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Belarus

UN report finds bomb threat that grounded Ryanair flight in Belarus was ‘deliberately false’

New report details inconsistent evidence presented by Belarusian authorities, while the air traffic controller who downed Ryanair flight 4978 cannot be contacted
  • Daniel Murray
  • January 20, 2022

Editorial: Belarusian border misery is latest instance of EU refugee neurosis

Poland’s refusal to allow aid to reach those massed on its eastern border risks handing a propaganda victory to the dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko
  • Business Post
  • November 14, 2021

Vincent Boland: West must stand united as walls close in on Europe’s last dictator

The Belarus president may have little time left in office, but it is up to the EU to ensure the transition to democracy is a peaceful one
  • Vincent Boland
  • August 15, 2021

The Profile: Aleksandr Lukashenko

The president of Belarus, who clung to power in the face of mass protests and was under scrutiny again following events at the Tokyo Olympics and the death of a dissident
  • Catherine Sanz
  • August 8, 2021

Belarus opposition leader to ask Martin to take case on hijacked Ryanair flight

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will meet the Taoiseach and airline chief Michael O’Leary this week to discuss the flight’s diversion and the arrest of a journalist
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 11, 2021

Lukashenko power play forces Europe to take notice

The kidnapping of opposition dissident Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend from a Ryanair flight was the latest signal that the embattled Belarusian dictator will do whatever it takes to keep his regime in place
  • Daniel Murray
  • May 30, 2021

Europe must not fail the desperate citizens of Belarus

The escalating crisis in ‘the North Korea of Europe’ must focus minds in Brussels, Warsaw and Berlin
  • Business Post
  • May 30, 2021

Lucinda Creighton: Soft sanctions have failed to deter Putin and his puppets

Last week’s state-sponsored highjacking of a Ryanir plane should be a wake-up call to the EU on the very real threats to our security
  • Lucinda Creighton
  • May 30, 2021

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