The European bloc does not recognize Lukashenko as president due to the rigged August elections and is trying to persuade him to engage in dialogue with the opposition. At the beginning of October, the EU countries agreed to punish forty leading officials of the Belarusian security authorities and the election commission, but Lukashenko was not … Read more
The Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances of the disaster considered that the strange noises were caused by the breaking of the so-called “Atlantic lock”, which locks the visor to the hull. When they break, the front gates of the ship are torn down and water quickly enters the ship. The generators stop and the … Read more
In Lithuania, 205 new cases of infection with the Covid-19 virus were detected during the day, but in Estonia – 37, the health care institutions of the Baltic States reported on Saturday. A record number of new infections has been detected in Lithuania during the day. In 143 cases in Lithuania, the infection occurred after … Read more
Barely seven years after the Herald of Free Enterprise sank off Zeebrugge, an even bigger ship disaster happened in Europe with a ferry. As many as 852 people died when the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994. The official investigation has stated that a bow door had been broken for two decades, … Read more
Estonia, Sweden and Finland will evaluate new evidence for the sinking of the Estonia ferry. The disaster happened exactly 26 years ago and 852 people died in it. It was the biggest post-war shipwreck in Europe. The ferry with 803 passengers and 186 crew members sank on the stormy Baltic Sea on the night of … Read more
In Lithuania, 41 people were confirmed infected with the new coronavir last day, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday. Thus, in Lithuania, infection with this virus was detected in a total of 2635 people. Of the 41 newly detected cases, nine occurred abroad. 25 cases are related to certain foci in Kaunas – among … Read more