{"id":107880,"date":"2024-10-04T13:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107880\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuania-bans-civil-servants-with-access-to-classified-data-from-traveling-to-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107880\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania bans civil servants with access to classified data from traveling to Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 4, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> As tension between Minsk and Vilnius climbs, the Seimas has approved a Belarus and Russia travel ban for about 56,000 civil servants and security personnel with access to classified information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eighty MPs who participated in the vote approved the bill unanimously, Delfi <\/em>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move comes months after Darius Jauni\u0161kis, chief of Lithuania\u2019s State Security Department, accused Minsk of kidnapping a Lithuanian national without any reason, referring to Elena Ramanauskien\u0117, who had been given a six-year prison term on espionage charges one month earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill authorizes the government to add other countries to the ban based on national security threats. It may also grant exceptions based on declared travel goals, such as the death of family members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lithuanian defense ministry said the ban should also apply to China because Lithuanian servicemen and public servants were prohibited from travelling to these countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2022, Belarus introduced a visa waiver for Lithuanians. It has been extended several times and remains in force until late 2024, yet Vilnius keeps urging Lithuanians not to visit Belarus for security reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, the Lithuanian justice ministry appealed to the International Criminal Court to investigate Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka and other officials for possible involvement in crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lithuanian justice ministry confirms submitting file against \u0141uka\u0161enka to ICC<\/h3>\n
September 30, Pozirk. The Lithuanian justice ministry has confirmed that it has submitted a file to the International Criminal Court (ICC) with evidence of Belarusian officials\u2019 involvement in transnational crimes against humanity. "The matter is of concern to the national …<\/div>\n \n