{"id":167454,"date":"2025-12-09T19:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167454\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"polish-interior-minister-tensions-ease-at-belarus-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/167454\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish interior minister: tensions ease at Belarus\u2019 border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kerwinski-gov-pl-20250910.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kerwinski-gov-pl-20250910.jpg 924w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kerwinski-gov-pl-20250910-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kerwinski-gov-pl-20250910-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kerwinski-gov-pl-20250910-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/kerwinski-gov-pl-20250910-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(gov.pl)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 9,<em> Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The situation on the Polish-Belarusian border has improved in recent weeks, and Warsaw does not plan to introduce a state of emergency as Lithuania did today, Polish Interior Minister\u00a0Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski\u00a0has told <em>Radio Zet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The irregular migration burden has also decreased, the official noted, as the number of attempts by undocumented third-country foreigners to enter Poland via Belarus dropped to three in the first week of December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today, Lithuania declared an \u201cextreme situation\u201d\u00a0\u2013 a low-level emergency \u2013 over airspace violations by weather balloons launched by cigarette smugglers from Belarus. Vilnius treats incursions as \u201ca hybrid attack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interior Minister Vladislav\u00a0Kondratovi\u010d, in charge of the emergency response operation, said that Vilnius will decide on a possible extension in one month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tensions between Belarus and Lithuania over cigarette-smuggling balloons have been rising since mid-October, prompting Lithuanian authorities to close the border and suspend operations at Vilnius International Airport, which is located close to the Belarusian border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Kondratovi\u010d said nearly 600 weather balloons and 197 drones had been spotted in Lithuania since January. The incidents disrupted 350 flights, affecting about 51,000 passengers.<\/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\"> 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\">EU neighbors report 39 attempts to cross from Belarus in first week of December<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 8,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;Belarus\u2019 EU neighbors reported 39 attempts by third-country nationals to cross from Belarus outside the official checkpoints in the first week of December. Latvia reported 36 incidents; Poland, 3; and Lithuania, none. The number of irregular border-crossing attempts fell &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/167295\">\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>December 9, Pozirk. The situation on the Polish-Belarusian border has improved in recent weeks, and Warsaw does not plan to introduce a state of emergency as Lithuania did today, Polish Interior Minister\u00a0Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski\u00a0has told Radio Zet. The irregular migration burden has also decreased, the official noted, as the number of attempts by undocumented third-country foreigners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154775,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-167454","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Polish interior minister: tensions ease at Belarus\u2019 border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 9, Pozirk. 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