Roula khalaf, editor of the ft, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter Lithuania has declared a state of emergency after hundreds of smuggler balloons from neighbouring belarus. Vilnius airport has been closed. The lithuanian government has declared a nationwide emergency situation in response to a series of incursions from neighbouring belarus by weather balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes “it’s clear that this emergency is being declared not only because of disruptions to civil aviation, but also due to national security concerns and the. Lithuania's government has declared a state of emergency over disruptions caused to its airspace by weather balloons, sent from belarus
The balloons are regularly used by smugglers in belarus to.
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