{"id":164748,"date":"2025-11-19T15:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164748\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuania-to-reopen-belarus-border-on-november-20","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164748\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania to reopen two checkpoints on Belarus border tomorrow"},"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\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Lithuanian State Border Guard Service)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Tomorrow, Lithuania will restore traffic via the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared border with Belarus that remained closed since October 29,<em> BNS<\/em> reports, citing today&#8217;s government decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally, Vilnius planned to keep the checkpoints closed until November 30 in response to repeated airspace violations by cigarette-smuggling balloons launched from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between both countries over balloons 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>Earlier this week, Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys suggested that an earlier reopening was possible, while emphasizing that Lithuania\u2019s priority remained countering hybrid threats and pressuring Minsk to change its behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Lithuania\u2019s Prime Minister Inga Ruginien\u0117 noted that border guards have recently recorded fewer incursions involving weather balloons used to smuggle cigarettes. If the checkpoints reopen, Lithuanian-registered trucks \u201cshould be allowed to return to Lithuania,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, 1,265 Lithuania-registered trucks are stranded in Belarus as a result of the closure. Minsk has barred the Lithuanian cargo vehicles from leaving the country and ordered them to guarded parking areas. In response, Vilnius has accused Belarus of further escalating tensions by seizing the vehicles and preventing their return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/berestoviza-gpk-20251117-stk-POZ-352x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/berestoviza-gpk-20251117-stk-POZ-352x236.jpg 352w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/berestoviza-gpk-20251117-stk-POZ-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/berestoviza-gpk-20251117-stk-POZ.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland, Belarus reopen two border checkpoints for traffic<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 17,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Poland and Belarus reopened Ku\u017anica Bia\u0142ostocka\u2013Bruzhi and Bobrowniki\u2013Bierastavica checkpoints for traffic at 2 a.m. (Minsk time) on November 17. More than 100 trucks and passenger vehicles and three buses registered in the electronic queue to cross the border at &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/164388\">\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 19, Pozirk. Tomorrow, Lithuania will restore traffic via the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared border with Belarus that remained closed since October 29, BNS reports, citing today&#8217;s government decision. Originally, Vilnius planned to keep the checkpoints closed until November 30 in response to repeated airspace violations by cigarette-smuggling balloons launched from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":107219,"template":"","rubric":[16,15],"class_list":["post-164748","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania to reopen two checkpoints on Belarus border tomorrow | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 19, Pozirk. 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