{"id":130732,"date":"2025-03-19T23:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130732\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"seven-nations-join-eu-sanctions-extension-on-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/130732\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven nations join EU sanctions extension on Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 19, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Council of the European Union reports that Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, and Ukraine have joined its February 24 decision on sanctions against Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That decision renewed the EU restrictive measures until February 28, 2026, citing the gravity of the situation in the country and its role in Russia&#8217;s aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seven nations will ensure that their policies comply with the decision. The European Union noted and welcomed their commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four of the eight, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Ukraine, are candidates for EU membership.<\/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\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/integral-minsknews.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Eight countries join EU sanctions on Belarus\u2019 chip maker Intehra\u0142<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 19, Pozirk. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Norway and Ukraine joined the European Union&#039;s 16th package of sanctions against Belarus, the Council of the EU reported yesterday. Adopted on the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s full-scale &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/130624\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 19, Pozirk. The Council of the European Union reports that Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, and Ukraine have joined its February 24 decision on sanctions against Belarus. That decision renewed the EU restrictive measures until February 28, 2026, citing the gravity of the situation in the country and its role [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":7763,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-130732","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seven nations join EU sanctions extension on Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 19, Pozirk. 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