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January 5, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Illa Jepifana\u016d, chief physician at the Druskininkai-based Belorus health resort, was not able to enter Lithuania on Christmas Eve as the migration authorities cancelled his residence permit, 15min.lt<\/em> reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was reportedly designated as a national security threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian-controlled resort refused to comment, noting only that Jepifana\u016d was on vacation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, he told journalists that Belarusians continued operating the facility, yet admitted that it had to lay off some 200 employees in the past two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In mid-October, the resort announced plans to lay off about 60 employees because Lithuania had denied visas to Belarusian visitors, including minors, after Russia had started its war against Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lithuanian foreign ministry also reportedly planned to issue visas to visitors from Belarus only after approval by opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, the European Union froze the resort\u2019s accounts as a part of sanctions against Minsk over allegations of human rights abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resort resumed operation only after Viktar \u0160ejman, a senior official targeted by the EU\u2019s asset freeze and entry ban, resigned from the Presidential Administration\u2019s property management office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 5, Pozirk. Illa Jepifana\u016d, chief physician at the Druskininkai-based Belorus health resort, was not able to enter Lithuania on Christmas Eve as the migration authorities cancelled his residence permit, 15min.lt reported. He was reportedly designated as a national security threat. The Belarusian-controlled resort refused to comment, noting only that Jepifana\u016d was on vacation. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59242,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-59259","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLithuania revokes residence permit of Belorus resort\u2019s chief physician | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 5, Pozirk. 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