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Now playing Next Lithuania Illegal crossings into Lithuania this year hit 3,000 Lithuania's border guard service said it detained 171 people caught illegally crossing from Belarus into Lithuania on Tuesday night, the largest number in a single day in 2021 and bringing the total number of migrants detained so far this year to 3,027. 28/07/2021
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Now playing Next Lithuania Lithuania declares emergency over migrant arrivals from Belarus Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that his country would retaliate against the latest EU sanctions on his regime by loosening border controls for undocumented migrants. 03/07/2021
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Now playing Next Lithuania Lithuania to donate 200,000 vaccines to Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine The news was welcomed on Twitter by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 14/05/2021
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Now playing Next Lithuania Thousands of CityBee users have their personal data leaked online Lithuanian police are investigating after the personal data of thousands of customers of a car-sharing service were leaked online. 17/02/2021