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Lithuania capital airport closes again over balloons
- Lithuania's Vilnius airport temporarily halted operations due to suspected balloons in its airspace.
- The Vilnius airport has closed at least 10 times since early October due to flight disruptions from balloons and drones.
- Lithuania accused Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko of allowing weather balloons to transport contraband cigarettes.
- Lukashenko criticized the border closure, calling it a 'crazy scam' and claiming the West is waging a hybrid war against Belarus and Russia.
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Regularly, balloons and drones cross the border from Belarus to Lithuania. Flights have to be cancelled again and again. The Lithuanian government regards this as a hybrid attack.
·Munich, Germany
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·Stockholm, Sweden
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The airport Vilnius of Lithuania announced on Sunday that it temporarily suspended its activity due to suspected balloons in its airspace, the most recent of a series of flight disturbances in this Baltic country. European aviation was...
·Romania
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Vilnius Airport suspended all operations after detecting suspicious balloons in Lithuanian airspace. This is the latest such incident in recent times.
·Poland
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Total News Sources25
Leaning Left5Leaning Right5Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Left, 36% Right
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources lean Right
36% Right
L 36%
C 28%
R 36%
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