Hinged lid package for smoking and/or tobacco related articles, blank and method therefor

A hinged lid package for elongate smoking articles, the package comprising a body having a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and two side walls, the package further comprising a lid which is hinged to the rear wall of the body by a first hinge, the lid comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and two side walls, wherein the lid and the body being coupled such that the body can rest on the lid in an open end position of the lid and the lid remains open, wherein the package further comprises a second hinge inside the rear wall of the body and two cuts, or creasing lines, or lines of perforation, or weakening lines, in the rear wall of the body running from the first hinge to the second hinge so as to create a connecting flap in the rear wall of the body which couples the first hinge and the second hinge, wherein the length of the connecting flap is equal to the length of lower edges of the side walls of the lid.