Now playing Next no comment Bulgaria: Honey pots form a candle crucifix. Hundreds of honey pots lit by candles form a huge crucifix in the church of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. 10/02/2022
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Now playing Next Belarus New U.S. sanctions for Belarus officials over crackdown on dissidents The U.S. State Department said it was acting in support of figures like sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who is now in Poland after avoiding repatriation over Belarus criticism at the 2021 Olympics. 04/02/2022
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus will fight alongside Russia in event of war, says Lukashenko Belarus' leader also said that in the event of a conflict with Ukraine: "Everyone will lose." 28/01/2022
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Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Meet the NGO turning to cryptocurrencies to help desperate Belarusians “The government has blocked all the classical ways of getting money into the country, so we had to find an alternative." 22/12/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Police uncover 455 social accounts encouraging Belarus-to-EU migrants The social media accounts promoted illegal immigration by advertising the sale of counterfeit ID documents and visas or illegal transportation services. 20/12/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus opposition leader's husband given 18-year jail term Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said her husband -- a blogger and critic of disputed president Alexander Lukashenko -- was given the sentence on Tuesday. 14/12/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Prominent Belarusian journalist Siarhei Satsuk arrested Satsuk is the 30th journalist, who is currently in custody in Belarus, either awaiting trial or serving a sentence. 09/12/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus imposes retaliatory sanctions on EU and UK airlines Belarus said it would also ban imports of Western goods from countries that imposed sanctions on Minsk. 06/12/2021
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Now playing Next Belarus Lukashenko accuses Lithuania of dumping dead bodies in Belarus He has tried to cast the tensions over migrants as part of a Western plot against Belarus and Russia. 29/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus will not force migrants to return home, says Lukashenko Lukashenko made his first public appearance at the Polish border since the start of the crisis. 26/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus' Lukashenko says EU should take in more migrants Lukashenko called on the EU to take in 2,000 migrants stranded in Belarus. The EU says Belarus has lured migrants to the country as part of a "hybrid attack" on the bloc. 22/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Poland says migrants are still trying to cross the border from Belarus "The new method has been adopted by migrants and Belarusian services," Poland's defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. 20/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Poland confirms Belarus border camp cleared as migrants given shelter The latest moves are being seen as a sign that Lukashenko is now keen to defuse the crisis the EU and the West accuse him of orchestrating. 19/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Iraqi migrants caught in border tensions fly home 374 Iraqi migrants boarded the first repatriation flight that left Minsk on Thursday amid severe border tensions with Poland. 18/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Lukashenko and Merkel agree to EU talks over Belarus migrant crisis The announcement for Belarus-EU negotiations comes a day after the bloc announced it would issue a fifth raft of sanctions over the border crisis. 17/11/2021
Now playing Next View Belarus: A non-standard situation demands non-standard tools | View Sanctions won't be enough to resolve the political crisis in Belarus. International non-recognition and the opening of criminal cases need to follow the upcoming Vienna Conference, says diplomat and opposition figure Pavel Latushka 16/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Families mourn young migrants who died at Belarus-Poland border A Syrian teenager who died trying to cross the frontier was buried in Poland on Monday, while the bodies of two Iraqi men were flown home. 16/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Two Russians soldiers die in Belarus during exercises near Poland The two soldiers' parachutes failed to function properly "due to a sudden strong gust of wind" during their jumps. 12/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus state airline Belavia and Turkey move to stop migrant flights Belarus' Belavia airline and Turkey say Iraqis, Syrians and Yemenis are to be banned from flying to Belarus from Turkey as of Friday. 12/11/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Meet one of the last independent journalists forced out of Belarus One journalist who recently left Belarus told Euronews that the situation for reporters is so dangerous in the country that very few remain. 11/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarusian Olympic skier and Lukashenko critic fined over protest Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya was charged with attending banned mass rallies, according to the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation. 11/11/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Lukashenko threatens to cut gas supplies over EU sanctions Belarus' autocratic leader has suggested he may halt gas supplies from Russia to Europe via its territory. 11/11/2021
