VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania will reopen its border crossings with Belarus, ending a closure imposed in response to airspace disruptions by smugglers' balloons, the Baltic republic said on Wednesday.

Thousands of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus have been intercepted in recent months and Lithuania calls it a "hybrid attack" [Lithuanian state border guard service] The Lithuanian government has ...

In the past 24 hours, the staff of the Medininkai (Kamenny Log on the Belarusian side) checkpoint processed only 15% of the ...

Belarus' President Aliaksandr Lukashenka threatened to seize over 1,000 Lithuanian trucks stranded in his country on Monday, following the closure of the border after repeated incursions by weather ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania(AP) — The Lithuanian government decided Wednesday to reopen the country's two border crossings with Belarus, weeks after they were closed following disruptions at the capital's ...

Lithuania has declared a national emergency following repeated airspace violations by balloons originating from Russia-allied Belarus, citing significant security risks. The move comes amid escalating ...

Lithuania-Belarus FILE - In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often ...

VILNIUS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its ...