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 ...

Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems. That's when giant white balloons are launched across the border, crates of cheap cigarettes dangling beneath. Over the ...

Lithuania and Poland plan to explore opportunities to raise the level of political co-operation with Belarus, sb.by reports with ...

The European Court of Human Rights is expected to rule in the coming weeks on the pushbacks experienced by four Cubans at the ...

The crossings had been shut in late October for a month, with officials in Vilnius viewing the balloon incidents as a deliberate act by Russia-allied Belarus. The Medininkai and Šalčininkai crossings ...

VILNIUS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Smuggling balloons drifting over the Belarusian border have forced repeated shutdowns at the airport in Lithuania's capital Vilnius, in what authorities call a "hybrid ...

MINSK, 23 March (BelTA) - The State Customs Committee has sent a proposal to the Lithuanian side to intensify border operations for the departing trucks that have been parked at the designated parking ...

WARSAW, Poland — Balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus have been reported crossing into Polish airspace for a third night in a row. Polish authorities on Monday said the “hybrid incidents” ...

The declaration is in response to frequent airspace violations by smuggling balloons that Lithuania calls a 'hybrid attack' from Belarus Lithuania's government has declared a national emergency over ...

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 ...

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 ...