SocietyHungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has decided to extend its suspension of flights to and from Vilnius until April 30 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. 
Ryanair will conduct additional repatriation flights from London and Berlin to Vilnius2020-03-25, 10:14Ryanair will conduct repatriation flights from London and Berlin to Vilnius, which will also be made available to Latvian nationals. 
Two thirds of Lithuanians say govt is properly responding to coronavirus crisis – survey2020-03-24, 10:17Two thirds of Lithuanian residents believe government institutions are properly responding to the coronavirus situation. After a request from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia and with permit from the Ministry of Transport, Latvian airline airBaltic has scheduled rescue flights from London, Tbilisi and Amsterdam to Riga. Each flight will be able to transport up to 140 passengers. A chartered flight from London is being arranged for Saturday to repatriate Lithuanians stranded in the United Kingdom, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday. Hundreds of Lithuanians will be flown back to Lithuania on two chartered flights to Vilnius from Tenerife. 
Covid 19: Parents to receive sickness benefits for children all quarantine period – Lithuanian parlt2020-03-18, 10:23Parents looking after children attending kindergartens and primary schools will be able to receive sickness benefits the whole quarantine period, based on the amendments adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday. The Lithuanian Air Force's Spartan plane late on Monday flew home 31 Lithuanians stranded in Germany after Poland closed its borders. 
Poland to allow Baltic states' vehicle convoy to pass through its territory, people urged to apply within hour2020-03-16, 17:04An agreement has been reached with Polish authorities for the formation of a convoy of vehicles of citizens of Baltic countries that will be escorted to the Baltics through Polish territory, and people are urged to apply within an hour. Poles in Lithuania are consistently strengthening their position. This was again confirmed in 2019, the year of triple elections in this country and the entry of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) into the government coalition, which is a sensation on a global scale. Thanks to their unity, Poles in Lithuania have a real impact on their country's politics, what no other Polish community in another country could do. National minorities in Lithuania make up around 16% inhabitants, Poles (6.5 %) are the largest of them and reside in the Vilnius Region. They are united around the Association of Poles in Lithuania, whose political representation is the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance. It is worth writing a few words about this peculiar phenomenon of unity and perfect self-organization of Wilniuks and their successes. |
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