{"id":164791,"date":"2025-11-19T18:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164791\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuania-to-reopen-border-crossings-at-midnight-1-p-m-minsk-time","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164791\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania to reopen border crossings at midnight (1 p.m. Minsk time)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 19,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Lithuania will restore traffic through the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared border with Belarus at midnight (1 p.m. Minsk time) on November 20, according to the Lithuanian government\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic will be open &#8220;only for automobiles,\u201d so it is unclear whether passenger buses will be allowed to cross the border. 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 had 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=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania to reopen two checkpoints on Belarus border tomorrow<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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&#039;s government decision. Originally, Vilnius planned to keep the checkpoints &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/164748\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 19,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Lithuania will restore traffic through the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared border with Belarus at midnight (1 p.m. Minsk time) on November 20, according to the Lithuanian government\u2019s website. Traffic will be open &#8220;only for automobiles,\u201d so it is unclear whether passenger buses will be allowed to cross the border. 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