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Activist who helps people flee Belarus is found murdered in Ukraine as kidnapped Olympic sprinter holes up in Tokyos Polish embassy amid Lukashenko regimes claims she was working for foreign spies Vitaly Shishov, a Belarus activist based in Ukraine who helped his countrymen escape the regime back home, has been found dead in Kiev   Shishov was found hanged in a park near his house a day after going missing  Police have opened a murder probe and will investigate the possibility that he was ki...

EU weighs Belarus sanctions at sectors close to leader By RAF CASERT and BARRY HATTONMay 27, 2021 GMT LISBON, Portugal (AP) — European Union nations sketched out plans Thursday for new sanctions against Belarus, targeting economic sectors close to its authoritarian leader, as they sought to strike back at him for the diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist. Meeting in Lisbon, EU foreign ministers vowed to continue ramping up pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lu...

Alyaksandr Lukashenka (Source: The Atlantic Council). On July 6, a Belarusian court handed a 14-year prison sentence to Victor Babariko (BelTA, July 6), perhaps President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s strongest political rival. Babariko was arguably best positioned to actually win a would-be free and fair presidential election against the incumbent, if he had been allowed to run last year (see EDM, June 10, 23, July 29, 2020). Under some other circumstances, the allegations leveled against Babariko...

Polish media have angered critics who say they target the US company Discovery Inc., owner of the TVN broadcaster that’s openly critical of the right-wing government. The changes were published on Poland’s parliament website late Wednesday and were proposed by lawmakers from the governing Law and Justice party that has been taking steps to control the media ever since winning power in 2015. Critics say the party has turned state TVP broadcaster into its mouthpiece and wants to limit media o...

US proposes to ban air travel between US and Belarus June 29, 2021 at 4:17 pm FILE In this file photo taken on Monday, June 14, 2021, Belarusian dissident journalist Raman Pratasevich attends a news conference at the National Press Center of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk, Belarus. The dissident Belarusian journalist and his Russian girlfriend who were arrested after their airline flight was diverted to Minsk last month have been moved from jail to house ...

by Peter Koenig / June 28th, 2021 On 23 May 2021 President Lukashenko ordered the Ryanair plane, flying from Athens to Vilnius, capital of Lithuania, carrying his Nazi-schooled threatening opponent and activist Protasevich and his girlfriend, to be diverted to Minsk. He did so after having received a message of a bomb threat on board the plane from the Swiss e-mail provider Proton Mail. Proton later said the message was sent after the plane was already diverted.  Whom to believe? If Proton Mai...

Roman Protasevič a Sofie Sapeg byli propuštěni z vazby do domácího vězení v Minsku. Kdy se to stalo, není známo, ale informace se objevila v pátek odpoledne.

Roman Protasevič a jeho přítelkyně byli propuštěni Roman Protasevič a Sofie Sapeg byli propuštěni z vazby do domácího vězení v Minsku. Kdy se to stalo, není známo, ale informace se objevila v pátek odpoledne. Roman Protasevič Rozhodnutí bylo zveřejněno den po zavedení odvětvových sankcí ze strany Evropy vůči Bělorusku . Přímo či nepřímo nebudou Bělorusové moci obchodovat s EU s ropnými produkty a potašovými hnojivy, jejich hlavním exportním produktem. Rada...

Roman Protasevič a Sofie Sapeg byli propuštěni z vazby do domácího vězení v Minsku. Kdy se to stalo, není známo, ale informace se objevila v pátek odpoledne.

European Council conclusions on external relations, 24 June 2021 IV. TURKEY 14. The European Council reverted to the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the European Union’s relations with Turkey, and recalled the EU’s strategic interest in a stable and secure environment in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the development of a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship with Turkey. It welcomes the de-escalation in the Eastern Mediterranean, which needs to be sustained in l...