{"id":111326,"date":"2024-10-26T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T15:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111326\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"cichanouskaja-thanks-austria-for-supporting-belarusians-in-their-journey-to-freedom","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/111326\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja thanks Austria for supporting Belarusians&#8217; journey to freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tihanovskaja_nehammer_avstria_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tihanovskaja_nehammer_avstria_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tihanovskaja_nehammer_avstria_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tihanovskaja_nehammer_avstria_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tihanovskaja_nehammer_avstria_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tihanovskaja_nehammer_avstria_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja and Karl Nehammer, the Austrian chancellor.\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n        File photo        <span>(Federal Chancellery of Austria)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has congratulated the people and government of Austria on their National Day and expressed gratitude for supporting Belarusians&#8217; journey to freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will always remember the solidarity and support you have so kindly given us,&#8221; she said on Twitter (X).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A decade after the end of World War II, the Austrian parliament passed the constitutional law on permanent neutrality. The Austrian National Day has been observed to honor the declaration since 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past four years, Cichano\u016dskaja has visited Austria several times for talks with its leaders and government.officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2023, her adviser told <em>Pozirk<\/em> that Management Center Innsbruck, an Austrian university, opened a scholarship for Belarusians under the aegis of the opposition leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the UN Human Rights Council discussed the Belarusian situation in July 2024, an Austrian diplomat called on Minsk to respect human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and to investigate rights abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April, the president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (\u00d6GB), Wolfgang Katzian, urged Belarusian Ambassador Andrej Dapkiunas to use his contacts in Minsk to try to find a favorable solution to the situation of convicted members of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BCDTU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/flagi-nordic-council-20241024-ost-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/flagi-nordic-council-20241024-ost-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/flagi-nordic-council-20241024-ost-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/flagi-nordic-council-20241024-ost-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/flagi-nordic-council-20241024-ost-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/flagi-nordic-council-20241024-ost.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja to attend Nordic Council session<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 24, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja will participate in high-level Nordic Council events during her visit to Iceland on October 28\u201331, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk. 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