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(MENAFN) Lithuania’s Foreign Minister, Kestutis Budrys, has rejected engaging in border negotiations under conditions set by Belarus, following an order from President Alexander Lukashenko to initiate talks with Lithuanian officials. “I don’t...

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(MENAFN) Canada formally applied on Wednesday to join the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), taking a step toward expanding its military cooperation with Britain and its European partners. "Prime Minister (Mark) Carney announced that Canada...

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(MENAFN) Lithuania’s president has expressed doubts about the effectiveness of U.S. efforts to sway Belarus away from Moscow through intensified diplomacy. "This is how the United States is trying to separate Belarus from Russia, and I think we...

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(MENAFN) Lithuania's Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene declared Monday that the nation will indefinitely seal its frontier with Belarus and authorize military forces to destroy any balloons breaching its airspace, responding to four separate...

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(MENAFN) Lithuania has announced plans to indefinitely close its border with Belarus and authorize the military to shoot down any balloons entering its airspace, after a series of aerial incursions disrupted air travel and border operations over...

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(MENAFN) Lithuania has announced plans to indefinitely close its border with Belarus and to authorize its military to shoot down balloons that enter its airspace, following a series of recent incursions, according to reports on Monday.

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(MENAFN) On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene announced plans to indefinitely close the country’s border with Belarus and take immediate action against any balloons violating its airspace.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania took decisive action on Friday, closing its two largest airports and sealing its border crossings with Belarus after a third incident this month involving helium weather balloons entering Lithuanian airspace.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania has accused Russia of briefly violating its airspace when two military aircraft crossed from the Kaliningrad region on Thursday evening.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania temporarily closed its two main airports and sealed its border crossings with Belarus on Friday after helium-filled weather balloons entered its airspace for the third time this month.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania has temporarily suspended operations at its two main airports and closed all crossings with Belarus after a series of helium balloons once again breached its airspace this month.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania closed its two largest airports and sealed border crossings with Belarus on Friday after helium weather balloons entered its airspace for a third time this month.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania's Defense Minister, Dovile Sakaliene, has announced her resignation following a week-long conflict with Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene regarding the nation's military spending.

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(MENAFN) Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene has threatened to shut the country’s border with Belarus following reports of balloons carrying contraband cigarettes crossing into Lithuanian territory, according to local media. “If such balloons...

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(MENAFN) Lithuania’s Defense Minister, Dovile Sakaliene, has resigned after a tense disagreement with Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene regarding the nation’s defense spending plans, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) The Lithuanian Parliament received a request from Israel’s legislature urging lawmakers to nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, a public broadcaster reported.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania’s top presidential adviser has sharply criticized former German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her recent remarks defending her administration’s Russia strategy, accusing her of attempting to excuse past policy failures toward...

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(MENAFN) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have agreed to create a Baltic Military Mobility Area (MMA) to reduce peacetime restrictions and enable faster movement of troops and equipment across the three countries, officials announced Friday....

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(MENAFN) Lithuania’s culture chief stepped down just a week into the role following public outrage sparked by his reluctance to clarify Crimea's status.