{"id":99162,"date":"2024-08-05T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99162\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"information-ministry-slams-eu-sanctions-as-illegitimate","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99162\/","title":{"rendered":"Information ministry slams EU sanctions as illegitimate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The information ministry has condemned European Union sanctions against leaders of Belarusian state media, calling the measures baseless and illegitimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;EU officials have once again demonstrated that loud talk about democracy and freedom of speech in their &#8216;Garden of Eden&#8217; is completely shattered by the reality of European policy, which is implemented with gross violations of international law,&#8221; it said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EU_Flag_POZ_744x500-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EU_Flag_POZ_744x500-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EU_Flag_POZ_744x500.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <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\">EU sanctions 28 Belarus&#039; officials, judges, propaganda workers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 5, Pozirk. The European Union has imposed personal sanctions against 28 Belarusian law enforcers, judges and propaganda workers, marking the fourth anniversary of the rigged 2020 presidential election in Belarus, the Council of the European Union reports. The list &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/99076\">\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>August 5, Pozirk. The information ministry has condemned European Union sanctions against leaders of Belarusian state media, calling the measures baseless and illegitimate. &#8220;EU officials have once again demonstrated that loud talk about democracy and freedom of speech in their &#8216;Garden of Eden&#8217; is completely shattered by the reality of European policy, which is implemented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":99143,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-99162","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>Information ministry slams EU sanctions as illegitimate | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 5, Pozirk. 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