European leaders fail to agree on new sanctions
June 27, Pozirk. The European Union strongly condemned the support of third countries, their actors and companies that allow Russia to continue its war of aggression against Ukraine in a statement endorsed by 26 of 27 EU leaders yesterday.
However, they failed to agree on the 18th package of sanctions against Russia, punishing it for war against Ukraine and targeting some Belarusian companies, with Hungary and Slovakia holding firm in their opposition to the proposal to cut imports of oil and gas from Russia.
Brussels denounced the continued military support to Russia by Belarus, Iran and North Korea, urging all countries “to immediately cease any direct or indirect assistance.”
The European Council also stressed the importance of “humanitarian relief efforts and confidence-building measures, notably the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilians and the return of all abducted Ukrainian children and other civilians unlawfully deported and transferred to Russia and Belarus.”
Recently pardoned opposition politician Cichanoŭski vows to bring down regime
- PoliticsWarsaw preparing to reopen two checkpoints at Belarus' border on November 17The material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- PoliticsPolitical reprisals target journalists, activists and online contributorsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsŁatuška discusses pressure on regime with Western diplomatsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsBelarusians’ mindset has not changed since 2020 protests – Cichanoŭskaja in LondonThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyMinsk plans to install 20,000 CCTV cameras on apartment blocksThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyŁukašenka grants officers right to pause bank transfers in drug trafficking casesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus has bought $2.7m worth of potatoes from PolandThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Society
- Politics
- Economy, PoliticsŁukašenka slams Academy of Sciences over failed electric car projectThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- EconomyBiełstat: foreign investment up 1.85 percent in January-SeptemberThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsRights groups designate blogger, 13 others as political prisonersThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCustoms authorities: 1,265 Lithuanian trucks stranded in BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsCanada, EU call on Minsk to ensure immediate return of displaced Ukrainian childrenThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus announces scheduled maintenance of nuclear reactor unitThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SocietyCichanoŭskaja trying to help Belarusian émigrés facing expulsion from PortugalThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsDiplomatic outcry marks anniversary of Belarusian activist’s deathThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- SocietyBelarusians arrested in Poland face up to 20 years in drug smuggling caseThe material is available only to POZIRK+



