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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania decided Wednesday to seal off another two of its six checkpoints with Belarus as of next month, amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia.
In Lithuania, new restrictions for Russians came into effect on May 3. The country will revoke the residence permits of those who travel to Russia or Belarus more than once within three months ...
Lithuania is asking the International Court of Justice to rule that Belarus breached its obligations by allegedly organizing the smuggling of migrants to its territory and award compensation. The ...
HELSINKI (AP) — Lithuania has declared a state of emergency due to an influx of migrants in the last few days from neighboring Belarus, as tensions between the European Union and Belarus ...
Lithuania strengthens border security and introduces new restrictions at checkpoints due to provocations from Belarus, according to the website of the Lithuanian government. The government of the ...
Lithuania declared an emergency after Belarus sent a flood of illegal migrants over the two countries’ border in protest at European Union sanctions against President Alexander Lukashenko’s ...
Lithuanian officials have said that there could be up to 4,500 of Wagner Group fighters in Belarus, with some of them stationed close to the Lithuanian and Polish borders.
Lithuania is seeking up to 120 million euros in compensation from Belarus, accusing its eastern neighbor of orchestrating the illegal immigration of thousands of people ...
Next week, Lithuania will shut two of its six border checkpoints with Belarus, as a response to escalating tensions between the neighbours, with Vilnius warning of a provocations threat by Minsk.
Lithuania’s top national security body called for the closure of two border checkpoints with Belarus as the Baltic region moves to reduce risks related to sanctions evasion, smuggling and a ...
Since then, Lithuania built a barbed wire fence bordering Belarus in order to slow the wave of migrants and already refused 20,000 individuals from Belarus, Tajikistan and parts of the Middle East.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania is asking the International Court of Justice to rule that Belarus breached its obligations by allegedly organizing the smuggling of migrants to its territory ...