Contents tagged with Belarus
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Ukraine and six other countries join EU sanctions against Lukashenko's regime
Seven EU partner countries, including Ukraine, have joined European sanctions against high-ranking officials of the regime of the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, as reported on the website of the European Parliament.
Ukraine and other countries joined the EU sanctions of Octobers 2. The sanctions list includes 40 Belarusian officials, but not Lukashenko himself.
“The Candidate Countries the Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania, and the EFTA countries …
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Lukashenko ‘finds’ U.S. Intelligence centers in Warsaw and Kyiv
Alexander Lukashenko said the U.S. Intelligence has deployed its control center near Warsaw and Kyiv. The canters were allegedly discovered by the Russian and Belarusian intelligence services, reported BelTA agency.
"The U.S. - they created a center near Warsaw, and now they have created a center in Kyiv. Well, I would say, but us and the Russians, our intelligence agencies did their job and found these centers. Not a single Pole is there. These are all Americans - smart, talented, capable …
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Baltic countries prepare new personal sanctions against Belarus
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich said that the Baltic states have agreed to jointly expand the blacklists of those responsible for suppressing protests in Belarus.
"Based on the immigration law, I have decided to include two Belarusian citizens on the list of undesirable persons in the Republic of Latvia, imposing a ban on their entry to Latvia indefinitely. To quote the classic: "We don't need such hockey," Rinkevich wrote on Twitter.
According to him, Latvia has decided to ban entry …
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First Belarusian nuclear power plant suspends electricity production due to technical problems
Electricity production at the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been temporarily suspended due to problems with the equipment, reports the Russian news agency Interfax.
"Electricity is not being generated at the Belarusian nuclear power plant at the moment. The day before, the Energy Ministry reported that (to restore electricity generation) it is necessary to replace certain equipment,” said the representative of the Belarusian Energy Ministry.
He could not give the expected dates for the …
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More than 1000 protesters detained in Belarus on Sunday
On Sunday, November 8, more than a thousand people were detained at peaceful protests in Belarus.
According to the human rights center Viasna, among 1,023 detainees are journalists, athletes, actors, scientists and cultural figures.
Protesters were detained not only in Minsk, but also in Gomel, Bobruisk, Vitebsk and Grodno.
Most of them were taken to district police stations. Some were transferred to the pre-trial detention center, some were released.
Yesterday, the media reported on the …
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EU imposes sanctions against Lukashenko and his eldest son
On Friday, November 6, the European Union imposed sanctions against the incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
Lukashenko " is responsible for the violent repression by the State apparatus carried out before and after the 2020 presidential election, in particular with the dismissal of key opposition candidates, arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists," the EU statement reads.
The updated sanctions …
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Lukashenko: doctors leaving Belarus will not be allowed back
Belarusian doctors who have left for work abroad will no longer be able to come back, said the acting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting on COVID-19 pandemic, BelTA news agency reports.
"They are specifically asking our doctors to come to Poland to help the population and the government in the fight against the COVID. I want to warn you that we don't have any extra doctors. We need to treat our people ourselves. But, following our principle, we will not keep anyone. However, …
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Lukashenko asks Putin to sell him an oil field in Russia
During a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the incumbent president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko expressed interest in buying an oil field in the Russian Federation.
According to Lukashenko's press service, Putin supported this idea, but suggested discussing the details of the deal during next conversations.
In addition to oil, the parties talked about the COVID-19 pandemic, including setting up the production line for the Russian vaccine in Belarus. Lukashenko and …
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EU countries agree to impose sanctions against Lukashenko
Permanent representatives of the EU member states approved additional sanctions against the Belarusian authorities, including President Alexander Lukashenko, reported TASS citing a source in the delegation of one of the European countries in the Council of the EU.
According to the diplomat, this decision will be approved by the Council of the EU in the coming days and published in the Official Journal of the European Union, after which it will come into force.
In October, EU foreign ministers …
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Belarus bans entry to Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Polish citizens
Minsk will not allow citizens of Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland to enter Belarus, said the Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus Igor Kizim on the air of Hromadske Radio.
According to him, the Belarusian border guards are taking appropriate measures.
"All the same, they continue to consider Ukraine a threat. All this is groundless, but someone needs it to justify tough actions against the protesters," Kizim said.
Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Ukraine should keep trade …