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Vilnius closed \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius crossings in 2023 and Lavori\u0161k\u0117s and Raigardas in 2024, citing national security and smuggling among the reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late 2025, tensions between Belarus and Lithuania over cigarette-smuggling balloons forced Lithuanian authorities to close crossings in \u0160al\u010dininkai and Medininkai for three weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 9, Pozirk. Road repairs at the Bieniakoni-\u0160al\u010dininkai checkpoint on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border are expected to be completed by July 23, the press office of the Belarusian State Border Committee reports. 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