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VILNIUS, May 31 — The diversion of a Ryanair flight by Belarus last week was an act of “state piracy”, EU commissioner Thierry Breton told AFP today after meeting some of the passengers in Lithuania. “It is an unacceptable event. There has been a hijack, not just of an EU plane with...

Exiled Belarusians and international supporters have joined forces to form the German nonprofit Razam. They are showing their support by taking to the streets and showing solidarity with the opposition in Belarus.

Raman Pratasevich met with his lawyer after four days in detention. Belarusian and Lithuanian journalists were joined by the director of Reporters Without Borders in a protest vigil on the EU's eastern border.

Earlier, Russian and Belarusian Presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko ordered the two countries’ transport ministries to "organize all aspects of air traffic"

Sofia Sapega has no complaints her attorney Alexander Filanovich added MINSK, May 31. /TASS/. Russian national Sofia Sapega, who was detained in Minsk, is quite healthy but does have panic attacks now and then, her attorney Alexander Filanovich told TASS on Monday. "She says she feels normal. She is aware of where she is being kept. From time to time, she has panic attacks but manages to cope with them. She has no complaints," he said. Earlier on Monday, a court in Minsk turned down a complaint...

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, May 31st

Berlin and Paris demand new election in Belarus

VILNIUS--Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Saturday hailed support from around t

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko hold second day of talks in Sochi as US imposes sanctions over plane diversion.

Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya hailed the support that has been expressed by people around the world after Belarus diverted a commercial jet to Minsk and arrested a dissident journalist on board.