Lithuania: Minister urges “strong response” to attacks on Baltic Sea infrastructure

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys called for a “strong and decisive” response to attacks on critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, BNS reports. Speaking during a meeting with Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics in Riga, Budrys urged to expand NATO patrols, impose sanctions on Russia’s shadow fleet, and revise navigation rules in the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile,…

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Lithuania: Belarusian officials named suspects in Ryanair hijack

The National Public Prosecutor’s Office of Poland has named three Belarusian nationals suspects in the hijacking of a Ryanair flight in May 2021, BNS reports. The Belarusian Air Force forced the Ryanair plane flying from Athens to VilniusĀ in Lithuania to land in Minsk. Belarusian authorities then arrested two opposition activists onboard. The three suspects held…

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