Belarus
EU-Belarus relations will be assessed by the European Parliament
January 09, 2012Chisinau / Moldova.org / -- The Committee on Foreign Affairs of European Parliament will assess the EU-Belarus relations since the presidential elections of December 19, 2010. The counterparts will talk on January 12 about current policy of the European...
East goes back towards authoritarianism, South goes left
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October 28, 2011By Michael Emerson/ Brussels / -- The most striking and indeed astonishing feature of this autumn’s political landscape in the European neighbourhood is the contradictory trend as between East and South. East Europe is reverting back towards authoritarianism...
Russia’s Putin Proposes a “Eurasian Union” — But it’s all about Gas
October 07, 2011By Alina Inayeh/ BUCHAREST -- In an article published on Tuesday in the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Russia’s prime minister and presidential hopeful Vladimir Putin announced his major foreign policy goal: the creation of a “Eurasian Union...
EU Condemns Minsk Crackdown, Voices Concern Over Ukraine's Tymoshenko
October 02, 2011By Rikard Jozwiak/ WARSAW -- European Union leaders have condemned Belarus over its crackdown on the political opposition and expressed their concerns to Ukraine over the trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The statements came at the end...
Moscow increases economic stranglehold on Belarus and Ukraine, using its gas and customs union
August 04, 2011Moscow is piling the heat on Minsk and Kyiv to subordinate their economies, notably their energy sectors, to Russia and with that accept Russia’s political tutelage. In both cases, Moscow is using the instruments of its gas and its customs union...
Belarus opposition leader Andrei Sannikov jailed
May 14, 2011A high-profile opposition leader in Belarus has been jailed for five years on charges of organising mass protests after last year's presidential poll. Andrei Sannikov, a former deputy foreign minister and co-founder of the Charter 97 group, had pleaded...
Belarus metro bomb: Belarus shows 'bomber' on CCTV
April 15, 2011Prosecutors in Belarus have released images said to show a person planting a bomb that killed 12 people and injured 200 on the metro in the capital, Minsk. One image shows what appears to be a man carrying a hold-all in the central aisle of a metro station...
Belarus bomb: 'Two confessions' by detained suspects
April 13, 2011Two suspects in Belarus have confessed to carrying out a bomb attack which killed 12 people in Minsk, says President Alexander Lukashenko. "We already know who committed this terrorist act and how," he said. "The only thing is we don't...
Belarus: Lukashenko says Minsk metro blast was plot
April 12, 2011Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has said a deadly blast in the metro system in the capital Minsk was an attempt to destabilise the country. Eleven people were killed and scores injured in an explosion during the evening rush hour on Monday. ...
Belarus dissident Vasily Parfenkov jailed for protest
February 18, 2011Belarus dissident Vasily Parfenkov has been jailed for four years after a mass protest against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. Mr Parfenkov, 28, was convicted of breaking a window at the parliament building during the December unrest...