Balloons ferrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus caused Lithuania’s main airport to grind to a halt. As many as 4,000 passengers and 30 flights have been affected after the incident at Vilnius ...

Lithuania's Vilnius airport was forced to shut down for hours after smugglers sent dozens of balloons carrying cigarettes in the country from Belarus. The Guardian reports that the airport was shut ...

Border guards in Volyn Oblast have found a package of Belarusian cigarettes that smugglers may have been attempting to send to EU countries using a balloon. Source: State Border Guard Service of ...

Lithuania’s prime minister has said it’s “a hybrid attack” -- hundreds of weather balloons flying across the border from Belarus, causing airport chaos. But the incidents also point to a long-standing ...