{"id":164388,"date":"2025-11-17T10:09:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164388\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"poland-belarus-reopen-two-border-checkpoints-for-traffic","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164388\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland, Belarus reopen two border checkpoints for traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n The first car crosses the border at the Bierastavica checkpoint\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (CCTV camera footage, still by Pozirk)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

November 17, <\/strong>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Poland and Belarus reopened Ku\u017anica Bia\u0142ostocka\u2013Bruzhi and Bobrowniki\u2013Bierastavica checkpoints for traffic at 2 a.m. (Minsk time) on November 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 100 trucks and passenger vehicles and three buses registered in the electronic queue to cross the border at these checkpoints, according to the Belarusian State Border Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Lithuania shut its last two operating border crossings on October 28 in an effort to pressure Minsk to curb cigarette smuggling carried out with helium weather balloons. The move prompted Warsaw to postpone the reopening of two Polish\u2013Belarusian checkpoints originally scheduled for November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 29, the Lithuanian government decided to keep the border with Belarus closed until November 30 following repeated airspace violations, warning that the closure could be extended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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