Entry to Lithuania still allowed for certain travellers, including EU citizens and humanitarian visa-holders.

Lithuania is tightening its border with Belarus for a month after waves of balloons carrying contraband cigarettes entered its airspace.

Lithuania’s cabinet decided Wednesday to continue halting traffic at the Salcininkai crossing in the southeast until the end of November, while heavily restricting passage at its only other crossing, Medininkai, near

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