News on the topic: EU-Belarus
24.04.2012 Member of Polish Senate denied entry into Belarus
A member of Poland’s Senate was not allowed to enter Belarus on April 22.
30.03.2012 European Parliament publishes full text of critical resolution on Belarus
The European Parliament (EP) has published the full text of its critical resolution on Belarus that was adopted on March 29.
23.03.2012 EU Ministers Impose New Sanctions On Belarus, Iran, Syria
BRUSSELS -- European Union foreign ministers have imposed new sanctions targeting the Iranian, Belarusian, and Syrian regimes.
23.03.2012 Former Latvian Prime Minister not allowed entering Belarus
The former Prime Minister of Latvia, a deputy of the European Parliament Ivar Godmanis has been prohibited entering Belarus.
19.03.2012 Andres Herkel: Executed may know something about the real organisers of the terrorist attack
Why should the case of Uladzislau Kavalyou and Dzmitry Kanavalau, two young workers from Vitebsk, be so sensitive?
19.03.2012 German mass media: “Execution of two Belarusians is attempt to provoke Europe”
Dictator Lukashenka has cynically ignored all protests of Europe, writes Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany).
15.03.2012 Belarusian MFA tries to threaten EU
The question on the return of EU ambassadors to Minsk will be discussed only if sanctions against the Belarusian regime are not imposed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus links the return of European ambassadors to Minsk to a decision of the EU on new sanctions.
28.02.2012 EU blacklists 21 more Belarusians
The Council of the European Union on February 27 added 21 new names to the EU’s list of Belarusians subject to restrictive measures in connection with the ongoing crackdown on government opponents, BelaPAN said.
28.02.2012 Bundestag member supports Syarhei Kavalenka
Marieluise Beck condemned the sentence against the Vitsebsk political prisoner.
17.02.2012 MEPs urge Belarus to abolish death penalty and free political prisoners
European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2012 on the death penalty in Belarus, in particular the cases of Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou
16.02.2012 Andrei Paluda: “Unfortunately, Belarus authorities totally disregard European Parliament’s resolutions”
Today, the European Parliament is expected to consider the issue of the death penalty in Belarus, Egypt and Japan. Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” are said to closely monitor Europe’s reaction to Belarusian events.
16.02.2012 MEP Marek Migalski stands up for Ivan Shyla
He has sent a letter to Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski and Polish Ambassador to Belarus Leszek Szerepka.
15.02.2012 President of EU Parliament demands to free political prisoners in Belarus
Martin Schulz, the EP President, and Stefan Füle, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, have had a meeting today. They discussed the situation in Belarus. Martin Schulz made a statement after the meeting, ERB reports.
13.02.2012 Belarusian TV accuses Poland of organizing coup d’etat in Belarus
Belarus-1 TV channel showed one more “investigation” carried out by the TV Infoservice.
09.02.2012 German Ombudsman banned entry to Belarus
The Belarusian authorities denied entry to Belarus for Germany’s human rights commissioner Markus Loening. The information was spread by the German MFA.
