{"id":176426,"date":"2026-02-19T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176426\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"eu-to-extend-sanctions-against-belarus-by-a-year","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/176426\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to extend sanctions against Belarus by a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February<\/strong><strong> 19, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>The European Union is set to extend individual and sectoral sanctions against Belarus by one year, Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da told journalists on February 19, <em>Delfi<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf someone is thinking is under a delusion that sanctions will soon be lifted, I must immediately reassure people: sanctions against Belarus, both individual and sectoral, will be extended by 12 more months. This must be done next week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the EU ambassadors unanimously approved the extension, noting that there are no signs that Belarusian authorities changed their behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lithuanian president pointed out that Belarus is a co-aggressor in the Russian war against Ukraine. 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The European Union is set to extend individual and sectoral sanctions against Belarus by one year, Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus\u0117da told journalists on February 19, Delfi reported. \u201cIf someone is thinking is under a delusion that sanctions will soon be lifted, I must immediately reassure people: sanctions against Belarus, both individual and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":50980,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-176426","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EU to extend sanctions against Belarus by a year | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 19, Pozirk. 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