When the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania is preparing for trouble, because that's when smugglers launch balloons ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pledged to take action to stop weather balloons used by cigarette smugglers from crossing into Lithuania, according to comments made by U.S. President ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to halt the flight of weather balloons into Lithuania. These balloons, allegedly used by cigarette smugglers, have disrupted operations at Vilnius ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to halt weather balloons flying from Belarus into Lithuania, which have been used by cigarette smugglers. The balloons have caused multiple closures ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy John Coale said on Saturday that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko had promised to stop weather balloons flying from his country into Lithuania.

The United States will lift sanctions on Belarusian potash in the latest sign of a thaw between Washington and the isolated ...

Vilnius is the only European capital that allows hot-air balloons to float over the city center, making them a signature of ...

Belarussian weather balloons are testing the patience of Nato member Lithuania, with the latest incursion raising fresh ...

Lithuania declared an emergency after smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic. Calling it a “hybrid ...

Hundreds of weather balloons sent to Lithuania this year have disrupted flights and stirred alarm in a sabotage campaign ...

In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: hitting Belarus’s balloons and EU ...

Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border ...