A European airport has suspended operations after mysterious drone activity nearby - the third such incident in just two days. A spokesperson for Vilnius Airport in Lithuania said: "Preliminary information indicates that the decision to restrict airspace was made after a drone was detected within the Vilnius Airport area."

Hybrid attacks are continuing. Once again, operations at Vilnius Airport have stopped, causing major inconvenience for passengers,' says President Gitanas Nauseda - Anadolu Ajansı

The airport in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius was closed again on the evening of 30 October for the first time this week due to weather balloons carrying contraband entering from Belarus. Details: Vilnius airport did not accept or dispatch flights for around three hours on the evening of 30 October because of the presence of weather balloons from Belarus in its airspace.

Lithuania temporarily closed Vilnius airspace on October 30, 2025, after smuggling balloons were spotted – the sixth incident of its type in a month.

Lithuania's Vilnius airport temporarily closed on Thursday due to weather balloons flying in its vicinity, the airport said in a post on Facebook, the sixth such incident this month. Lithuania has said the balloons are sent by smugglers transporting contraband cigarettes,

Vilnius Airport in Lithuania was temporarily closed due to the presence of weather balloons, an incident blamed on smugglers and indirectly on Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. This marks the sixth occurrence this month,

Dozens of balloons used by smugglers to transport cigarettes from Belarus into Lithuania forced the temporary closure of Vilnius airport overnight on Tuesday

Flights at Lithuania's main airport have been disrupted on two successive nights in the latest of a string of incidents involving suspected sightings of balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from neighboring Belarus.

Lithuania has temporarily closed its main airport due to weather balloons in the sixth such incident this month. Vilnius Airport confirmed it had been forced to close again on Thursday due to the balloons flying in its vicinity.