News on the topic: EU-Belarus
04.07.2014 European Parliament members urge to take political custody over Belarusian political prisoners
This could save political prisoners from greater pressure.
23.06.2014 EU welcomes Ales Bialiatski's release
"We welcome the release of Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski. After almost three years of imprisonment on politically motivated grounds, he can now finally rejoin his family and friends," says a statement by the Spokesperson of the European Union's External Action Service released on June 21 after the release of Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski.
19.05.2014 EU condemns arbitrary detentions of more than 30 civil society and political activists in Belarus
We are concerned about the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of several dozens of representatives of civil society and opposition organisations in the run up to the World Ice Hockey Championship in Belarus. We condemn the use of administrative detention by the Belarusian authorities as an instrument aimed at creating pressure, fear and uncertainty among the young generation of people in Belarus.
23.04.2014 Ashton condemns latest execution in Belarus
The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, has issued a statement to condemn the execution of Pavel Sialiun, Radio Liberty's Belarus service reports.
04.04.2014 White-red-white flags banned at KHL games in Prague
Belarusian fans are not allowed to use national flags during the games of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in Prague.
19.02.2014 EU views only six Belarusians as political prisoners, rights defender says
Minsk, 18 February. The European Union views only six citizens of Belarus as political prisoners, Valyantsin Stefanovich, deputy chairman of a human rights organization called Vyasna (Spring), told European Radio for Belarus on Monday evening with reference to the ambassador of an EU country.
10.01.2014 Foreign diplomats send New Year congratulations to Ales Bialiatski
The imprisoned head of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” received congratulations on Christmas from the heads of the embassies of the EU member states and the USA. Ales Bialiatski mentioned that in a letter to his colleagues on 7 January.
09.01.2014 Burglar caught in Vilnius KGB archive
A woman noticed a man trying to get out of a window of the Special Archive situated in the Genocide Victims Museum. The archive contains KGB documents dating back to the Soviet time.
20.12.2013 Catherine Ashton calls on Belarus to join global moratorium on the death penalty
The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today: "The High Representative regrets the death sentence recently handed down to an individual by the Minsk Regional Court. She hopes that his right to appeal will be fully exercised."
25.11.2013 Lithuanian Seimas to hold hearings on Belarus
The Lithuanian parliament is to have hearings on Belarus on November 27 ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.
19.11.2013 Angela Merkel demands release of Belarusian political prisoners
Political prisoners in Belarus should obtain the possibility to speak and act freely. Angela Merkel spoke of that to Bundestag members, Radio Svaboda reports.
05.11.2013 Heads of the Embassies of EU countries visit Kurapaty and Trastsianets
On 5 November the heads of the Embassies of the European Union and the Charge d' Affaires of the United States of America to the Republic of Belarus visited Kurapaty and Trastsianets, mass graves of victims of the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
05.11.2013 EU Heads of Missions Visit Kurapaty and Trastsyanets
It has become a tradition for the diplomats to gather at the sites on or around Dzyady, Remembrance of Ancestors Day, to honour the memory of the victims.
30.10.2013 EU publishes updated blacklist of Belarusian individuals, entities
The Council of the European Union has published the names of Belarusian citizens and economic entities whose names were included in the EU's blacklist and removed from it on October 29, BelaPAN said.
29.10.2013 EU to extend sanctions against Lukashenka regim
The statement was made by head of the EU delegation to Belarus Maira Mora.
