{"id":163395,"date":"2025-11-08T19:39:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163395\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"eu-preparing-new-sanctions-package-against-russia-belarus-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163395\/","title":{"rendered":"EU preparing new sanctions package against Russia, Belarus \u2013 official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flag_es_alexey_larionov_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flag_es_alexey_larionov_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flag_es_alexey_larionov_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flag_es_alexey_larionov_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flag_es_alexey_larionov_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/flag_es_alexey_larionov_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Alexey Larionov \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 8,<em> Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Work on a new sanctions package against Russia and Belarus is already underway, Maria Lu\u00eds Albuquerque of the European Commission told Lithuanian Finance Minister Kristupas Vaitiek\u016bnas yesterday in Vilnius, <em>Delfi <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official pledged to continue combating the circumvention of sanctions and find ways to cooperate with third countries that facilitate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaitiek\u016bnas stressed the need to keep up pressure on Belarus and Russia, calling for tightening sanctions against Belarus and aligning them with restrictions imposed on Russia, citing recent hybrid attacks as the reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three days ago, Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys told reporters that Vilnius presented its proposals on what new international-level sanctions applied to Belarus should look like, yet did not specify further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between Minsk and Vilnius over cigarette-smuggling balloons launched from Belarus have been rising since mid-October, forcing Lithuanian authorities to briefly close the border on several occasions and suspend operations at Vilnius Airport, located close to the Belarusian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 29, the Lithuanian government ruled to keep the shared border with Belarus closed until November 30 following numerous airspace violations. The closure may be extended, Vilnius warned.<\/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\/10\/budris_tihanovskaja_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/budris_tihanovskaja_POZ_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/budris_tihanovskaja_POZ_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/budris_tihanovskaja_POZ_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/budris_tihanovskaja_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/budris_tihanovskaja_POZ_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\">Vilnius sends proposals on new Belarus sanctions to EU counterparts \u2013 foreign minister<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 5, Pozirk. Vilnius has presented its proposals on what new international-level sanctions applied to Belarus should look like, Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys told reporters. The package of proposals contains specific terms and effects, the diplomat said, according to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/163163\">\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>November 8, Pozirk. Work on a new sanctions package against Russia and Belarus is already underway, Maria Lu\u00eds Albuquerque of the European Commission told Lithuanian Finance Minister Kristupas Vaitiek\u016bnas yesterday in Vilnius, Delfi reported. The official pledged to continue combating the circumvention of sanctions and find ways to cooperate with third countries that facilitate it. 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