{"id":79320,"date":"2024-04-12T12:06:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/79320\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-presents-belarusian-ancestry-documents-to-former-greek-pm","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/79320\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader presents Belarusian ancestry documents to former Greek PM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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April 12, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja met former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in Athens on April 11, her aide Franak Via\u010dorka told Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papandreou\u2019s great-grandfather Zyhmunt Miniejka was a Belarusian-born participant in the anti-Russian January Uprising in 1863. After it was stifled, he was exiled to Siberia, but managed to escape and ended up in Greece, according to the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cichano\u016dskaja presented Papandreou archival documents, including his family tree, pictures of his ancestors and Miniejka’s memoirs published in Belarusian, Via\u010dorka said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The politician also invited Papandreou to visit the burial places of his ancestors in Lithuania\u2019s Vilnius and in a future democratic Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papandreou served as Greek prime minister from 2009 to 2011 after heading ministries of foreign affairs and education. His father and grandfather had also served as Greek prime ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belarusian opposition leader is visiting Greece from April 11 to 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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