The Belarusian government confirmed on Thursday night it had introduced restrictions for arrivals from Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Ukraine through land border crossing points.
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A wave of bloody protests was set off by the Belarusian government announcement that President Alexander Lukashenko's landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election. BNS on Tuesday asked the leaders of the country's political parties how Lithuania should react to these events.
A group of Lithuanian MPs and MEPs have on Wednesday called for imposing EU sanctions on representatives of the Belarusian government, responsible for the ongoing repressions against the opposition and media in the run-up to the upcoming the presidential election.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has had an undisclosed meeting with political scientists to discuss possible changes in bilateral relations with Belarus, well-informed sources told BNS Lithuania on Wednesday.
Belarusian human rights activist Ales Belyatsky says he has no hard feelings towards Lithuania for providing the Belarusian authorities with information that became a pretext for his detention.
