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flag Lithuania briefly closed two borders with Belarus over balloon-smuggled cigarettes, halting traffic until Oct. 25.

flag Lithuania briefly closed two border checkpoints with Belarus on October 22 and again on October 24, halting all traffic without prior notice due to a surge in weather balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes that disrupted Vilnius Airport operations. flag The closures, which affected around 3,000 vehicles and reduced border capacity to about 10% of normal, were lifted on October 25 at 12:00 p.m. Minsk time. flag Belarus called the sudden closures unprecedented and disruptive, while Lithuania warned that repeated balloon launches could lead to a full border shutdown.

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