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Politico: Belarus parliament blocks returning migrants

The parliament of Belarus on October 4 passed legislation allowing the country to refuse to take back migrants from the EU. Read more here.  
POLITICO

Voice of America: Belarus strengthens ties with Russia in bid to ease isolation

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is seeking to strengthen his alliance with Russian President Vladimir Putin to ease his government’s …
Voice of America

Ukraine to continue to protect interests of Ferents convicted in Belarus

The Ukrainian side will seek the release of Ukrainian citizen Mykhailo Ferents, who was sentenced on Sept. 20 in Belarus to three years in prison, …
UkrInform

Belarusian court sentences Ukrainian to 3 years in prison for Minsk protests

MINSK – The Zavodskoi District Court in Minsk district court has sentenced a citizen of Ukraine to three years in a general-security penal colony for …
Interfax-Ukraine

Grigory Ioffe: Recent developments on Belarus’s 2 geopolitical flanks

As a fairly small (population-wise) country squeezed between Russia and the European Union, Belarus is destined to be a geopolitical tuning fork, …
Grigory Ioffe

Kuleba: We do our best to release Ukrainians in Belarus

Ukraine is doing everything possible so that the Ukrainians, who were illegally and unreasonably imprisoned in Belarus, would be released, Ukrainian …
Interfax-Ukraine

CNN: Lukashenko gets frustrated in interview

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, often called Europe’s last dictator, has refused to apologize for the widespread human rights violations in …
CNN

Washington Post: Lukashenko is exploiting migrants as a weapon against EU

Cancer is festering in Europe. Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, has stolen a presidential election, thrown hundreds of people in prison …
Washington Post

CNN: Interview with Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko (Transcript)

CNN’s Matthew Chance had an exclusive interview with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. Here is a translated transcript. Read more here.
CNN

CNN: Lukashenko derides reports of abuse as ‘fake and fantasy’

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has refused to apologize for the widespread human rights violations in the country since his disputed …
CNN

Vitaliy Sych: Want to assess Ukraine’s progress? Look at Belarus

I recently welcomed a group of colleagues from Belarus to the editorial offices of NV magazine in Kyiv. They had all been forced to leave their …
Vitaly Sych

Reuters: Belarusian security forces detain 50 people over social media posts on Minsk shooting

Belarusian KGB officers have detained 50 people on charges of insulting a government official or inciting social hatred, following a shooting incident …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Belarusian authorities seek dissolution of top human rights group

International human rights organizations are urging Belarus’s authorities to withdraw a lawsuit requesting the liquidation of one of the country’s …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Brian Whitmore: Lukashenko vs. Ukraine

On the sidelines of February 2015 Minsk peace talks seeking to establish a ceasefire in Ukraine’s Donbas region, a live microphone picked up a …
Brian Whitmore

RFE/RL: EU to toughen visa requirements for Belarusian officials

The European Union says it will tighten the rules for issuing visas to Belarusian state officials in retaliation for Minsk using migrants to …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Deutsche Welle: Defiant poster art by Belarusian artists

A collection of artistic posters reflects the ongoing resistance against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who sees anything in …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Lukashenko says change constitution to prevent opposition from taking power

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called on September 28 for changes to the constitution that would prevent an opposition movement that rose …
Reuters

Lukashenko says US opening bases in Ukraine

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, whom the EU and the United States do not recognize as legally elected, at a meeting with the security bloc …
Interfax-Ukraine
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