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  • Affairs
  • Episode 3757
  • 10 Dec 2025
  • 57 min

Lithuania sounds the alarm over Belarussian balloons. Is Europe still too soft on provocation?

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  • The Globalist
  • Affairs
  • Episode 3757
  • 57 min

Belarussian weather balloons are testing the patience of Nato member Lithuania, with the latest incursion raising fresh security concerns and prompting the government to declare a nationwide emergency. Monocle’s Andrew Mueller and exiled Belarussian journalist Hanna Liubakova discuss how much harassment Europe is prepared to tolerate from a Moscow ally.

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