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
Editorial: Belarusian border misery is latest instance of EU refugee neurosisPoland’s refusal to allow aid to reach those massed on its eastern border risks handing a propaganda victory to the dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko
Vincent Boland: West must stand united as walls close in on Europe’s last dictatorThe 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
The Profile: Aleksandr LukashenkoThe 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
Belarus opposition leader to ask Martin to take case on hijacked Ryanair flightSviatlana 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
Lukashenko power play forces Europe to take noticeThe 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
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
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