Europe News Lithuania challenged on migration law changes amid Belarus border row The Council of Europe says the changes "remove, in the case of an emergency situation, significant safeguards in the asylum procedure". 24/08/2021
Uncovering Europe Belarus sprinter under guard in Poland longs for normality “I would like to go back to normal, to visit the city and enjoy the summer, but I understand that it is dangerous," Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told Euronews. 20/08/2021
Belarus Lukashenko denies involvement in death of Belarusian activist Shishov Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko denied involvement in the death of an activist in Kyiv last week, claiming he was "nobody" to the regime. 09/08/2021
View The struggle is not over for a democratic Belarus | View One year after elections widely viewed as unfair, Franak Viacorka, advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, says they will continue to fight for reforms and that the regime’s recent actions are desperate. 09/08/2021
Uncovering Europe The raid that killed off Belarus' last independent media platform The raid is symptomatic of a wider crackdown on dissent in Belarus since the disputed reelection of Lukashenko last August had sparked huge protests. 05/08/2021
world news 'No one is safe': Tears and fears at Kyiv vigil for dead Belarusian As they gathered to pay tribute to activist Vitali Shishov who was found dead in Kyiv on Tuesday, Belarusian exiles in Ukraine said they no longer felt safe from their country's autocratic leader. 04/08/2021
world news NGO accuses Minsk after Belarusian activist found dead in Ukraine Vitali Shishov led a group helping Belarusians flee repression in the country and went missing while jogging on Monday. 03/08/2021
world news Lithuania takes a tougher line on the migrant influx from Belarus Lithuania has struggled with a flow of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, a huge influx that the Baltic country has blamed on Minsk as part of a "hybrid war" against the EU. 03/08/2021
Belarus Belarus says it has dismantled 'terror cells' with ties to West President Alexander Lukashenko said the "terrorist sleeper cells" allegedly plotting a coup against him had ties with Germany, Ukraine, the US, Poland and Lithuania. 02/07/2021
Uncovering Europe 'A pathetic revenge policy': Is Belarus enabling illegal migration? The number of people who illegally crossed into Lithuania from Belarus shot up in June following condemnation over the forced landing of a Ryanair flight to arrest a journalist. 30/06/2021
Belarus Belarus cuts cooperation on migration with EU over sanctions The EU on Thursday slapped new bruising economic sanctions on Belarus over last month's diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist. 28/06/2021
state of the union Europe's week: Hungary's LGBT law dominates agenda Last week, the Hungarian parliament passed a new law that bans the portrayal of homosexuality and sex reassignment in school education material and TV programmes addressed to people under 18 years of age. 25/06/2021
Europe News Belarus sanctions likely to be approved later this month, says EU MEPs debated the situation in Belarus with the EU's High Representative Josep Borrell on Tuesday. 08/06/2021
Belarus Belarusian activist stabs himself in court to protest repression Stsiapan Latypau's desperate act on Tuesday sheds light on the situation of Belarus' 454 political prisoners. The activist was arrested during massive protests against President Lukashenko last September. 01/06/2021
Uncovering Europe Meet the journalist who fled Belarus hours before Ryanair diversion Carrying just her passport, money and a few essentials in her handbag, Arina Malinovskaya fled for the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. 01/06/2021
Belarus Putin supports Lukashenko amid outcry over Ryanair flight diversion "There is always someone who causes problems for us," Lukashenko told Putin. 28/05/2021
Belarus US, European nations call for probe into Belarus plane diversion "These acts are a blatant attack on international civilian aviation safety and on European security and show flagrant disregard for international law," they said following a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday. 27/05/2021
Europe News Lukashenko is 'turning Belarus into the North Korea of Europe' "Lukashenko is turning my country into the North Korea of Europe: non-transparent, unpredictable and dangerous." 26/05/2021
Belarus Belarusian opposition politician sentenced to 7 years in prison Pavel Seviarynets was sentenced along with six other activists on Tuesday amid international fury over Minsk's forced diversion of a passenger jet to arrest an opposition journalist. 25/05/2021
Europe News Latvia's PM slams 'asymmetrical reaction' after diplomats expelled The entire staff of Latvia's embassy in Minsk was ordered to leave Monday after the red and white flags used by the opposition were raised in Riga. 25/05/2021
Uncovering Europe How Belarusians have fled in growing numbers since disputed election Around 995 people sought shelter in EU countries between August and December 2020, compared with 545 over the same period in 2019. 21/04/2021
world news Belarus: Lukashenko claims he foiled US-backed 'coup' as 2 arrested The Belarusian President said that it was very "the FBI, the CIA" were "most likely" involved in the alleged plot to assassinate him and his family. 18/04/2021
Belarus Belarus police continue crackdown on protests, making arrests in Minsk A demonstration in the Belarusian capital was thwarted by police who arrested at least 100 people in an ongoing crackdown against peaceful protests. 27/03/2021
Belarus Belarus: Over 200 arrested during Freedom Day protests The EU's top diplomat warned on Thursday that "we are witnessing a further escalation of repression against the Belarusian people". 26/03/2021
Uncovering Europe 'No justice, no judiciary': Belarus crisis exposed rule of law issue “Under a dictatorship, there cannot be independent judges and courts," said disbarred lawyer Alexander Pylchenko. "Our country is not an exception." 02/02/2021
world news Belarus and Bulgaria rocked by anti-government protests A look back at the protests that shook the former Soviet nations this year. 29/12/2020
