{"id":23961,"date":"2026-02-25T07:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/23961\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T07:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:24:18","slug":"montenegrin-citizen-detained-at-warsaw-airport-over-alleged-ties-to-chinese-intel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/23961\/","title":{"rendered":"Montenegrin citizen detained at Warsaw airport over alleged ties to Chinese Intel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>23 February 2026 18:48<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"515\">A 32-year-old Montenegrin citizen has been detained at Warsaw\u2019s Chopin Airport on suspicion of acting on behalf of Chinese intelligence, RMF FM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmf24.pl\/regiony\/warszawa\/news-chinski-wywiad-i-obywatel-czarnogory-zatrzymanie-na-lotnisku,nId,8067660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"515\">The arrest was carried out by the Central Bureau of Investigation\u2019s Pursuit Operations Division in coordination with border guards. The man had arrived in Warsaw from Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"517\" data-end=\"787\">According to unofficial sources, the Montenegrin was wanted by Lithuanian authorities under a European Arrest Warrant. Lithuanian officials claim that since February 2023, he has been gathering information on Lithuanian territory considered significant by the Chinese.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"861\">The court has ordered the suspect to remain in custody for seven days.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1220\">The arrest comes against the backdrop of a longstanding diplomatic crisis between Lithuania and China. Tensions escalated in 2021 after Vilnius opened a Taiwanese representative office, an action not recognised by Beijing.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1220\">In response, China imposed unilateral sanctions on Lithuania, including suspending the transit of Chinese goods through the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"863\" data-end=\"1220\">By Aghakazim Guliyev<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 470<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"23 February 2026 18:48 A 32-year-old Montenegrin citizen has been detained at Warsaw\u2019s Chopin Airport on suspicion of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[2526,2532,2531,2527,2530,2525,2529,2528,2524,182,181],"class_list":{"0":"post-23961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-warsaw","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","12":"tag-international-experts","13":"tag-interviews","14":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","15":"tag-news-from-baku","16":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan","17":"tag-poland","18":"tag-warsaw"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}