The centre right has come out on top in Europe after EU elections marked by a record low turnout and harsh lessons for ruling parties in some countries.
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Why does Andrea Rigoni ignore PACE decisions?
On May 26, the Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe considered a report on the situation in Belarus by Andrea Rigoni. The conclusions of the report contradict no only the common sense but also spirit of the PACE Charter.
Mass arrests of oppositionists in Minsk on day of Eastern Partnership summit
Another time Riot policemen were sent against participants of the rally dedicated to the memory of General Yury Zakharanka, abducted and assassinated in Belarus. Before and after the rally dozens of oppositionists were arrested.
BBC: Protesters in Minsk demonstrating for the release of three prisoners
Few dare to protest – Belarus has been dubbed the “last dictatorship in Europe”. The European Union has taken its first big step towards bringing Belarus back in from the cold, inviting it to become part of its “Eastern partnership”.
General Yury Zakharanka kidnapped 10 years ago
Today, on the anniversary of disappearance of the former interior minister of Belarus and an opposition leader, a rally of memory will be organized on October square of Minsk at 6.00 p.m.
18th day of political prisoner Autukhovich’s hunger strike. 4th day of protest
An action of solidarity with political prisoner Mikalai Autukhovich, who went on hunger strike, continues in Minsk on May 4.
Belarusian journalists didn’t receive accreditation for Prague summit
The Czech authorities withdrew accreditation of political emigrant and journalist Alyaksei Shydlouski and other Belarusian journalists for the Eastern Partnership summit.
Charter’97 coordinator refusing to go to Prague
One of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition Andrei Sannikov thinks invitation of the Belarusian dictator for the EU summit amid mass political repressions in the country was “a grave mistake”.
“The last dictator in Europe” invited to EU summit
The man America called “the last dictator in Europe” – the President of Belarus – has been invited to a European Union summit on partnership with ex-Soviet states in Prague. Alexander Lukashenko has long been shunned in the west, and until last year was the subject of an EU travel ban.
Belarusian dictator invited for EU summit
Karel Schwarzenberg, foreign minister of the Czech Republic holding the EU presidency, extended an invitation to Alyaksandr Lukashenka to visit the summit launching the EU’s European Partnership program in Prague on May 7.