Belarus strike actions start after Lukashenko ignores deadline to quit
Factory workers chanted slogans, students staged a sit-in and police began detentions on Monday as Belarusians answered an opposition call for a national strike to...
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EU leaders break Belarus deadlock, kick can down the road on Turkey sanctions (update 2)
EU leaders broke a diplomatic deadlock in the early hours of Friday and imposed sanctions on Belarus after hours of summit talks, assuring Cyprus that...
EU says Belarus’ Lukashenko not legitimate president
President Alexander Lukashenko is not the legitimate president of Belarus, the European Union said on Thursday, saying his abrupt swearing-in on Wednesday went directly against...
EU sanction threat on Turkey fades after it accepts talks with Greece
The European Union is unlikely to follow through on a threat to impose sanctions on Turkey after Ankara agreed to talks with Greece over maritime...
Christodoulides: Cyprus did not veto EU sanctions on Belarus
Nicosia did not decide to veto an EU decision to impose sanctions against Belarus unless the bloc also took action against Turkey, Foreign Minister Nicos...
Lukashenko abruptly sworn in for new presidential term in Belarus
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus was sworn in for a new term on Wednesday, the official news agency Belta said, in a sudden inauguration conducted...
Anastasiades leaves Wednesday for crucial EU Council summit
President Nicos Anastasiades leaves on Wednesday for Brussels in order to participate in the Special European Council, on September 24 and 25. Among the issues...
Cyprus digs in heels on Belarus sanctions, says EU must be consistent
Despite an appeal by the country’s main opposition leader, European Union foreign ministers failed to agree sanctions against Belarusian officials on Monday, as Cyprus dug...
In Brussels, Belarus opposition urges EU to move on sanctions
The main opposition leader of Belarus urged the European Union on Monday to approve sanctions on officials accused of rigging the presidential election last month,...
EU’s Belarus sanctions ‘taken hostage’ by Cyprus – reports
Cyprus could potentially derail EU sanctions against Belarus, over the bloc’s delay in imposing similar measures on Turkey, reports said on Friday. The EU has...
Cyprus says its issues with Turkey not linked to EU Belarus sanctions (Updated)
European Union sanctions on Belarus are being delayed by a separate dispute between Cyprus and Turkey over energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, four EU diplomats said,...
Belarusian protest leader detained after failed attempt to expel her
Prominent opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova was detained by Belarusian authorities on Tuesday, a border official said, after thwarting what a Ukrainian government minister described as...
EU needs to react to Turkish threats, Anastasiades tells conference
The European Union has a responsibility to react to all Turkey’s threatening actions in the region, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Wednesday at an unofficial...
EU set to tighten sanctions on Belarus – Breton
European Union leaders are set to tighten sanctions against Belarus at an emergency video conference on the crisis on Wednesday, EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton...
Belarus re-elects ‘last dictator in Europe’ for fifth term
By Andrei Makhovsky Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide on Sunday in an election that could see an...
Belarusian Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Prize for Literature (Updated)
Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of life in the former Soviet Union which the Swedish Academy...
Ukraine’s Yanukovich vetoes last-minute EU push to save trade deal
By Justyna Pawlak and Adrian Croft Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich has vetoed last-minute attempts by the European Union to rescue a trade deal that could...
Gunmen kill two Belarus military instructors in Yemen
By Mohammed Ghobari Gunmen on a motorcycle killed two Belarussian military instructors in Sanaa on Tuesday, police and defence ministry sources said, in a shooting...
