Belarus

On Tuesday, marking the Belarusian Freedom Day, leader of democratic Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addressed members of the Lithuanian Parliament. She thanked Lithuania for it support, stressing common ideals and values.

Minister of Agriculture Ignas Hofmanas has said he has doubts that Lithuania could unilaterally impose restrictions on Belarusian exports of Ukrainian-origin rapeseed oil via Lithuania. The oil is made from rapeseed grown in the occupied Ukrainian territories.

US officials and leader of democratic Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya announced Wednesday night about the release of three detainees in Belarus, two Belarusians and an American.

Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys says Europe must not play down the threat of the Belarusian regime as Alexander Lukashenko’s "re-appointment" as president nears.

The Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI) has once again called on the Belarusian Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) to suspend operation of Unit 1 and 2 of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (NPP) until all safety issues are resolved.

A total of 16 persons suspected of spying have been arrested in the last ten years, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Wednesday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys, who is paying a working visit to Latvia, addressed the situation in Belarus and implied that elections planned there in January will not be free nor fair.

Acting Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, while on a working visit to the United States of America, testified at the US Helsinki Commission Congressional Hearing on 5 December, in Washington, D., convened to examine the role of Belarus in Russia’s crimes, the ministry has said in a press relea...

A rally was held near the parliament building in Vilnius on Wednesday whose participants called for Lithuania’s assistance to Vasiliy Veremeichik, a Belarusian citizen who was extradited from Vietnam to Belarus after unsuccessfully attempting to settle in Lithuania. Several years ago, he protested a...

The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian prime ministers on Friday agreed to compile a common regional list of controlled battlefield relevant items subject to export restrictions to Russia and Belarus.

Social Democratic prime minister-designate Gintautas Paluckas vows that the new Government will not change Lithuania’s sanction policies towards Belarus. The politician admitted to have "discussed the situation" with a lawyer representing Birių krovinių terminalas (BKT), a bulk cargo terminal that h...

Numbers of weather balloons crossing from Belarus have significantly dropped, the chief of the Lithuanian border agency says.

I first met Linas Linkevičius, then Lithuania’s ambassador to NATO in the late 2000s, in Brussels. Knowing my Estonian background, he joked that Estonians were committed to fighting for the Baltic nations’ freedom until the last Lithuanian fell. Behind the former Foreign Minister’s humour lies a poi...

A weather balloon landed in a military area in Alytus, southern Lithuania, on Tuesday. It is believed that it was carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus. On Wednesday, 2 October, another weather balloon was noticed in a military area in Vilnius district.

A weather balloon carrying a black box has been found in the territory of Alytus-based military battalion, southern Lithuania, military police said. The balloon is believed to have taken off from Belarus and used by smugglers. It was detected on Tuesday night.

The Seimas has passed a motion to denounce three international economic agreements with Russia and Belarus.

Lithuania refers the situation in Belarus to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the crimes against humanity committed by the authoritarian regime of Lukashenko, the Ministry of Justice has announced.

Vilnius Regional Court on Friday sentenced Mantas Danielius, resident of Vilnius, to nine years in prison for spying for Belarus.

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis says there is a constant effort put in agreeing additional measures to sanction Belarus.

A media campaign against the repressive regime will be launched as the next presidential „elections“ in Belarus approach, says Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, calling the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka „one big gulag“.