{"id":130579,"date":"2025-03-18T22:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130579\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"latvia-closes-only-checkpoint-to-belarusian-cyclists-and-pedestrians","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130579\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia closes only checkpoint to Belarusian cyclists and pedestrians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Latvian government has decided to restrict traffic through the Paternieki checkpoint on the border with Belarus, <em>lsm.lv<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From March 19, it will be forbidden to cross the border on foot or by bicycle; the restrictions will not affect motorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar decisions have been made for the Grebneva and Terehova checkpoints on the border with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The restrictions have been introduced for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measures are aimed at &#8220;strengthening the border protection system and making border control more effective.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/paternieki_punkt_vni_lv_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/paternieki_punkt_vni_lv_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/paternieki_punkt_vni_lv_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/paternieki_punkt_vni_lv_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/paternieki_punkt_vni_lv_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/paternieki_punkt_vni_lv_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Latvia may close last checkpoint, fearing inflow of third-country migrants from Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 17, Pozirk. Latvia&#039;s State Border Guard (SBG) has requested the government to close the Paternieki checkpoint for pedestrians crossing the border with Belarus over a rise in irregular border crossings, the Latvian media reported, citing SBG Chief Guntis Puj\u0101ts. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/130330\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 18, Pozirk. The Latvian government has decided to restrict traffic through the Paternieki checkpoint on the border with Belarus, lsm.lv reported. From March 19, it will be forbidden to cross the border on foot or by bicycle; the restrictions will not affect motorists. 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