The closure comes ahead of the "Zapad-2025" military drills, scheduled to take place in Belarus from Sept. 12 to 16. Minsk ...

The drills have raised security concerns in neighbouring Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

NATO member Lithuania has declared a 90-kilometre (56 miles) long no-fly zone near its capital along the country's border with Belarus, in response to drones entering from there.

Lithuania will close its airspace along part of the border with Belarus until October 1. This was reported on August 21 by ...

The Lithuanian exercise will involve about 350 personnel and 50 pieces of equipment, with simulated ammunition and ...

Lithuania announced on Wednesday that it is increasing border security and deploying additional forces as Russia and Belarus ...

Lithuania announced Wednesday that it will step up border security and deploy additional forces as Russia and Belarus prepare ...

Lithuania has instituted a no-fly zone along its Belarusian border until October 1 due to drones entering from Belarus, posing a threat to civil aviation. This move follows incidents in Poland and ...

Lithuania, too, has seen migrants coming from Belarus. A total of 11,211 people have been denied entry to Lithuania from Belarus since January 2022, according to the State Border Service.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, responding to Belarus' support of what he says is illegal migration, said "it is a kind of revenge for EU sanctions," the Associated Press reported.

Lithuania on Monday filed a case with the International Court of Justice, pictured here in January 2024, accusing Belarus of a large-scale smuggling scheme© by International justice of Court/ UPI ...

Ukraine's foreign ministry on Friday warned Minsk against staging provocations during joint Belarus-Russian "Zapad" military drills in September and called on European partners to remain vigilant.