of emergency on the border with Belarus is set to expire at 12 midnight on Friday.

A state of emergency has been declared in the municipality of Jonava due to a coronavirus outbreak at a mink farm in the central Lithuanian district.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday has declared a state-level emergency over the ongoing drought's impact on agriculture.

Officers from the Lithuanian interior system will carry out a tabletop exercise in September on how to respond to an explosion of a radioactive bomb during a mass gathering.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to set up a Crisis Management Centre under the government, which would be activated in case of an emergency.

At a meeting on Friday the Emergency Commission of the Lithuanian Government decided against declaring a national state of emergency due to African swine fever (ASF) in Utena district.