Ukraine Ukraine mulls giving hero status to alleged war criminals Ukraine is considering giving hero status to controversial figures, including Nazi cooperators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, who fought for independence in the 1930s and 1940s. 04/08/2021
Europe Belarusian sprinter leaves Tokyo after refusing to return home Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has boarded a plane to Vienna after her team allegedly tried force her home. 04/08/2021
Belarus IOC investigates allegations that Belarus tried to force sprinter home The International Olympic Committee has launched an investigation into the case of Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who claims that her team's officials have tried to force her home. 03/08/2021
Europe 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 Jailed Belarus journalist needs urgent hospital care, says press union Andrei Skurko was arrested earlier this month when authorities raided prominent Nasha Niva newspaper. He has reportedly been infected with COVID-19 while in detention. 29/07/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Is Bosnia’s Milorad Dodik using genocide denial for political ends? Attempts to play down or deny what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 prompted Bosnia's foreign peace envoy to last week pass the nation's first law prohibiting genocide denial. 28/07/2021
world news Lithuanian border town protests over number of migrants from Belarus Residents in a small border town in Lithuania are protesting over the number of migrants crossing over from neighbouring Belarus 24/07/2021
