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  2. Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus ...

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    The decision came as Lithuanians grow increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. Lithuania to temporarily close two checkpoints with Belarus amid ...

  3. Lithuania decided Wednesday to seal off another two of its six checkpoints with Belarus as of next month, amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia. This brings the total ...

  4. Lithuania may shut two more Belarus border points -BNS news ...

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    The Lithuanian government on Aug. 16 announced the closure of two other Belarus border crossing points, cutting the number to four from six, blaming "geopolitical circumstances" weeks after ...

  5. Belarus–European Union border crisis - Wikipedia

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    Illegal migration from Belarus forced the Lithuanian government to declare a state-level "extraordinary situation" (similar but weaker legal regime than the state of emergency) on 2 July 2021. [ 110 ] [ 111 ] Lithuania had no experience in dealing with large numbers of illegal migrants and lacked places to accommodate them.

  6. Restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad Oblast - Wikipedia

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    On 21 June Lithuania extended restrictions on freight vehicles as well. In response, the Russian delegation began to openly threaten Lithuania. [ 6 ] [ 5 ] [ 7 ] Andrey Arkadyevich Klimov [ ru ] , the head of the temporary commission of the Federation Council for the protection of sovereignty, said that if the EU "does not correct the situation ...

  7. Belarus borders remain open despite leader's closure threat - AOL

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    Belarus' borders with Poland and Lithuania remained open Friday despite the nation's president declaring they would be closed and accusing the neighboring nations of instigating nearly six weeks ...

  8. Belarus–Lithuania relations - Wikipedia

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    The bill terminated the agreement signed by the governments of Lithuania and Belarus in Vilnius on June 1, 2006, to set out areas of cross-border cooperation between the two neighbouring countries. [31] One of the two rail crossings was closed in February 2023 because of excessive smuggling from Belarus to Lithuania and Kaliningrad. [32]

  9. Lithuania says it may close Belarus border crossings over ...

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    Lithuania may close border crossing points with Belarus if migrants continue to be smuggled into its territory on trucks, Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said on Friday. The Lithuanian border ...