{"id":187265,"date":"2026-05-12T22:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187265\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:09:42","slug":"council-of-europe-opens-information-point-for-belarusians-in-vilnius","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/187265\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of Europe opens information point for Belarusians in Vilnius"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1127\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/infopunkt_SE_ST_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/infopunkt_SE_ST_press.jpg 1127w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/infopunkt_SE_ST_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/infopunkt_SE_ST_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/infopunkt_SE_ST_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/infopunkt_SE_ST_press-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May<\/strong><strong> 12, <\/strong><strong><em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>The Council of Europe (CE) has opened an information point for Belarusians in Vilnius on May 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony at Lithuania\u2019s National Library was attended by CE Secretary General Alain Berset, Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys and Belarus\u2019 opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CE information point operated at Belarusian State University in Minsk from 2009 to 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus is not a member of the CE, mainly because its government refuses to abolish the death penalty, but its pro-democracy opposition has declared CE membership among its priorities.<\/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\/2026\/02\/sovet-evropy-tikhanovskaya-20260225-OST-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sovet-evropy-tikhanovskaya-20260225-OST-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sovet-evropy-tikhanovskaya-20260225-OST-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sovet-evropy-tikhanovskaya-20260225-OST-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sovet-evropy-tikhanovskaya-20260225-OST-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sovet-evropy-tikhanovskaya-20260225-OST.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja says democratic Belarus to abolish death penalty as first step<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 25, Pozirk. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, speaking at a meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers in Strasburg on February 25, said that Belarus\u2019 pro-democracy forces are \u201cembedding the values of the Council of Europe into the very foundation &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/177167\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 12, Pozirk. The Council of Europe (CE) has opened an information point for Belarusians in Vilnius on May 12. The ceremony at Lithuania\u2019s National Library was attended by CE Secretary General Alain Berset, Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys and Belarus\u2019 opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. The CE information point operated at Belarusian State University in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":187262,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-187265","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Council of Europe opens information point for Belarusians in Vilnius | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 12, Pozirk. The Council of Europe (CE) has opened an information point for Belarusians in Vilnius on May 12. 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