{"id":162372,"date":"2025-10-30T22:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162372\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"vilnius-airport-suspends-operations-for-three-hours-over-balloon-incursions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162372\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilnius Airport suspends operations for three hours over balloon incursions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/meteozond_VSAT_1128_20240529_-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(vsat.lrv.lt)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 30,<em> Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Vilnius Airport has suspended operations from 8:10 p.m. to 11:10 p.m. this evening due to incursions of weather balloons that smugglers from Belarus use to transport cigarettes,<em> Delfi<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, the Lithuanian government ruled to keep the border closed until November 30 following an influx of balloons from Belarus. The closure may be extended, Vilnius warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, both the border and the airport were temporarily closed several times following similar incidents.<\/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\/05\/medininkai_vsat_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/medininkai_vsat_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/medininkai_vsat_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/medininkai_vsat_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/medininkai_vsat_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/medininkai_vsat_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania&#039;s border with Belarus to remain closed for one month<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 29, Pozirk. Lithuania\u2019s government has decided to keep all checkpoints along its border with Belarus closed for a month until November 30, the cabinet announced Wednesday. The government said it may extend the closure. The move comes as Lithuanian &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/162106\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 30, Pozirk. Vilnius Airport has suspended operations from 8:10 p.m. to 11:10 p.m. this evening due to incursions of weather balloons that smugglers from Belarus use to transport cigarettes, Delfi reported. Yesterday, the Lithuanian government ruled to keep the border closed until November 30 following an influx of balloons from Belarus. 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