{"id":141351,"date":"2025-06-04T21:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141351\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuanian-government-approves-amendments-allowing-national-sanctions-against-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/141351\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian government approves amendments allowing for national sanctions against Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 4, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Lithuanian government has approved amendments that would allow Vilnius to impose economic restrictions on Minsk and Moscow if European sanctions are lifted, <em>Delfi <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amendments have yet to be approved by the country\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus to benefit from Latvia\u2019s election to UN Security Council \u2013 Via\u010dorka<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 4, Pozirk. Latvia&#039;s election to the UN Security Council represents a good opportunity to have Belarus included in its agenda, Franak Via\u010dorka, an aide to Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, has told Pozirk. The statement follows yesterday\u2019s approval by &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/141277\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 4, Pozirk. The Lithuanian government has approved amendments that would allow Vilnius to impose economic restrictions on Minsk and Moscow if European sanctions are lifted, Delfi reported. 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