(MENAFN) The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a stern warning to Lithuania against pursuing "provocative steps" regarding transit access to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova declared on Wednesday that there should...
(MENAFN) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday denounced Lithuania’s decision to shut its border with Belarus indefinitely, calling it a “crazy scam.” The move came a day after Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene announced...
(MENAFN) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday criticized Lithuania’s intentions to seal the border between the two nations, calling the move a “crazy scam.” The announcement came after Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene...
(MENAFN) Lithuania has announced plans to indefinitely close its border with Belarus and authorize the military to shoot down any balloons entering its airspace, after a series of aerial incursions disrupted air travel and border operations over...
(MENAFN) Lithuania's Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene declared Monday that the nation will indefinitely seal its frontier with Belarus and authorize military forces to destroy any balloons breaching its airspace, responding to four separate...
(MENAFN) Lithuania has announced plans to indefinitely close its border with Belarus and to authorize its military to shoot down balloons that enter its airspace, following a series of recent incursions, according to reports on Monday. Prime...
(MENAFN) On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene announced plans to indefinitely close the country’s border with Belarus and take immediate action against any balloons violating its airspace. This decision comes after four...
(MENAFN) Lithuania has temporarily suspended operations at its two main airports and closed all crossings with Belarus after a series of helium balloons once again breached its airspace this month. Authorities announced that both Vilnius and...
(MENAFN) Lithuania has accused Russia of briefly violating its airspace when two military aircraft crossed from the Kaliningrad region on Thursday evening. The incident occurred near the town of Kybartai, close to the border with Russia's...
(MENAFN) Lithuania temporarily closed its two main airports and sealed its border crossings with Belarus on Friday after helium-filled weather balloons entered its airspace for the third time this month. Authorities confirmed that the Vilnius and...
Lithuanian and Russian energy companies are negotiating to extend the gas transit agreement to the Kaliningrad region. This is reported by LRT, writes UNN. Details The current 10-year agreement on gas transit to Kaliningrad, which is only possible...
A Russian serviceman suspected of committing a war crime against a Lithuanian citizen on Ukrainian territory was transferred from Ukraine to Lithuania this week. As reported by Delfi, on 30 October, Vilnius District Court granted a request from...
The airport in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius was closed again on the evening of 30 October for the first time this week due to weather balloons carrying contraband entering from Belarus. This has affected 2,000 passengers. As reported by...
While U.S. policy on Ukraine continues to flip flop as President Donald Trump seeks a deal for the sake of a deal, Japan has been stepping up its support for Ukraine and charting a more independent foreign policy toward Europe more broadly....
In this photo provided by Belarusian Presidential Press Service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, (center), speaks as he visits the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve during a working visit to the Lepel District of the Vitebsk Region , Belarus...
Stock photo: Getty Images The airport in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius was closed again on the evening of 30 October for the first time this week due to weather balloons carrying contraband entering from Belarus. This has affected 2,000...
ISTANBUL Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has vowed to take “all possible measures” after flights at Vilnius Airport were again suspended over security concerns caused by suspected smuggler balloons launched from neighboring Belarus. "Hybrid...
Lithuanian authorities temporarily closed the airspace over Vilnius on the evening of the 30th of October after eight smuggler balloons were spotted heading towards the airport, writes Politico. The airspace over Vilnius was closed for about two...
Belarus has repeatedly launched such balloons, ostensibly to smuggle cigarettes across its border with Lithuania. The stunts have drawn international outrage and caused Lithuania to close its border with its unruly eastern neighbor for a month...
MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Vilnius International Airport is closed again for aircraft reception and release "due to unknown objects" in the airspace, a source in the airport's air traffic control service told TASS. "The airport is closed,...
