Tag: Belarusian
The Belarusian opposition still awaiting “concrete” gestures from the European Union
Belarusian opponent Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya and Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg at the international conference on Belarus in Vienna on November 22, 2021. LEONHARD FOEGER / REUTERS Svetlana Tsikhanovskaïa, the main representative…
how the Belarusian trap closed on thousands of migrants
Hooded and in fatigues, often without visible escutcheon, sometimes armed. At the Belarusian-Polish border, henchmen of the Belarusian regime displayed, in early November, paraphernalia as cloudy as their mission. Hundreds…
Return flight to Iraq planned: first migrants leave Belarusian border
Wednesday 17th November 2021 Planned return flight to Iraq The first migrants leave the Belarusian border Thousands of refugees are currently stuck in camps on the Belarusian-Polish border. Tomorrow, Thursday,…
The Belarusian crisis invites itself into the presidential campaign in France
Polish soldiers and police officers monitor migrants at the Belarusian border on November 12, 2021. HANDOUT / VIA REUTERS Jean-Yves Le Drian was to express, Monday, November 15, during a…
On the border with Poland: Belarusian security forces fire shots
According to a Polish media report, two large groups of refugees crossed the border from Belarus to Poland on their hoped-for way to the EU.source site-14
Podcast. How the Belarusian regime exploits migrants
Sending migrants to the European Union (EU) across its borders in revenge for economic sanctions: this is the new cynical weapon of the Belarusian regime of Alexander Lukashenko. Since this…
Brussels toughens visa granting for Belarusian officials
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on member states to approve new sanctions against Belarusian authorities on November 8, 2021. ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP In reaction to “Hybrid…
Grodno, Belarusian migrants’ last stopover before Poland
INFOGRAPHIC WORLD Sitting on the benches of a shaded courtyard, sheltered from the main shopping streets of Grodno, groups of migrants stare at their cell phones while waiting for the…
When Belarusian becomes the “language of the opposition”
During an anti-Lukashenko rally outside the Belarusian embassy in Warsaw, Poland on August 8, 2021. WOJTEK RADWANSKI / AFP This is another aspect of the repression carried out by the…
Apparently bomb threat – police operation at the Belarusian embassy
Excitement on Friday at the Belarusian embassy in Vienna: “There has been an operation since midday because of a threat situation,” said the police. Fortunately, this turned out to be…
Belarusian opponent Maria Kolesnikova awarded with the Vaclav-Havel Prize
The Council of Europe awarded its 2021 Vaclav-Havel Human Rights Prize to Belarusian opponent Maria Kolesnikova on Monday. Found guilty of “Plot to seize power”, of“Calls for actions undermining national…
The Belarusian regime, shame of Europe
Editorial of the “World”. A year ago, on August 9, 2020, at the end of a campaign that had given rise to mad hope, Belarusian voters expressed their desire for…