{"id":158406,"date":"2025-10-03T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158406\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"number-of-belarusians-allowed-to-reside-in-lithuania-continues-to-fall","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/158406\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Belarusians allowed to reside in Lithuania continues to fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 3, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> According to Lithuania\u2019s migration department, 51,213 Belarusian nationals had a valid permit to reside in the country as of October 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 1, 57,511 Belarusians had documents legalizing their stay in one way or another. Previously, the number fell from 52,662 on June 1 and 52,287 on July 1 to 51,962 on August 1 and 51,520 on September 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the year\u2019s start, the number has decreased by 10.95 percent.<\/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\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania seizes 12,000 packs of cigarettes smuggled from Belarus by drones<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 2, Pozirk. Lithuania intercepted drones carrying 12,000 packs of cigarettes in six batches yesterday, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service reports.\u00a0 Smugglers\u2019 drones equipped with GPS sensors arrived as far as the \u0160al\u010dininkai, Var\u0117na and Alytus districts, it said. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/158193\">\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>October 3, Pozirk. According to Lithuania\u2019s migration department, 51,213 Belarusian nationals had a valid permit to reside in the country as of October 1. On January 1, 57,511 Belarusians had documents legalizing their stay in one way or another. Previously, the number fell from 52,662 on June 1 and 52,287 on July 1 to 51,962 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-158406","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Number of Belarusians allowed to reside in Lithuania continues to fall | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 3, Pozirk. 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