BORDER CLOSURE
Lithuania carriers demand government initiate diplomatic dialogue with Belarus as soon as possible
The Presidium of the LINAVA Lithuanian National Road Carriers’ Association has demanded that the Lithuanian authorities initiate ‘at least minimal diplomatic dialogue with Minsk’ as soon as possible, BelTA reports photo: Pixabay Lithuania’s media report state LINAVA published an official statement saying the government’s decision to close the border with Belarus has resulted in a severe economic blockade for carriers on November 11th. The carriers’ association is demanding at least one border ...
12.11.2025belarus , lithuania , border closure , border , trucks
State Border Committee: Lithuania passed resolution restricting and suspending traffic through checkpoints at border with Belarus
Belarus’ border authorities have received an official notification from Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service under the Interior Ministry, saying the Lithuanian government passed the resolution ‘On Restricting and Suspending the Crossing of the State Border of the Republic of Lithuania’ on October 29th, sb.by reports citing Belarus’ State Border Committee photo: gpk.gov.by The document restricts movement of individuals and vehicles though Medininkai (Kamenny Log) until 1 a.m. Belarusian time on ...
31.10.2025belarus , lithuania , border closure , border
Belarus’ MFA on European External Action Service’s statement concerning Belarus-Lithuania border situation
The Foreign Ministry' spokesman Ruslan Varankov commented on the European External Action Service’s statement regarding the situation at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, sb.by reports citing Belarus’ Foreign Ministry The European External Action Service’s statement on the situation at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border evokes strong déjà vu. We have already been through this. Following the visit of senior EU representatives to the Polish border and bold statements about the ‘catastrophic’ ...
30.10.2025belarus , foreign ministry , europe , lithuania , border closure , European External Action Service
Belarus’ MFA: Lithuania's Charge d'Affaires in Belarus received diplomatic note of protest over border closure
On October 27th, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Lithuania in Belarus Erikas Vilkanecas was summoned to Belarus’ Foreign Ministry and handed a diplomatic note of protest over Lithuania unilaterally closing the border again without any prior notification, sb.by reports citing Belarus’ Foreign Ministry “This decision, which affects the rights not only of Belarusians, but also of Lithuanians, citizens of the European Union and other states, clearly demonstrates Vilnius' disregard for the ...
28.10.2025belarus , foreign ministry , lithuania , protest , border closure
Traffic across Belarusian-Lithuanian border still on hold. Belarus’ State Customs Committee monitoring situation
The Lithuanian authorities have made another decision to close the checkpoint on the Lithuanian side of the border. Traffic was stopped at 23:30 on October 26th and has not been restored for more than nine hours, sb.by reports citing the press service of Belarus’ State Customs Committee. photo: Belarus' State Customs Committee As opposed to previous cases, the Lithuanian authorities have not announced when they plan to reopen the border. According to preliminary data, the checkpoints will remain ...
27.10.2025belarus , State Customs Committee , border closure , lithuania
Lithuania closes border checkpoints with Belarus for indefinite period
Lithuania has closed two checkpoints at the border with Belarus for indefinite period, leaving no functioning border crossings, TASS reports citing the National Crisis Management Centre photo: www.reuters.com “The border crossings in the village of Medininkai and the city of Salcininkai are closed for a time yet to be determined,” the report says.
27.10.2025belarus , lithuania , border , border closure
Tomasz Szmydt: I’m glad Belarusian-Polish border opened; let’s not forget about border crossings near Bialystok
... beside the point that the border closure brought significant losses for Poland ...
25.09.2025poland , border , border closure , Belarus
Poland reopened border at Grodno-Kuznica Bialostocka railway checkpoint
Poland’s Border Guard has reopened the border at the Grodno—Kuznica Bialostocka railway checkpoint, BelTA reports photos: www.belta.by
25.09.2025belarus , poland , border , border closure
Belarusian-Polish border reopened
Poland reopened the Belarusian-Polish border on September 25th at 1 a.m. —as stated by Lyudmila Gladkaya, SB. Belarus Segodnya correspondent, reporting from the Brest border crossing According to the notification from Poland’s Border Guard received by the Belarus’ State Border Committee, the Belarusian-Polish border crossings that were closed for two weeks are to resume their work. This concerns the following: the Brest—Terespol and Kozlovichi—Kukuryki road checkpoints, as well as the Grodno— ...
25.09.2025Belarus , poland , border , border closure
Belarus’ State Border Committee received Poland’s official notification on opening crossing points on September 25th at night
Belarus’ State Border Committee has received an official notification from Poland’s Border Guard on opening crossings at the Belarusian-Polish border, which had been closed for almost two weeks, o n September 25 th at 1 a.m. Minsk time, sb.by reports citing the State Border Committee The State Border Committee noted that this concerns the following: the Brest—Terespol and Kozlovichi—Kukuryki road checkpoints, as well as checkpoints: Grodno—Kuznica Bialostocka, Berestovitsa—Zubki Bialostockie, ...
24.09.2025belarus , poland , border , crosssings , border closure
Lukashenko on Western neighbours’ actions: they do things at borders that are beyond comprehension
The unfriendly policy of West against Belarus and Russia is escalating to an openly aggressive one — as stated by President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko in an interview to Russia’s Razvedchik magazine, BelTA reports The Belarusian leader was asked what would be Belarus’ response if Poland and the Baltic states moved from words to actions concerning their intentions to mine the borders with Belarus. “Such statements are the face of the West’s common policy towards Belarus and Russia. And ...
15.09.2025Belarus , border closure , Lukashenko , President
Dmitry Zhuk on Poland closing border with Belarus: public confession of helplessness of its own policy
Dmitry Zhuk, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic, Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Belarus Segodnya Publishing House, commented on Poland’s decision to close border crossings with Belarus in his talks with Belarus 1 TV channel Earlier, on the night of September 11th to 12th, Poland completely closed all the border crossings with Belarus. The Polish side promised to announce the date of reopening at a later ...
15.09.2025zhuk , Belarus , poland , border closure
Expert: residents of Baltic States and Poland saw real situation in Belarus
Belarus is being artificially created as an enemy in the eyes of foreigners. The response to the extension of the visa-free regime by the Belarusian side was another batch of closed border crossings. Since March 1st, the work of two more checkpoints, Lavoriskes-Kotlovka and Raigardas-Privalka, has been stopped. Despite the fact that since the beginning of the year, more than 40,000 EU citizens have arrived in our country under a visa-free regime, and since the simplified border crossing regime ...
05.03.2024Border , border closure , EU , Belarus , petrovsky
Birds, into the cage!
By erecting fences and closing border crossings, the leaders of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are isolating themselves, not us On September 19th, Latvia closed the border crossing with Belarus. The Silene checkpoint stopped operating at 20:00. Moreover, Latvia delayed until the last minute with the official notification of the closure, deigning to notify Belarus of its, to put it mildly, strange decision only towards the evening. The reason for the closure, according to Latvian sources, was a ...
27.09.2023world , politics , Poland , Lithuania , Latvia , border closure , isolation
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