Belarus

Lithuania’s Social Democrats defeat conservatives in parliamentary elections

Lithuania’s centre-left Social Democrats (SD) emerged as the clear leaders in the country’s second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday…

4 weeks ago

Polish PM warns off calls for Hungary ban from Schengen visa-free travel area

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk advised caution to European politicians calling for Hungary’s expulsion from the Schengen area, as it…

3 months ago

Chinese troops drill near Belarus-Poland border

Poland has called for border protection discussions within NATO as China and Belarus carry out their first ever joint military…

4 months ago

Duda lays out priorities ahead of NATO summit

Polish President Andrzej Duda outlined five key areas for action for NATO on Tuesday, after international consultations in The Hague,…

1 year ago

Belarus drops volume of oil transit to Poland citing ‘unscheduled repairs’

Belarus will limit the pumping of oil to Poland through its section of the Druzhba pipeline for three days from…

3 years ago

EU27 Steps Up Against Belarus Border Aggression

The Belarusian government is trying to "instrumentalize human beings for political purposes,” interior ministers of the European Union warned in…

3 years ago

Asylum-seeking Belarusian Sprinter Heads to Austria

Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has sought asylum at the Polish Embassy in Tokyo this wee after having learned that a…

3 years ago

EU Condemns Belarus’ Walkout from Eastern Partnership

Reading Time: < 1 minute Following the skyjacking of the Ryanair by Belarus government last month the Brussels-Minsk relations soured…

3 years ago

Approved: EU Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

Reading Time: < 1 minute EU ministers have approved a strategy for adaptation to climate change that focuses on nature-based…

3 years ago

The Ryanair Incident: An Overt Challenge to the EU

The EU was unusually unified and prompt in condemning Belarus for “hijacking” the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair plane. The European…

3 years ago

Russia Bans Flights from the EU

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia shows its clear alignment in the EU-Belarus air crisis

3 years ago