Belarus has officially granted refugee status to Evan Newman, an American citizen who was facing potentially decades in prison for taking part in a rowdy protest at the Capitol on Jan 6. Source Views: 0
Posts Tagged ‘Belarus’
Belarus President Lukashenko: This Is Not a Drill, World War III Is About To Begin
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that World War III is about to begin as he prepares his troops to assist with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Lukashenko warned that the crisis in Ukraine could spark a global war, writing in a statement: “Russia is being pushed towards a third world war. We should be very reserved and steer clear […]
Russia-Ukraine Talks Begin In Belarus Amid Growing International Pressure
Above Photo: Russia-Ukraine talks underway in Belarus. In an assault on free speech and freedom of the press, the European Union announced a ban on Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik news channels on Sunday after accusing them of spreading “toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe”. In a major development crucial for peace in the ongoing […]
Belarus imposes retaliatory sanctions on EU and UK airlines
Belarus says it will impose retaliatory restrictions on airlines from the European Union and the United Kingdom. Minsk announced that it would also introduce a ban on imports of certain goods from countries that have placed sanctions on the country. The move comes after the EU, UK, United States, and Canada slapped simultaneous sanctions on […]
Ukraine sends 8,500 troops to its Belarus border over migrants fear
Ukraine has deployed 8,500 extra troops to its border with Belarus amid fears Minsk may send migrants to its southern neighbour. It comes amid a crisis on the Poland-Belarus frontier, which Warsaw claims has been instigated by Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko. Poland alleged Lukashenko has flown in migrants from the Middle East and sent them […]
Poland confirms Belarus border camp now cleared as migrants taken to shelter
Authorities in Belarus say the migrant camp on the border with Poland has been cleared, and its people have now been moved to a nearby shelter. Meanwhile, several hundred have been repatriated to Iraq, after giving up any hope of reaching Europe. “As of November 18, all refugees from the makeshift camp on the Belarusian-Polish […]
Poland-Belarus: Latvia to install temporary fence as migrant crisis escalates
Latvia said it will install a 37 kilometres-long temporary fence on its border with Belarus, which should be completed by next week as the migrant crisis on the Polish border makes headlines. The installation of barbed wire on the Latvian-Belarus border has been delayed because of issues with the company delivering the actual fence. But […]
NATO Increases Military Flights Along Belarus Border As Putin Blames EU For Migrant Crisis
Previously we noted that despite tiny NATO-member Estonia not actually sharing a border with Belarus, its government ordered snap military drills and the erecting of additional barbed-wire along its border with Russia in a message of solidarity with Poland amid the migrant standoff. Fresh EU sanctions on Minsk, coupled with persisting clashes at the Belarus-Poland […]
Lukashenko must go and Russia and Belarus must truly unite
NOVEMBER 15, 2021 If there is one thing which is obvious for all to see is that the EU and NATO hold one language against Belarus and another against Russia. For example, the EU has just agreed to impose a 5th package of sanctions on Belarus, but their official statement does not mention Aeroflot, Russia, […]
Belarus: A non-standard situation demands non-standard tools | View
Austria’s Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has announced a conference on the political crisis in Belarus, set to take place on Monday, November 22. The following is Belarusian diplomat and opposition leader Pavel Latushka’s assessment of what steps need to be taken. World history knows many examples of external mediation to resolve domestic political crises, when the […]
Baltic leaders urge EU to ‘hold Belarus accountable for human trafficking’
The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian presidents have urged the international community to hold “the Lukashenko regime accountable for human trafficking”, during a joint press conference in Vilnius on Monday. Commenting on the current migrant crisis at the border with Belarus and Poland, the leaders of the Baltic states called for a tightening of EU asylum […]
Manufactured Cruelties: Belarus, Poland and the Refugee Crisis
Refugee crises are often manufactured by governments. They can be done at the source: war, famine, rapacious institutions. They can also be manufactured by the refusal of governments to accept those seeking asylum, sanctuary and refuge. The latter is very much in evidence in Europe: governments of the European Union are staring down desperate humans […]
Scores of migrants leave camp for Belarus-Poland border
Hundreds of migrants remained stranded at Belarus’ border with Poland on Monday as the European Union agreed to slap further sanctions on the former Soviet nation. Amid the crisis, Poland has also reinforced its side of the frontier with 15,000 soldiers, in addition to border guards and police. In a briefing on Monday, Polish officials […]
Boris Johnson et al sending troops at the border of Belarus, the only country in Europe to refuse & resist the biopfascist coup (NO LOCKDOWNS, MASK OR “VACCINE” MANDATES IN BELARUS)
November 12, 2021 7 hours agoBrendan Taylor Image: Video Screenshot The European Union has accused Belarus of launching a “hybrid attack” on the bloc by encouraging thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and war-torn areas to attempt to cross into Poland, and is preparing to impose new sanctions on Minsk. UK and Russia send armed forces […]
Belarus: Iraq to fly migrants back to Baghdad in first repatriation flight
The Iraqi government has said a first flight to repatriate its nationals who are among migrants stranded at the Belarus-Poland border will be organised on Thursday “on a voluntary basis”. “Iraq will operate a first flight for those who wish to return home voluntarily on the 18th of this month” from Belarus, foreign affairs ministry […]
Putin Warns Belarus Not to Cut Off Gas to EU: “Nothing Good Will Come of It.”
13 Nov, 2021 12:03Get short URL FILE PHOTO: A Yamal-Europe gas pipeline facility near Minsk, Belarus, 2009. © Ivan Rudnev/Sputnik Follow RT onRussian President Vladimir Putin has refused to support a dramatic threat by his embattled Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko to shut down the flow of natural gas from Russia to the European Union. Putin […]
EU to Broaden Belarus Sanctions on Monday Over Migrant Crisis: Borrell
A group of migrants moves along the Belarusian-Polish border towards a camp to join those gathered at the spot and aiming to enter EU member Poland, in the Grodno region on Nov. 12, 2021. (Leonid Shcheglov/Belta/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS—EU foreign ministers will widen sanctions on Belarus on Monday to include airlines and travel agencies […]
Polish Police Say Group of 50 Migrants Broke Through Belarus Border
Polish soldiers and police watch migrants at the Poland-Belarus border near Kuznica, Poland, in this photograph released by the Territorial Defence Forces on Nov. 12, 2021. (Irek Dorozanski/DWOT/Handout via Reuters) WARSAW—A group of about 50 migrants broke through defenses on the border with Belarus and entered Poland near the village of Starzyna, police said on […]