Lithuania has said balloons are sent by smugglers transporting contraband cigarettes, but it also blames Belarus' President ...

Authorities said the balloons are likely for smuggling, but blamed Belarus' leader, Alexander Lukashenko, for letting them ...

Vilnius International Airport suspended operations at about 9:40 p.m. local time (7:40 p.m. GMT) due to weather balloons that are used to smuggle cigarettes to Lithuania. According to airport services ...

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Amid concerns over the potential smuggling of contraband using Belarusian meteorological balloons, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has proposed closing the border with Belarus for an extended ...

"Contraband" balloons launched from Belarus have disrupted air traffic four times in the last week. Lithuania has closed ...

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Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport and Belarus border crossings Sunday after suspected helium balloons, linked to cigarette ...

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The country's president described the operation as a hybrid attack as the airspace was closed for the second night running.

Flights at Lithuania’s main airport were disrupted on two successive nights in the latest of a string of incidents involving ...

Lithuania's main airport faced two nights of flight disruptions due to suspected cigarette-smuggling balloons from Belarus.