Weather balloons carrying boxes of smuggled cigarettes have been disrupting flights in Lithuania. The situation has escalated dramatically over the past week, and the government in Vilnius has ...

The Lithuanian government plans to shoot down large balloons encroaching on its airspace from neighboring Belarus, after ...

Lithuania's Vilnius airport temporarily closed on Thursday due to weather balloons flying in its vicinity, the airport said ...

In response to the increasing number of incidents of smuggler balloons in recent weeks, the Lithuanian-Belarusian border has ...

The European Union on Wednesday condemned Belarus for "unacceptable" incursions of meteorological balloons into Lithuanian ...

Lithuania will completely close its border with Belarus for a month after dozens of balloons loaded with illegal cigarettes entered its airspace last week, the government said Wednesday.

Lithuania is closing its border with Belarus for one month in response to airspace violations and disruptions to air traffic ...

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Smuggling balloons floating over the border from Belarus have shut down the airport in ...

Lithuania provided an exception for EU citizens, NATO countries’ citizens, third countries’ citizens with a temporary residential permit returning to the EU territory, and for citizens of third countr ...

Lithuania’s government will keep the country’s two border crossings with Belarus closed for the next month after balloons ...

Lithuania's border with Belarus will stay largely closed until late November, following airspace breaches by smuggler balloons carrying contraband. The decision, supported by Prime Minister Inga ...