Vilnius Airport in Lithuania, a Baltic EU member country close to Ukraine and Russia, was shut down on Saturday due to an incursion of small flying objects. But this time it wasn't Vladimir Putin ...

Polish authorities detained five people Thursday in connection with a smuggling operation that used weather balloons to transport cigarettes from Belarus, causing millions in tax losses and disrupting ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania(AP) — Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius ...

Balloons ferrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus caused Lithuania’s main airport to grind to a halt. As many as 4,000 passengers and 30 flights have been affected after the incident at Vilnius ...

LEPEL DISTRICT, 31 October (BelTA) - Lithuanians themselves were smuggling cigarettes from Belarusian territory using weather balloons, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in response to a ...

Lithuania's Vilnius airport was forced to shut down for hours after smugglers sent dozens of balloons carrying cigarettes in the country from Belarus. The Guardian reports that the airport was shut ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Investigators seized smuggled cigarettes, weapons, luxury cars and surveillance equipment in more than 80 searches ...