It says the balloons have been "weaponised" in an act of hybrid warfare by Belarus, Russia's closest ally. It is happening ...

Lithuanian authorities have arrested 21 people allegedly linked to a criminal network smuggling cigarettes using weather ...

Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene says the "hybrid attack" poses a real risk to national security and civil aviation.

How Belarus is using cigarette-stuffed balloons to sow chaos in Lithuania as part of Putin’s ‘hybrid war’ - IN DEPTH: ...

The European Union is expected to agree on broadening its sanctions on Belarus' regime to include hybrid activity against the ...

The EU is preparing new sanctions on Belarus after hundreds of weather balloons crossed into Lithuania, disrupting airports ...

Tensions between Lithuania and Belarus have escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport in the past weeks, leaving thousands of ...

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

Lithuania's government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent ...

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