Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus

Lithuanian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network that smuggled cigarettes using specially equipped weather ...
The Hudson Independent

Make Your Mark[et]NY: Irvington’s New Maker Pop-Up

A new maker-market pop-up in Irvington could provide the solution to this season’s wishlist. Make Your Mark[et]NY, which occupies the former electronics/balloon store on Irvington’s Main Street ...

I Helped Turn The Elf On The Shelf Into A Global Phenomenon. I Never Thought It Would End Up Like This.

"Maybe that’s why watching what happened next — not just to the brand, but to Christmas itself — hurts as much as it does." ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Wider Europe Briefing: Hitting Belarusian Balloons And Montenegro's EU Prospects

In this week's briefing, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two issues: hitting Belarus’s balloons and EU ...
The Register Citizen

Belarus weather balloons force repeated closures of Lithuania's main airport

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Tensions between Lithuania and Belarus have escalated after meteorological balloons from Belarus forced Lithuania to repeatedly shut down its main airport in the past weeks, ...

Lithuania accuses Belarus of 'cynical hybrid attack' as balloons disrupt airport

Tensions between Lithuania and Belarus have escalated due to meteorological balloons from Belarus disrupting Lithuania's main airport. These balloons, used to smuggle cigarettes, have forced ...