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‘It will deal a heavy blow to the economy.’ Latvian carriers oppose closure of border with Belarus
04.08.2026
The Latvian road carriers’ association Latvijas auto has opposed the government’s plans to close the Paternieki border crossing (adjacent to Grigorovshchina) on the border with Belarus, local media report.
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’They think people won’t travel’. What Latvians are saying about border situation with Belarus
03.08.2026
The only border checkpoint on the Latvia-Belarus border remains closed, Latvian television channel LSM reports. Over the weekend, LSM journalists visited the Latvian side of the border and spoke with frustrated drivers.
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Lithuanian Ministry of Internal Affairs provides details regarding decision to reopen border with Belarus
19.11.2025
The Lithuanian government has decided to reopen two checkpoints on the border with Belarus earlier than planned. The Lithuanian Ministry of Internal Affairs has provided details of this decision, told BelTA.
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Belarus fully prepared to reopen border with Poland
17.11.2025
The Belarusian side is ready to operate at border checkpoints with Poland, with advance registration in the electronic queue continuing, BelTA has learned.
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FM: Belarus calls for swift return to normal border operations with Lithuania
12.11.2025
Belarus is in favor of restoring the normal functioning of its border with Lithuania as soon as possible, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov told the media following his report to the president on 12 November, BelTA has learned.
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Molostov: Belarus’ border services are ready to operate at full capacity at all checkpoints
12.11.2025
The Belarusian border services are fully prepared to facilitate the unimpeded passage of people and vehicles through all checkpoints, Chairman of the State Border Committee Konstantin Molostov told reporters following his report to the head of state, BelTA reports.
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Lukashenko hears reports from heads of border committee, MIA, MFA on border situation
12.11.2025
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard reports from Chairman of the State Border Committee Konstantin Molostov, Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov on 12 November, BelTA has learned.
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Western borders, threats in Volfovich’s speeches at meeting of secretaries of CIS security councils
05.11.2025
State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich took part in an annual conference of the secretaries of security councils of the CIS states in Moscow on 5 November. After the meeting he talked to reporters about what topics the Belarusian delegation had touched upon during the meeting, BelTA has learned.
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Lithuania’s border closure causes sixfold increase in car lines at Brest checkpoint
03.11.2025
The queues of passenger vehicles passing through the Brest checkpoint into Poland has increased sixfold due to the Lithuania’s closure of the border with Belarus, BelTA learned from the State Customs Committee of Belarus.
