FILE - In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry ...

Belarus has routinely forcibly deported political prisoners released from prison, mostly to Lithuania — which is within the ...

The prosecutor’s office said the crimes being investigated include deportation and persecution through deportation.

Lithuania’s Prime Minister, Inga Ruginienė, firmly warned on Thursday that Belarus’ recent behaviour — including repeated airspace intrusion incidents and the detention of Lithuanian trucks — could be ...

For Lithuania, a NATO and EU member bordering Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, the war in Ukraine has not been a distant conflict. It is a warning. How is Vilnius preparing for a possible war ...

On Saturday, US President Donald Trump’s envoy John Coale said that Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, had promised to stop weather balloons flying from his country into Lithuania. It ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Tensions between Lithuania and Belarus have escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport in the past weeks, ...

FIDH and its partners applaud Lithuania’s initiative and strongly urge all ICC States Parties, especially those hosting Belarusian refugees, to swiftly refer the situation to the Court in order to ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Tensions between Lithuania and Belarus have escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport in the past weeks, ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Tensions between Lithuania and Belarus have escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport in the past weeks, ...