EU says Lithuania can use funds for border surveillance, not fences

EU says Lithuania can use funds for border surveillance, not fences Brussels (AFP) Jan 17, 2017 - Lithuania can use EU funds to install surveillance systems on its border with Russia's militarised Kaliningrad exclave but not to build a fence, the EU said on Tuesday. Vilnius has said it wants to build a fence on the border with Kaliningrad amid concern from fellow Baltic states over the Russian military build-up. The so-called exclave of Kaliningrad is sandwiched between Poland and Li ... more

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