{"id":2127,"date":"2023-08-18T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=2127"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"border-committee-reports-queues-after-closure-of-two-crossings-by-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/2127\/","title":{"rendered":"Border committee reports queues after closure of two crossings by Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 18,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;The Belarusian State Border Committee reports longer queues at the Belarusian-Latvian border after Lithuania closed the \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius checkpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 30 cars and the same number of trucks are waiting to be processed at Urbany, and more than 10 cars in Hryharo\u016d\u0161\u010dyna, the border control authority said. Both checkpoints have a daily capacity of 300 cars and 200 trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total number of EU-bound trucks and cars waiting to be processed at the borders reached 390 and 575, respectively. As of 10 a.m., the Lithuanian direction remained the busiest with a total of 380 cars waiting in lines. The longest queue is reported at the Medininkai border crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The queue at the Polish Terespol border crossing has tripled in the last 24 hours, from 80 to 240 cars. It remains only one checkpoint still handling passenger traffic between the two countries. Belarusian border guards accuse their Polish counterparts of handling only about a third of the checkpoint&#8217;s daily capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania closed \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius at midnight on August 18, citing the lack of equipment to combat cigarette smuggling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 18,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The Belarusian State Border Committee reports longer queues at the Belarusian-Latvian border after Lithuania closed the \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius checkpoints. Over 30 cars and the same number of trucks are waiting to be processed at Urbany, and more than 10 cars in Hryharo\u016d\u0161\u010dyna, the border control authority said. 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