Lithuania's main airport shut over suspected balloons | International

VILNIUS, Oct 5, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Lithuania's main airport was closed on Sunday due to a suspected "series of balloons", the latest such incident to disrupt flights in a European city. Airports in Germany, Denmark, Norway and Poland have recently suspended flights due to unidentified drones, while Romania and Estonia have pointed the finger at Russia, which has brushed off the allegations. Vilnius airport said it had received official information at 10:16 pm (1916 GMT) on Saturday that "air traffic is being temporarily suspended". "According to our information, the decision was made due to a possible series of balloons heading toward Vilnius Airport," it said on Facebook. The statement did not say where the purported balloons had come from. It...