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The airport in Lithuania's capital has been shut four evenings over the past week after smuggling balloons were detected floating over the border from Belarus.
Thousands of passengers have been affected as dozens of flights were either redirected or cancelled at the airport, which is 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Belarus.
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