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Border controls / Border Control Committee
Border controls / Border Control Committee
Belarus temporarily restricts entry across western borders due to the COVID-19 situation deterioration in neighboring countries.
Closing the border is not about making it an iron curtain - Aliaksandr Lukashenka / BELTA
Closing the border is not about making it an iron curtain - Aliaksandr Lukashenka / BELTA
The COVID-19 pandemic is named as the reasons behind the move.
Lithuania has blocked the allocation of EU money to Belarus / Reuters​
Lithuania has blocked the allocation of EU money to Belarus / Reuters​
Lithuania blocked at least 3 million euros allocated by the EU for cross-border cooperation programs with Belarus.
Belarusian border pole / BELTA
Belarusian border pole / BELTA
Patrols are beefed up but border checkpoints operate at their capacity to clear incoming and outcoming traffic.
Aliaksandr Lukashenka during a trip to Orsha / BELTA
Aliaksandr Lukashenka during a trip to Orsha / BELTA
Lukashenka orders the government to divert Belarusian trade flows from the seaports in Lithuania to other countries.
Jozef Migas receives award from Alyaksandr Lukashenka / BelTA
Jozef Migas receives award from Alyaksandr Lukashenka / BelTA
Jozef Migas attended the Minsk parade without consultations with the Slovak MFA and had to resign.
Some Belarusians have never heard about the European Union / Reuters
Some Belarusians have never heard about the European Union / Reuters
The EU NEIGHBOURS east project has released the returns of its 2020 public opinion survey in Belarus.
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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is expected in Minsk in early February to offer logistics for oil and gas supplies.
The signing of the documents in Brussels / @onttvchannel
The signing of the documents in Brussels / @onttvchannel
The signing ceremony took place on 8 January 2020 in Brussels.