New report details inconsistent evidence presented by Belarusian authorities, while the air traffic controller who downed Ryanair flight 4978 cannot be contacted

Poland’s refusal to allow aid to reach those massed on its eastern border risks handing a propaganda victory to the dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko

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

The president of Belarus, who clung to power in the face of mass protests last year, is under scrutiny again following events at the Tokyo Olympics and the death of a dissident

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

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

The escalating crisis in ‘the North Korea of Europe’ must focus minds in Brussels, Warsaw and Berlin

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