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Vilnius Airport in Lithuania temporarily halted operations on Sunday after suspected balloons entered its airspace, marking the latest disruption in a months-long series of flight interruptions in the Baltic country.
A Lithuanian court has sentenced an 18-year-old Ukrainian, identified as Danylo B., to three years and four months in prison for setting fire to an Ikea store in Vilnius in 2024 on orders allegedly coming from Russian intelligence.
The Lithuanian government decided Wednesday to reopen the country's two border crossings with Belarus, weeks after they were closed following disruptions at the capital's airport caused by balloons used to smuggle cigarettes across the frontier.
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Russian military planes briefly violated Lithuania’s airspace Thursday evening, the Lithuanian president said, condemning what he called a blatant breach of the territorial integrity of his European Union and NATO-member country.
Lithuania's protest note came as US media reported on a 28-point US peace plan for Ukraine. The reports said the plan would require Ukraine to make territorial and security concessions to Russia, ease sanctions on Moscow and restore the Group of Eight (G8) by bringing Russia back into the format.
Byrne says the Baltic countries Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are ‘on a war footing, because they see a very real threat to themselves from Russia’
VILNIUS (Reuters) -NATO member Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport and Belarus border crossings on Sunday after several objects, identified as likely helium balloons, entered its
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