Poland to build fence, double troop numbers on Belarus border
Poland will build a fence along its border with Belarus and double the number of troops there, the defence minister said on Monday, to halt a flow of migrants the ...
Head of Belarusian exile group found hanged in Ukraine, police open murder case
A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police launched a murder investigation.
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Belarus’ Tsikhanouskaya calls on EU, UK, US to jointly pressure Lukashenko
The United States, Britain and the European Union should act jointly to put more pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his government, opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Reuters on ...
EU to blacklist Belarus airline ahead of economic sanctions, diplomats say
The European Union is preparing sanctions on Belarus‘ national airline and around a dozen top Belarusian aviation officials, three diplomats said, a stop-gap measure before economic sanctions following the forced ...
Cyprus closes its airspace to Belarus airlines, flights
Cyprus has closed its airspace to flights from Belarus, joining a list of European Union nations imposing restrictions following the forced landing of a passenger jet in Minsk on May 23.
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The West has done its own Belarus-style hijack
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him of a “reprehensible act of ...
Russia will allow European flights to and from Moscow to bypass Belarus
Russia will allow European flights to arrive and depart via routes that bypass Belarusian airspace, the RBC news outlet reported late on Thursday, despite Moscow previously denying access to two ...
Flight ban to Belarus not yet in effect
Flights between Larnaca and Minsk are continuing because the EU leaders’ decision to ban Belarusian airlines from using EU airspace or airports has not kicked in yet, sources said on ...
Belarus leader accuses West of using plane incident to try to undermine him
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday accused the West of trying to use the diversion of a Ryanair plane at the weekend to wage hybrid war against him and said ...
Belarus faces new sanctions over jetliner ‘state piracy,’ arrest of journalist
Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a ...
Belarus faces sanctions threat over ‘state piracy’ as some airlines avoid its airspace (Update 3)
Several airlines said on Monday they would avoid Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair jetliner and arrest a dissident journalist in an act denounced by ...
Outrage as Belarus ‘hijacks’ Ryanair plane and arrests opponent, Cypriot on board (updated)
Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained an ...