Tag: Vilnius

Lithuania builds border fence to stem migration from Belarus

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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania began Friday to erect a fence along its border with Belarus to deter third country migrants from entering, a week...

US proposes to ban air travel between US and Belarus

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday proposed sharp restrictions on travel between the U.S. and Belarus, the latest fallout from the forced landing...

Lithuania marks 80th anniversary of Soviet mass deportations

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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Flowers were laid on rusty railway tracks Monday as Lithuania marked the start of a mass deportation 80 years ago by...

Lithuania says Belarus could be behind recent migrant influx

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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania has detained a group of nine Iraqi asylum-seekers who had entered the Baltic country from Belarus, officials said Monday. ...

Belarusian journalist in prison video after flight diversion

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KYIV, Ukraine — A dissident journalist arrested when Belarus diverted his flight said in a video from prison that he has been set up...

At 26, Belarus journalist has spent a decade in opposition

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KYIV, Ukraine — Raman Pratasevich has been part of the Belarus political opposition for over a decade and has long feared the authorities would...

Belarusians who fled crackdown fearful after diverted flight

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VILNIUS, Lithuania — Viachka Krasulin said he was arrested and brutally beaten all over his body by police in Belarus for attending a rally...

Belarusian leader defends his action to divert flight

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KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' authoritarian president on Wednesday defended his action to divert a European flight that triggered bruising European Union sanctions and accused...

EU mulls response to Belarus diverting plane to nab reporter

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BRUSSELS — Angry European Union leaders were set to consider a joint response Monday to Belarus' diversion of a plane traveling between EU member...

EXPLAINER: What was behind a jet’s diversion to Belarus?

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The diversion of a Ryanair flight to Lithuania by Belarus, leading to the arrest of an opposition journalist who was a passenger, has sparked...