BRUSSELS — Belarus, which is often described as the last dictatorship in Europe, emerged from the diplomatic deep freeze Monday when the European Union temporarily lifted a travel ban on the country’s president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.
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Decision of European Union is treachery, perfidy, and hypocrisy
“Actions of the European Union have precise definition and analogies in the history. This is called appeasement of dictator. Europe behaved in such a way towards Hitler in 1930ies, and later towards other dictators in Africa, Latin America, and Central Asia,” Andrei Sannikov, coordinator of the civil campaign “European Belarus”, said.
Foreign Minister grilled in Parliament over Belarus visit
Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Stubb (Nat. Coalition Party) had to explain his visit Belarus during Parliamentary question time on Thursday, and give an accounting of statements that he made while in Minsk.
MEPs flying the flag for Europe
Members of the European Parliament have been flying the flag for the EU banner, anthem and motto. At a plenary session in Brussels, they changed their own internal rules so the flag must now be flown at all parliamentary meetings.
European parliament adopted resolution on situation in Belarus
Today the European parliament has adopted a resolution on situation in Belarus. It is offered to suspend visa sanctions against some of Belarusian officials for half a year, though the last “parliamentary election” was recognized not free and undemocratic. The resolution was adopted with 597 votes in favour, 31 against and 22 abstentions.
Stubb was surprised that repressions against opposition take place
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb who was in Minsk on a visit, met representatives of the Belarusian opposition after meetings with officials.
Finnish OSCE Chairman-in-Office called electoral farce in Belarus “positive changes”
The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb says about possible normalisation of the relations and expanding a dialog between Europe and Belarus.
“It’s time to turn the page in the relations between Belarus and Europe,“ Stubb said during a meeting with Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk, Interfax reports.
Relations Between Belarus, US Blow Hot and Cold
The United States and the European Union have criticized recent parliamentary elections in Belarus, where opposition candidates failed to win a single seat. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera looks at the current state of relations between Belarus and the United States.
Vice chairman of Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly wasn’t allowed in Belarus
Kristiina Ojuland, vice speaker of the Estonian Parliament, vice chairperson of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), who planned to visit Belarus on October 9–10, was denied a visa.
Сhanges in Belarus possible only after holding really free election
It has been stated today at a press-conference in Minsk by leaders of the Belarusian opposition Andrei Sannikov, Lyavon Barshcheuski, Viktar Ivashkevich and Zmitser Dashkevich. The results of the “parliamentary elections” have been rigged, the voting turnout was warmed up several times. A real people’s boycott of the electoral farce has taken place in Belarus.