“There is information about the death of one person after a tree fell down in Grigiškės. [...] We don’t know the specific circumstances but the information is that a tree fell over and there was a fatality,” Vida Šmigelskienė, a spokeswoman for the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD), told BNS. According to Šmigelskienė, firefighters have received more than 400 reports of fallen trees on roads, buildings, cars and other consequences of the storm, with the largest number of calls coming from the municipalities of Alytus, Marijampolė, Klaipėda and Kaunas. “I would like to remind residents not to leave their cars under trees, nobody can predict how things may turn out, a gust of wind may knock down a tree which is very likely to break. [...] Everyone must take care of their own safety, everyone must assess all the circumstances, whether to go on a trip or to drive, and not to come into contact with fallen wires in any way,” said the PAGT spokeswoman. The winds on Sunday evening and Monday caused a lot of damage in many parts of the country, with many tree branches snapped, trees uprooted and power lines cut. Correction July 30: An earlier version of the story mistakenly identified the victim as male. it was reported that a tree had fallen on a woman in Grigiškės and medics were called in who later confirmed her death at the scene,“ Vida Šmigelskienė High winds and heavy rain since Sunday evening have brought numbers of trees and their branches down prompting firefighters across Lithuania to go remove them around 550 times The tress fell not only on roads but also on cars and buildings Most of the reports on Monday came from central and northern Lithuania ESO, national energy distribution operator, said that at Monday noon around 150,000 homes were left without power due to the storm The Vilnius region appeared to be affected the most Rain was forecast in many districts on Monday according to the Hydrometeorological Service with gusts of north-west and west winds predicted to reach 22-27 metres per second Delays of an hour or more are expected for trains across the country and for public transport in Vilnius due to the storm in Lithuania on Monday A few flights have been canceled or rerouted from Vilnius Airport due to the storm should not become just a transit city for visitors but on the contrary - a great attraction that encourages citizens to get to know and respect it The project is an interactive route dedicated to the 700th anniversary of Vilnius. anniversary, which invites Vilnius residents to visit one of the least visited areas of the city of Vilnius - Grigiške. This interactive route can safely be called an open-air exhibition. After all, the exhibition becomes the city itself! The first presentation of the city exhibition event took place on July 6 when an impressive city celebration was held in Grigiškės It was on this day that the first FRESCA in Grigiškės was opened depicting all 10 decades of the city's existence It is often forgotten that Grigiškės is a part of Vilnius with a separate and unique history of a "city within a city" it is the last stop of the 29th and 59th Vilnius buses where after getting off you will start walking the historical route of the city you will discover unheard and unseen views of the city of Grigiškii Places for "stop" expositions are historically rich and structurally attractive and accessible to city residents and visitors: the underground passage to the Aqueduct the place near the cemetery of Soviet soldiers which is already celebrating its 100th anniversary does not have a single book that records the history of the region as many as 10 artistic-historical-exposition stops have been organized in Grigiškės and the stands depict the history of the city of Grigiškės which can be easily heard by scanning the QR code thanks to audio narrations or by entering e-mail website www.gogrigiskes.lt the culmination of the route is the Fresco of the graduate painter promising Lithuanian artist Linas Kaziulionis: the artist used 9 meters of paper to paint the picture on the wall of the 364-story building The height of the wall is up to 29 meters high challenges arose even for a promising street art professional This is one of the highest frescoes in Lithuania Three sketches were proposed for the implementation of this project and this one was chosen by a public vote of all the citizens of Grigori - the layout that best represents the development of the city It is expected that this project will become an object of attraction of the city will encourage the multicultural community of Grigiškii to be interested in their history and the history of the city of Vilnius and most importantly - will give people a sense of ownership - to be greedy for THEIR COUNTRY the first historical route around Grigiške started and over 200 participants of the excursion were received during the long weekend it is planned to organize excursions once a month Excursions-historical walks will be led by a professional guide reproduction and distribution are permitted only with the written consent of UAB "Naujosios medijos grupė" who works with the initiative group marginalai.lt and took part in Harm Reduction Conference in Vilnius this month openly discusses the situation in Lithuania's detention facilities – plagued not only by drug use but also HIV – and why prison authorities are inclined to ignore the problem we talk about the profit margins of dealers why anti-drug policies fail miserably to achieve their goals and about the geography of drug trade in Lithuania's towns – I have been addicted to drugs for 20 years And then they started the methadone programme I've been in the programme for 15 years now – What's the situation like in Lithuania – Drug users live in closed-off groups The main factor that inspired to launch Harm Reduction programme was an outbreak of HIV in Alytus Detention Colony eight years ago It emerged that a hundred inmates were sharing one needle Drugs are plentiful in streets of Lithuania you can even have an injection of amphetamine The official figures do not correspond to reality If we took a ride across town together and I showed you the trade spots – What are the dominant perceptions of people with drug addiction – Even after a person quits using drugs He often experiences discrimination as a result Withdrawal is so painful that one cannot go about without a doze Drug addicts are surrounded by people like themselves So they need to either go into long-term rehab or choose methadone programme and take the synthetic opioid The substance blocks the same receptors as heroin but it does not induce euphoria and removes withdrawal he doesn't need to look for a fix or steal to pay for drugs – Is the programme available in Lithuania The Lithuanian parliament endorsed the programme thanks to pressure from addicts' mothers but its funding has been severely reduced recently there were 400 people in the programme and a long waiting list Now only 30 people receive methadone and no one new is admitted There are only 3 spots available in the rehabilitation programme The society sees drug addiction as an illness – How do harm reduction programme specialists fight HIV and drug use – The use of new needles is the most effective way to prevent HIV spreading Harm reduction specialists view the fight against drugs from a different perspective – How many people in Lithuania have HIV these statistics haven’t changed for several years the actual number is at least 10 or 15 times larger – What makes the illness so wide-spread – Drugs with the potential to infect have doubled The head prison wardens do not accept the fact that drugs are being used in jail A rehabilitation center has been opened in Alytus detention colony Most of the prisoners quickly came to use it Other local zones had drugs sent over from the rehabilitation center A single gram of heroin there costs 1500 litas (435 euros) while the street price is 200 litas (58 euros) Those responsible for the prisons ignore the problem that hundreds of people are injecting themselves with a single needle – Does this mean that the prison administration is interested covering up for drug suppliers – We suggested that prisons be fitted with a machine that registers drug particles in the air The only heroin-free place is Pravieniškės prison this is not due to the efforts of the administration but because of the inmate “verkhs” (leaders) who would not allow heroin in the prison The situation in Marijampolė is really bad I recently met a person who went to prison and was on heroin for 8 years Now he’s signed up to a methadone programme because he saw that his life was going downhill rapidly – Why doesn’t the central government or the prison department react to this – The prison department is divided into two halves The other half comprises of statutory workers Statutory relations have formed over a long period of time Drug price difference in the streets and in prison is astounding This is one of the reasons why the problem is being hidden Using heroin allows making the reality more comfortable You might be sitting next to a garbage container and you would still feel great Large quantities of it are used in Marijampolė Maybe this is because it‘s far away from Vilnius – it‘s more difficult to control everything the more benefits are reaped by those with access to illegal activities but it is divided into as many doses as there's the demand for The sum of money paid for each dose only increases – Is the state capable of helping a drug user We hear that the largest institution of this kind in Lithuania is left without funding which has recently lost it’s financing It is the only place in Lithuania offering effective harm reduction where drug users can come and exchange their needles who are antisocial and don’t directly contact the medical staff It's like insulin for people with diabetes The main priority is getting your next fix You might be otherwise a responsible parent but drugs are more important than family and work – Are drugs easily available in the capital there were many spots in Vilnius where they sold heroin You could ask taxi drivers to get you some It seems that it benefits the police that drugs are only being sold in a single location – the gypsy shanty town Gypsies are selling drugs in almost every house The police conduct raids; they’ve been fighting this for 15 years because whenever you go up to one of the houses or there’s a crack in one of the windows to exchange money for a dose – It benefits the police force that drugs are sold on the outskirts of town Perhaps this makes it easier to fight with suppliers and their clients – I think that the police effectively control the shanty town There used to be a police post in the area A friend of mine owed the police 40 litas for letting him enter the area the police officers wouldn’t let him pass anymore; he had to go around through the forest my car got stopped as well when I was leaving the shanty town you only have to wait for the first bus from the station Usually officers would simply take away the addicts’ money they brought to buy drugs and let them suffer from withdrawal – Lithuania has appeared on the world drug map as one of the manufacturing centres – Grigiškės is the drug lab of Vilnius because that’s where they make amphetamines you only have to synthesize powder from liquid Spin it in the centrifuge and let it evaporate When amphetamines began to be manufactured in Lithuania this knocked down their prices in Denmark and Norway – Where do hard drugs sold in Lithuania come from – Heroin travels to Lithuania from Afghanistan and Kazakhstan Macedonia and the Balkans are also known for manufacturing heroin Kazakhs drive a truck-full of heroin into the country and leave with a shipment of cars – Dealers look for people who can sell Each house in the shanty town would sell 3 liters of  poppy broth per day Street dealers have different profit margins There are those who sell in order to feed their own addiction They divide it into 14 portions for 20 litas each The daily profit is therefore around 500-600 litas The heroin market is controlled by the big crime bosses Huge sums of money usually pass through their hands without the knowledge of the Drug Control Department I have no doubt that those who are involved in this have deals with the police Gypsies and street dealers are allowed to go to jail – How do you protect young people from drugs Young people coming from difficult family backgrounds Amphetamines are currently easily available in schools If we take a look at Russian-language schools around one third of the senior students have tried drugs I’ve always wanted to walk along Gedimino Avenue with a journalist so I could point out how many drug users are out there – That means that the system is interested in keeping drug use at the current level – Just take a look at how preventative measures are enacted in the country but that translates into lofty phrases thrown around that don’t reflect reality They insist that heroin and marijuana are equally bad doesn’t feel any withdrawal symptoms and begins thinking that everything he's heard is nonsense He decides that he might as well give heroin a try No one’s talking about how alcohol is also a drug if its effect is much greater than that of marijuana lizergine – all of these are usually used by people in the creative industries They organize “trips” during weekends They’re always at risk of getting charged under an article or other – Are light and heavy drugs equally easy to obtain – Amphetamine is sold in Vilnius rather loosely Those who use it are less likely to be linked to the criminal underworld The police allow it to be sold more widely Meanwhile you can only get heroin in the gypsy shanty town with its own drugs that aren’t available even in Vilnius There’s a pharmaceutical factory “Sanitas” in Kaunas It’s a stimulating substance which can be used to make ephedron Though the substance is synthesized for medical purposes there used to be lots of it sold on the black market Ephedrine crystals sold for 30 litas per gram It used to be difficult to find a bottle of potassium permanganate in pharmacies a person wouldn’t sleep for 5-6 days A synthetic drug called Fentanyl was popular in Kaunas at one point If you remember when the Chechens took hostages in a theatre in Russia you should know that they were being poisoned with Fentanyl gas Pharmacy products go side by side with drugs We will not give in to provocations,” Daiva Sinkuvienė The flags were first noticed on Thursday morning “We saw Russian flags painted in parts of Grigiškės where there are viaducts and tunnels” including on the motorway and the roads and bridges leading there “The municipality appealed to the Vilnius Municipality asking Grinda to paint over the flags as soon as possible in coordination with the police officers,” Sinkuvienė added She claimed the incident was a “provocation” following the mobilisation announcement in Russia The police are currently investigating the incident but are yet to decide whether to open a pre-trial investigation According to a Vilnius police spokesperson law enforcement first need to assess the damage On the initiative of the Grigiškii Vokė community a 1-kilometer nature observation trail has been started on the Vokė coast "We wanted to turn the unkempt and abandoned bank of the Vokė river into an active leisure space for the citizens making it possible for people with mobility disabilities and parents with wheelchairs to be here we have been developing the idea of ​​creating a common emotional space by the river for planned and unplanned meetings of Vilnius residents for a slow relationship with the living environment," says Daiva Sinkuvienė the elder of Salų and the chairperson of the Vokė community Grigiškės is a compact part of the city and can become an example of a walking city with interesting pedestrian routes and public spaces through long-term programming Daiva Sinkuvienė is happy to be able to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of her residential area solving problems and supporting the spirit of the community says that the idea of ​​an elder as a mediator between the eldership and higher authorities is very good improve the living conditions of its residents help residents feel that their voice and problems are heard and that they can get help." I always encourage local projects and residents' initiatives for the well-being of the community" shares the interviewed elder and invites her to submit her candidacies for the elections of wards without elders cardboard and toilet paper production group EUR to build a corrugated cardboard warehouse in Grigiškės.  According to Grigeo Group manager and main shareholder Gintautas Pangonis to which the production of corrugated cardboard was recently transferred We promise to deliver a warehouse next to that building (main factory - BNS) "Grigeo Packaging lacks warehouses and they will be expanded," G the production of corrugated cardboard is being increased due to the growing demand "We are increasing production because demand is growing and of course we will need premises," added the head of Grigeo the construction is planned to start next year the construction will cost about 2 million The building reconstruction project states that the company plans to reconstruct the warehouse of the factory built in 2014 Grigeo transferred the production of corrugated cardboard to its subsidiary Grigeo Packaging at the beginning of this year The decision was made due to the growth of the production and sale of this cardboard and the company's aim to manage and expand this business more efficiently Grigeo will focus on the production of toilet paper euros of consolidated pre-tax profit - 7,8 percent