From now on, if you ever want to put up rainbow-coloured posters or draw hearts and publicly elucidate that everyone has a right to love, be careful – that might get you fined. At least it appears so after witnessing reactions of Vilnius city officials to posters promoting Baltic Pride that were put up this week.

The officials allege that the posters, which bear the slogan “Love is a human right”, were hung in the city’s bus stops without permission – but the permission would have been granted next week, less than a week before the event they promote.

JCDecaux lawyer Gediminas Pranevičius tells 15min that before it hung the posters, the company had uploaded the mock-up to the Municipality’s database for officials to take a look – something it has done numerous times before. The only remark came from a linguist who asked to correct one mistake. JCDecaux did it and, receiving no further comments, put the posters in the stands, just like it was planned.

Read more at 15min.lt