Lithuania's borders

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says the ministry is anxiously waiting for the upcoming week when borders for workers from third countries with national visas will be opened.

Lithuania and Poland on Friday reopened their shared border that had been closed since mid-March in a bid to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says it would be very risky to reopen the border with Belarus now.

Lithuania is planning to reopen its border with Poland on Friday, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.

The European Union's external borders may remain closed until late June, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said on Thursday, noting that this should be a coordinated decision by the bloc.

Lithuania is lifting more lockdown restrictions as of Monday as mass events are allowed, borders are being opened to foreigners and elder schoolchildren can return to schools.

Latvia’s and Estonia’s border guard services each day notify Lithuania’s institutions about more than 100 Lithuania’s nationals arriving from other countries, Lithuania's State Border Guard Service (SBGS) reported on Thursday.

As the Baltic states have recently reopened their internal borders after two months of lockdown, representatives of Lithuania's tourism sector say this relaxation should promote outbound tourism.

"By opening the internal borders, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have restored the ‘little Schengen’ in Europe. Starting today, the six million inhabitants of Baltic countries will be able to freely move across the internal borders between countries as long as they comply with virus containment restr...

Lithuanian nationals can leave their country without any restrictions starting Monday as part of a further easing of the coronavirus lockdown.

Inter-Baltic borders might be reopened as of the middle of May, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told BNS on Wednesday following his conversation with the Latvian and Estonian counterparts.

Lithuania's ambassador in Minsk, Andrius Pulokas, on Monday was handed a diplomatic note over a violation of Belarus' border.

As the European Union is reinforcing its border controls from April 7 to enhance security, all people entering or leaving the EU, including citizens of the bloc's member states, will have their documents checked against various registers and databases on lost and stolen documents, the daily Lietuvos...

Entrepreneurial activity is booming in Lithuania’s three biggest cities - Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda - and the coastal resorts of Neringa and Palanga, according to the 2015 Entrepreneurship Map from the Lithuanian Central Credit Union (LCKU).

After Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, Lithuania has taken additional measures at border crossing points, including more thorough inspections of people and vehicles.

Although Russia expects to complete the construction of a new bridge over the river Nemunas by mid-2015, it will stand unused for another couple of years as Russian officials forgot about the necessary border checkpoint facilities, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Saturday.

The situation at Lithuania's borders, where controls have been stepped after the abduction of an Estonian security service officer into Russia, is calm, Interior Minister Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas said on Sunday.