Skeleton of a 16th century solider is discovered during an underwater bridge inspection in Lithuania

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a late-medieval era soldier, complete with his sword and boots, at the bottom of a lake in Lithuania. The 500-year-old skeleton was discovered during an underwater inspection of a bridge over Lake Asveja, about an hour outside Vilnius. The body was under a layer of silt and sand some 30 … Read more

BREAKING > Cyprus and Lithuania on UK quarantine list with Brits facing dash home before deadline

Cyprus and Lithuania have been removed from the Government’s list of travel corridors, meaning travellers arriving in the UK from those places after 4am on Sunday must self-isolate for 14 days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday.  Shapps added in a post on Twitter that the Government would not be adding any countries to … Read more

Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte visit Lithuania

French First Lady Brigitte Macron, 67, looks radiant in a powder blue ensemble as she joins her husband President Emmanuel Macron, 42, on a visit to Lithuania Brigitte and Emmanuel visited Lithuania’s president Gitanas Nauseda and wife The French First Lady accepted a pen from her husband, 42, to sign guest book They were visiting their … Read more

Belarus president says he will close borders with Poland and Lithuania

Belarus’s embattled president Alexander Lukashenko says he has placed the military on high alert and will close borders with Poland and Lithuania amid fears of a ‘war’. The strongman, known as Europe’s last dictator, appealed to the ‘crazy leaders’ of both countries, plus Ukraine, not to let conflict break out, saying it ‘will not resolve … Read more

Post Office: Vilnius in Lithuania is cheapest place for Brits to take a city break

The cost of city breaks for Britons to many of Europe’s most popular destinations has tumbled due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new report had revealed.     Post Office Travel Money’s annual City Costs Barometer found that prices in cities whose countries are currently on the UK government’s non-quarantine list are as much as 26 per … Read more