Tag: Lithuania
Belarus leader: We won’t stop migrants from heading to EU
KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that his country will not try to stem a flow of illegal migrants to...
Ryanair CEO says diverted flight had to land in Belarus
LONDON — The pilot of a Ryanair flight that was diverted to Belarus last month, leading to the arrest of a dissident Belarusian journalist,...
Lithuania marks 80th anniversary of Soviet mass deportations
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Flowers were laid on rusty railway tracks Monday as Lithuania marked the start of a mass deportation 80 years ago by...
Lithuania readies for more migrants entering via Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania will set up a border tent village to shelter increasing numbers of asylum-seekers from third countries who are entering through...
Spain’s young debutants beat Lithuania 4-0, France wins 3-0
LONDON — Spain’s group of young debutants beat Lithuania 4-0 in a warm-up match for the European Championship on Tuesday.
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Llorente is 2nd Spanish player with COVID-19 ahead of Euros
MADRID — Diego Llorente has become the second Spain player infected with the coronavirus ahead of the European Championship.
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Lithuania says Belarus could be behind recent migrant influx
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania has detained a group of nine Iraqi asylum-seekers who had entered the Baltic country from Belarus, officials said Monday.
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Belarusian journalist in prison video after flight diversion
KYIV, Ukraine — A dissident journalist arrested when Belarus diverted his flight said in a video from prison that he has been set up...
At 26, Belarus journalist has spent a decade in opposition
KYIV, Ukraine — Raman Pratasevich has been part of the Belarus political opposition for over a decade and has long feared the authorities would...
Belarusians who fled crackdown fearful after diverted flight
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Viachka Krasulin said he was arrested and brutally beaten all over his body by police in Belarus for attending a rally...
