{"id":68719,"date":"2024-02-21T18:41:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=68719"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"lithuania-to-close-two-crossings-at-border-with-belarus-next-week","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/68719\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania to close two crossings at border with Belarus next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-744-12.12.2023.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-744-12.12.2023.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/vilnius-pixabay-744-12.12.2023-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Vilnius\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(pixabay.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Lithuanian government has decided to close the Lavori\u0161k\u0117s and Raigardas crossings at the border with Belarus on March 1, <em>LRT<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two of six checkpoints, Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai, will remain operational at the shared border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2023, Lithuania closed \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministers also supported a proposal to restrict the boarding and deboarding of passengers at the Kena railway border crossing in order to solve the issue of passengers on transit trains to Russia&#8217;s Kaliningrad deboarding in Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the government decided to suspend the movement of pedestrians and cyclists through the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai checkpoints and to gradually reduce the number of permits issued to Belarusian and Lithuanian carriers operating interstate passenger bus services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuanian officials cited national security, smuggling and international sanctions as the reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 21, Pozirk. 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