KYIV/VILNIUS - Ukraine has handed over a captured Russian soldier accused of torture and illegal detention to Lithuania for trial, in what Kyiv said was the first case of its kind involving the ...

Lithuania temporarily closed Vilnius airspace on October 30, 2025, after smuggling balloons were spotted – the sixth incident ...

The airport in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius was closed again on the evening of 30 October for the first time this week ...

The airspace over Vilnius was closed for about two and a half hours, from 8:10 p.m. to 10:43 p.m. According to local media ...

Vilnius International Airport was closed four times, and Kaunas International Airport once In October over similar incidents involving flights of weather balloons carrying contraband tobacco products.

Vilnius Airport in Lithuania was temporarily closed due to the presence of weather balloons, an incident blamed on smugglers ...

Lithuania's Vilnius airport temporarily closed on Thursday due to weather balloons flying in its vicinity, the airport said in a post on Facebook, the sixth such incident this month.

"Ukraine stands in solidarity with Lithuania in the face of Belarusian provocations and incursions into Lithuanian airspace ...

On Wednesday, Lithuania announced it would maintain the closure of border crossings with Belarus for one month. This measure ...

Lithuania has closed its border with Belarus after smuggling balloons filled with cigarettes caused major disruptions at ...

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

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