Opposition leader urges European diplomats to help Belarus’ media

February 3, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader Śviatłana Cichanoŭskaja met with diplomats from nine countries on in Vilnius on January 31 to discuss financial assistance to the Belarusian independent media amid the US freeze on foreign aid, her aide Franak Viačorka told Pozirk.
The freeze affected the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which, among other things, implements programs to support exiled journalists.
Diplomats from Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden as well as Anna Kozłowska-Słupek, first counsellor of the Polish embassy in Lithuania, attended the meeting.
Alaksandar Łukašenka and his officials are not ending politically-motivating persecution of Belarusians despite the expectations of some pundits, Cichanoŭskaja noted.
The politician also thanked the Nordic-Baltic Eight for strong-worded resolutions regarding Belarus’ recent presidential election that took place amid reprisals and extended Łukašenka’s rule.
Many independent media outlets have been branded extremist groups for political reasons in Belarus after the disputed 2020 presidential election and have relocated abroad. Belarusian authorities routinely use terrorism and extremism designations to silence critical voices.
Exiled journalists have been reporting financial problems over the past year, among them KYKY, Reform, Belsat, Plan B, EX-PRESS and the Belarusian service of the Polish Radio Wnet, which eventually ceased operations.

Cichanoŭskaja discusses support for Belarusians with Polish chargé d'affaires
- Politics, SecurityBelarusian teen released as witness in Warsaw drone caseThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarusian television broadcasts interview with Russian occupation officialThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityNausėda: UAV that flew into Lithuania was stray Russian drone targeting UkraineThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy, Politics
- EconomyBiełstat: industrial inventories up 36 percent in January-AugustThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Politics, Society
- Economy
- Politics, SocietyNew ideology manuals push Belarus “peace and stability” narrative, attack UkraineThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Society
- EconomyBelarus' GDP posts modest growth in January-AugustThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals: jailed journalist Poczobut faces health issuesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityZapad-2025 drills posed no threat to Lithuania – NausėdaThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsJournalist Siemčanka moves from Belarus to WarsawThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus sees industrial dip, retail surge in 2025The material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsAmnesty demands immediate disclosure of Statkievič’s whereaboutsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsTatarynovič elected as deputy chairman of upper houseThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Security, SocietyLower house moves to criminalize unauthorized drone possessionThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityBelarus’ chief investigator, China’s public security minister discuss cooperationThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityŁukašenka denies Belarus’ involvement in drone incursions into PolandThe material is available only to POZIRK+