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Lithuania’s border closures backfire? Lukashenko threatens to confiscate stranded lorries

By Edvardas Špokas, LRT TV, LRT.lt. After Lithuania closed its border with Belarus in response to what it called a hybrid attack, thousands of lorries ended up stuck on the [..]

With border closed, travellers seek detours to Belarus

By Marius Monkevičius, LRT.lt. Following the closure of Lithuania’s remaining border crossings with Belarus, direct bus routes from Lithuania to the neighbouring country have been suspended. However, some companies are [..]

Sanctions lifted, prisoners freed – but has anything changed in Belarus?

By Andrius Balčiūnas, LRT.lt. Belarus still holds about 1,300 political prisoners, but the release of 52 detainees last week has triggered the first significant thaw in years between Minsk and [..]

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners, including Lithuanian citizens, Nausėda says

By Eglė Samoškaitė, LRT.lt. Belarus has released 52 political prisoners, including Lithuanian citizens, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced Thursday at an emergency press conference. The group included opposition figures, journalists, [..]

Declared a security threat, Belarusian woman faces deportation from Lithuania

By Natalija Zverko, LRT.lt, Alisa Guseva, LRT.lt. A Belarusian woman who moved to Lithuania with her family at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been denied an [..]

Political prisoner freed from Belarus: No one should experience such conditions

Allan Roio, an Estonian citizen who was freed from a Belarusian prison on Saturday with the help of U.S. diplomatic efforts, said upon arriving in Estonia that no one should [..]

Vehicles with Belarusian license plates banned from entering Estonia

On July 1, the European Union ramped up sanctions imposed on Belarus to limit the ability of the Belarusian regime to participate in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and prevent the [..]

Olainfarm plans to replace Russia and Belarus with Western markets with new portfolio of medicines

Latvian drug manufacturer JSC Olainfarm plans to replace Russia and Belarus with the Western market with a new portfolio of medicines, Janis Buks, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the [..]

The European Parliament strengthens its cooperation with the Belarusian Democratic Forces

European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and the Head of the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sign a Letter of Intent, in Valletta. During a ceremony at the European [..]

Thirty-five journalists imprisoned in Belarus “freed” symbolically in Vilnius

Journalists from different countries symbolically “freed” from prison 35 colleagues, currently imprisoned in Belarus, during a solidarity event in Vilnius on Friday. The #freedomforjournalists event was organized on the territory [..]

Smuggled cigarettes worth more than EUR 1 mln found inside Belarusian truck in Lithuania

Customs officers at Lithuania’s Salcininkai border checkpoint have found smuggled cigarettes worth more than one million euros stashed inside a truck from Belarus, the Customs Criminal Service reports on Tuesday. [..]

Border guards prevent 76 persons from illegally crossing Latvia-Belarus border over weekend

Over the weekend, border guards prevented attempts by 76 people to illegally enter Latvia from Belarus, LETA learned from the State Border Guard. So far this year, border guards have [..]

Belarus’ import ban expected to affect only individual Lithuanian companies

Business representatives say that Belarus’ ban on a range of imports from Lithuania in retaliation for its closure of two more border checkpoints will only affect individual companies. A spokesman [..]

Belarusian border guards’ entry into Lithuanian territory was deliberate provocation –SBGS

The entry of three armed Belarusian officers into Lithuanian territory was a deliberate act, Rustamas Liubajevas, commander of Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service, says. The SBGS reported earlier in the [..]

Residence permit issuance suspended for 2,000 Belarusians in Lithuania – Tsikhanouskaya

The issuance of temporary residence permits to some 2,000 Belarusians has been suspended in Lithuania which is causing concern for everyone here, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says. She and [..]

93 migrants prevented from illegally crossing Latvian-Belarusian border in past four days

93 migrants were prevented from illegally crossing the Latvian border with Belarus in the past four days, LETA learned from the State Border Guard. So far this year, border guards [..]

Six in ten Lithuanians support stricter entry conditions for Belarusians – poll

Six out of ten Lithuanians are in favor of tightening the entry of Belarusian citizens into the country, according to the latest Baltijos Tyrimai survey published by the public broadcaster [..]

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103 migrants prevented from illegally entering Latvia from Belarus on Monday

On Monday, border guards prevented attempts by 103 people to illegally enter Latvia from Belarus, LETA was told at the State Border Guard. The number of people turned away at [..]

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