KYIV, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Ukraine imposed a package of sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday, vowing to “increase countermeasures” against Minsk for its wartime assistance…
Read more Ukraine Imposes Sanctions Against Belarus’ Lukashenko for Aiding Russia’s WarThe support for Ukrainian athletes at the Milan-Cortina Games suggests there may be challenges with reinstating Russia and Belarus for the LA28 Olympics. Kevin Baxter Source link
Read more IOC moves closer to reinstating Russia by LA28, but backlash may put its return on iceBERLIN, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Belarusian opposition leaders Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka, freed this month after five years in prison, said they need more time to recover…
Read more Freed Belarus Opposition Leaders Delay Public Appearance to RecoverBelarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group,…
Read more Belarus releases 123 prisoners including Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski in exchange for U.S. sanctions reliefDec 11 (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday held a second meeting in 17 days with the Venezuelan ambassador to Russia, at a time of mounting…
Read more Belarus’ Lukashenko Meets Venezuela Envoy Again as Trump Seeks Maduro’s RemovalWARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will receive 44 billion euros ($50.91 billion) from the European Union’s SAFE programme to boost its armed forces, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on…
Read more Poland to Receive $51 Billion From EU’s Defence Investment Programme, PM SaysVILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania’s Vilnius airport said on Sunday it had temporarily halted operations due to balloons moving towards its airspace, diverting some incoming flights to other cities. The…
Read more Lithuania’s Vilnius Airport Closes Again Due to BalloonsWARSAW (Reuters) -Poland has identified two people responsible for an explosion on a railway route to Ukraine, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, adding that they were…
Read more Polish PM Says Two Responsible for Railway Blast Worked for Russian IntelligenceA 30-year-old crypto trader in Belarus has allegedly been using the funds of investors to gamble. The amount of investor money he has allegedly lost to gambling is…
Read more $294K Gambled Away by Fraudulent Crypto Trader Using Investor FundsThe government of Lithuania, which is a member of the U.S.-led NATO alliance, said Monday that it will start shooting down unidentified balloons that enter the country’s airspace,…
Read more Lithuania accuses Belarus, Russia ofVILNIUS (Reuters) -NATO member Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport and Belarus border crossings on Sunday after several objects, identified as likely helium balloons, entered its airspace, the National Crisis…
Read more Lithuania Shuts Vilnius Airport, Belarus Border in Fourth Airspace Incident This WeekVILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania’s Vilnius and Kaunas airports closed on Friday night due to meteorological weather balloons flying in from Belarus, the Lithuanian transport ministry said, the third such…
Read more Lithuania Shuts Airports Due to Balloons From Belarus, Transport Ministry SaysMOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov met with his North Korean counterpart No Kwang Chol, Russian state-run news agency TASS reported on Wednesday. The two officials unveiled…
Read more Russian, North Korean Defence Ministers MeetVILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The electricity grid operators of the three Baltic countries on Tuesday officially notified Russia and Belarus that they will exit a 2001 agreement that…
Read more Baltic countries notify Russia and Belarus they will exit the Moscow-controlled electricity gridGreece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only…
Read more Greece just legalized same-sex marriage. Will other Orthodox countries join them any time soon?Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. At least for the near future, it will almost certainly be the only…
Read more Greece just legalized same-sex marriage. Will other Orthodox countries join them any time soon?KYIV — Mercenaries from the Russian Wagner Group are back fighting on the front line in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian military official told POLITICO on Wednesday. Several hundred…
Read more Russia’s Wagner troops are back on the battlefield, Ukraine saysCNN — When a large Jewish cemetery was paved over last century to create a sports ground in Belarus, the headstones were used to make roads and buildings.…
Read more Memorial from broken headstones to mark desecrated Jewish cemetery in Belarus | CNNPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. What César really wanted was to get out of Cuba. A bartender struggling to make ends meet…
Read more Deal ‘with the devil’: Meet the Cubans who’ve joined Russia’s war on UkraineThe 19-year-old American wins the US Open women’s singles title with 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Belarus’s Sabalenka. United States teenager Coco Gauff has beaten Belarusian second seed…
Read more Coco Gauff beats Aryna Sabalenka in US Open final to win first Grand Slam
