{"id":168127,"date":"2025-12-14T13:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168127\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lukasenka-promises-to-do-his-best-to-stop-balloon-overflights-coale","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/168127\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka promises to do his best to stop balloon overflights &#8211; Coale"},"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\/10\/sigarety_shary_sogg-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sigarety_shary_sogg-1.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sigarety_shary_sogg-1-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sigarety_shary_sogg-1-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sigarety_shary_sogg-1-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sigarety_shary_sogg-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Lithuanian Border Guard Service)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 14,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> During talks in Minsk on December 13, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka promised to stop weather balloons flying from his country into Lithuania, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported quoting US envoy John Coale as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balloons, used by cigarette smugglers, have been a source of tension between the two countries that prompted Vilnius to declare an \u201cextreme situation\u201d\u2014a low-level emergency\u2014on December 9, close the border from October 29 to November 20 and suspend operations at Vilnius International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Lithuanian Interior Minister Vladislav 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<p>Vilnius International Airport has suspended operations for more than 60 hours since October, most recently on December 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-315x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-315x236.jpg 315w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-653x490.jpg 653w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kolesnikova-hocu-zhit-20251213.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/>                        <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\">\u0141uka\u0161enka frees 123 political prisoners, including prominent activists and politicians<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 13,&nbsp;Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has pardoned 123 political prisoners in a deal negotiated earlier in the day with US special envoy John Coale in Minsk. The group has been confirmed to include Maryja Kale\u015bnikava, a campaign manager for former presidential &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168013\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 14,&nbsp;Pozirk. During talks in Minsk on December 13, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka promised to stop weather balloons flying from his country into Lithuania, Reuters reported quoting US envoy John Coale as saying. Balloons, used by cigarette smugglers, have been a source of tension between the two countries that prompted Vilnius to declare an \u201cextreme situation\u201d\u2014a low-level [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-168127","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>\u0141uka\u0161enka promises to do his best to stop balloon overflights - Coale | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 14,&nbsp;Pozirk. 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