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(MENAFN) North Korea’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, is set to travel to Russia and Belarus, according to state reports.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania's Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene declared Monday that the nation will indefinitely seal its frontier with Belarus and authorize military forces to destroy any balloons breaching its airspace, responding to four separate...

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(MENAFN) Lithuania has announced plans to indefinitely close its border with Belarus and to authorize its military to shoot down balloons that enter its airspace, following a series of recent incursions, according to reports on Monday.

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(MENAFN) On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene announced plans to indefinitely close the country’s border with Belarus and take immediate action against any balloons violating its airspace.

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(MENAFN) North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui is set to visit Russia and Belarus at the invitation of their respective foreign ministries, according to reports from state media on Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania closed its two largest airports and sealed border crossings with Belarus on Friday after helium weather balloons entered its airspace for a third time this month.

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(MENAFN) Lithuania took decisive action on Friday, closing its two largest airports and sealing its border crossings with Belarus after a third incident this month involving helium weather balloons entering Lithuanian airspace.

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(MENAFN) Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene has threatened to shut the country’s border with Belarus following reports of balloons carrying contraband cigarettes crossing into Lithuanian territory, according to local media. “If such balloons...

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(MENAFN) The European Union is reportedly weighing the possibility of ending Belarus's diplomatic isolation in a strategic move aimed at weakening the bond between Belarus and its longtime partner, Russia.

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(MENAFN) Poland resumed operations at its border with Belarus at midnight on Thursday, nearly two weeks after shutting crossings ahead of joint Russian-Belarusian military drills, according to local media.

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(MENAFN) Poland’s abrupt closure of its border with Belarus has effectively frozen a vital €25 billion rail freight corridor between China and the European Union, media reported, triggering immediate disruptions across time-sensitive supply...

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(MENAFN) A critical stage of the joint Russia-Belarus military exercise Zapad-2025 commenced Monday in Belarus, featuring high-intensity, multi-domain combat simulations designed to test the allies’ readiness against external threats.

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(MENAFN) Poland is set to fully close its border with Belarus starting at midnight on Thursday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced. "For national security reasons, we will close the border with Belarus, including railway crossings ... on...

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(MENAFN) Türkiye on Tuesday welcomed the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) decision to dissolve the Minsk Group, a mediation body formed more than 30 years ago to address the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Karabakh....

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The situation on Poland’s borders remains dire for people on the move.

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(MENAFN) Ukraine has issued a firm warning to Belarus, urging it to steer clear of the Ukrainian border during its upcoming joint military exercises with Russia.

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(MENAFN) Ukraine has instructed Minsk to maintain a safe distance from its borders during the upcoming joint military exercises with Russia set to take place in Belarus.

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(MENAFN) Ukraine has warned Belarus to keep its distance from the border during the upcoming ‘Zapad-2025’ military exercises, set for September 12–16. The caution comes amid Belarus’s cooperation with Russian forces, who have used Belarusian...

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(MENAFN) Lithuania announced on Wednesday that it is increasing border security and deploying additional forces as Russia and Belarus prepare for joint military exercises scheduled in September.