{"id":171618,"date":"2026-01-14T17:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171618\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"vilnius-does-not-plan-to-lift-state-of-extreme-situation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/171618\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius does not plan to lift state of \u201cextreme situation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 14,<\/strong><em> <strong>Pozirk.<\/strong><\/em> Lithuania\u2019s Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovi\u010d said on January 14 that he does not plan to lift a state of low-level emergency called \u201cextreme situation\u201d introduced in early December over the overflights of balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt helps us make decisions to engage troops; the army needs such situation,\u201d he is quoted by <em>Delfi<\/em> as saying. He added that the low-level emergency does not affect ordinary people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of 2026, Lithuania has intercepted at least seven cigarette-smuggling weather balloons launched from Belarus. Law enforcers seized 24,000 packs of illegally imported cigarettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Lithuania intercepted 635 balloons and 59 drones used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus into Lithuania, according to the State Border Guard Service. Last year, 171 people were arrested in Lithuania on suspicion of involvement in smuggling by air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Balloons have been a source of tensions between Lithuania and Belarus, prompting Vilnius to close the border for three weeks last fall and suspend operations at Vilnius International Airport on several occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cigarettes cost an equivalent of around \u20ac1 at stores in Belarus and are significantly cheaper than legally sold cigarettes in Latvia and Lithuania, where prices start at around \u20ac5. Smuggled NZ cigarettes can be bought at \u20ac2 per pack in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/171477\/\">Lithuania arrests six suspects over smuggling of Belarusian cigarettes by air<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, Pozirk. Lithuania\u2019s Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovi\u010d said on January 14 that he does not plan to lift a state of low-level emergency called \u201cextreme situation\u201d introduced in early December over the overflights of balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes. \u201cIt helps us make decisions to engage troops; the army needs such situation,\u201d he is quoted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":141499,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-171618","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>Vilnius does not plan to lift state of \u201cextreme situation\u201d | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 14, Pozirk. 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