The West has done its own Belarus-style hijack
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him of a “reprehensible act of ...
Russia will allow European flights to and from Moscow to bypass Belarus
Russia will allow European flights to arrive and depart via routes that bypass Belarusian airspace, the RBC news outlet reported late on Thursday, despite Moscow previously denying access to two ...
Flight ban to Belarus not yet in effect
Flights between Larnaca and Minsk are continuing because the EU leaders’ decision to ban Belarusian airlines from using EU airspace or airports has not kicked in yet, sources said on ...
Belarus leader accuses West of using plane incident to try to undermine him
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday accused the West of trying to use the diversion of a Ryanair plane at the weekend to wage hybrid war against him and said ...
Belarus faces new sanctions over jetliner ‘state piracy,’ arrest of journalist
Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a ...
Belarus faces sanctions threat over ‘state piracy’ as some airlines avoid its airspace (Update 3)
Several airlines said on Monday they would avoid Belarusian airspace after Belarus scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair jetliner and arrest a dissident journalist in an act denounced by ...
Outrage as Belarus ‘hijacks’ Ryanair plane and arrests opponent, Cypriot on board (updated)
Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained an ...