Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has proposed changes to the constitution that would grant the president legal immunity and limit the president’s term of office, as well as redistribute constitutional powers and strengthen the role of the Belarusian People’s Assembly. Lukashenko said that a referendum would be held in February 2022 on the changes, which … Read more
This year, for the first time in the history of Latvia, a high-level official – Saeima deputy Jānis Ādamsons – was caught spying. A football agent was shot in Riga during the day. Throughout the year, there have been attempts to provoke unrest with the crowds of Covid-19 rivals and opponents of restrictions in Riga … Read more
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabriel Landsberg announced on Thursday that he was ready to resign due to the fact that the products of the Belarusian potassium fertilizer producer Belarusjkali are being transported through Lithuania, despite the fact that US sanctions came into force on Wednesday. “I told the Prime Minister today [Ingrīdai Šimonītei]”In fact, last night … Read more
Belarus’s threat to cut off gas supplies to Europe would be a breach of the agreement with Russia, President Vladimir Putin warned. Lukashenko is threatening to adopt new sanctions over the growing migrant crisis on the country’s western border with Poland. EU officials accuse Belarus of provoking a crisis to undermine the security of the … Read more
US President Joe Biden expressed “deep concern” about the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border on Friday, adding that he had communicated it to Russia and Belarus. “There is great concern about that,” Biden said. “We have told Russia about our concerns. (..) We have communicated our concerns to Belarus. “ “It’s a big problem,” … Read more
France on Friday, November 12, called on Russian ministers to use Moscow’s ties with Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko to end the migrant crisis on Belarus’s border with Poland. French Defense Minister Florian Parley and Foreign Minister Jean Yves Ledria met with Russian counterparts in Paris and “encouraged Russia to use its close ties with … Read more
The Lukashenko regime is likely to feel the sanctions are approaching. Belavia’s website has suddenly been banned from traveling to Belarus from Turkey on Friday morning. For short notification no explanation has been added to the website yet. It is only mentioned that people who have already purchased tickets for the flights will be refunded. … Read more
During their meeting in Weimar on Friday, the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland agreed to follow a common course in relations with the leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. “The situation in Belarus is a disgrace to Europe,” said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, accusing Lukashenko of using repression to bring peace to the … Read more
Belarusian militias searched BelaPan, an independent news agency, on Wednesday and detained its staff. Initially, the search was conducted at the home of Irina Levšina, the editor-in-chief of BelaPan, but later also in the editorial office, undermining the agency’s news site “Naviny.by”. A search was also carried out at the home of Deputy Levshin Alexander … Read more
The European Commission (EC) has proposed allocating € 3 billion to Belarus “once it moves to democracy”. The proposal, which has yet to be considered by the European Union (EU) member states, should be seen as a bloc commitment to “support the aspirations of the Belarusian people for peaceful democratic change in the countries”, the … Read more