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Sweden summons Belarus ambassador after request to cut aid

Sweden on Tuesday summoned Belarus' ambassador to Stockholm, after the Eastern European country last week asked for Swedish aid to be cut, a government...

German FM calls for economic sanctions on Belarus

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday called for broad economic sanctions against Belarus ahead of an EU meeting to discuss additional punitive action...

BRAVE CF rekindling Belarusian MMA glory

SEEF DISTRICT—Belarus has bred some of the most exciting and fearless athletes in mixed martial arts history at the height of the country’s emergence...

US targets Belarus with sanctions

The United States announced punitive measures against Belarus targeting the regime of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko, who met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin amid...

Russia slams ‘irresponsible’ Belarus flight ban

Russia said Friday that Western countries were being irresponsible and endangering passengers by banning flights over Belarus in response to President Alexander Lukashenko’s forced...

Belarus leader defiant despite UN gab

MINSK—Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday that “attacks” on the ex-Soviet country have crossed “red lines” after the diversion of a Ryanair flight over...

EU cuts Belarus air links to Europe

Brussels—European Union leaders cut Europe’s air links with Belarus on Monday, as strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s regime paraded a dissident journalist arrested after his flight...

Belarus diverts flight to arrest activist

MINSK -- Belarus forced a passenger plane carrying a wanted opposition activist to divert and land in its capital, provoking a furious outcry from...

Fight against smugglers rages on EU border with Belarus

On the EU’s frozen frontier with Belarus, Latvian border guards are fighting a growing flow of contraband cigarettes reportedly benefitting organised crime and a...

Moldova election headed for runoff in Russia-West tug of war

Moldova's pro-European presidential challenger came from behind to secure a surprise lead Monday against the pro-Russia incumbent leader, suggesting a tight second round later...

Biden vows to back Belarus opposition in removing Lukashenko

US presidential hopeful Joe Biden voiced support Tuesday for the Belarus opposition in its general strike against President Alexander Lukashenko, saying the strongman was...

Olympic swimmer helping dissident Belarus athletes

A few weeks ago, Aliaksandra Herasimenia was a retired Belarusian Olympic swimmer with a stellar career. Belarusian swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia is pictured during an AFP...

Germany seeks EU sanctions vs. Belarus leader

Germany’s foreign minister on Monday called for EU sanctions on Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, saying renewed violence against protesters in Minsk could not be...

Macron: Lukashenko must go, end Belarus power crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko must step down, after the EU refused to recognise him as the legitimate...
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