# Belarus

This month

March 2023

# Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya

Belarus' exiled opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya to be awarded for Tipperary Peace Award

Tikhanovskaya was sentenced for spearheading historic protests against Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.

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Mar 8th 2023, 8:00 AM

# Belarus

Exiled opposition leader Tikhanovskaya sentenced to 15 years in prison by Lukashenko regime

Tikhanovskaya was sentenced for spearheading historic protests against the former Soviet country’s authoritarian leader.

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Mar 6th 2023, 5:26 PM

# Xi Jinping

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko 'fully supports' China's 'Peace Plan' for Ukraine

China recently published a position paper on Moscow’s war in Ukraine insisting it is a neutral party and calling for dialogue.

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Mar 1st 2023, 1:43 PM

Last month

February 2023

# Minsk

Belarus's exiled opposition celebrate after partisans destroy Russian surveillance plane

Kyiv has said Russia has used Belarusian air strips as a base from which to launch strikes on Ukraine.

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Feb 27th 2023, 7:59 AM

# Olympics

Sports Minister says Olympics ban for athletes from Russia and Belarus should continue

Byrne added that he wished circumstances were different, because athletes from every country should be able to compete.

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Feb 21st 2023, 2:26 PM

This year

2023

# Belarus

Belarus begins trial in absentia of protest leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

Tikhanovskaya, who claimed victory in the 2020 presidential election, faces a litany of charges including high treason.

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Jan 17th 2023, 4:05 PM

# trial in absentia

Belarus opposition leader denounces her treason trial as 'farce'

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya lives in exile in Lithuania and claims her court-appointed lawyer won’t respond to her.

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Jan 16th 2023, 8:33 PM

# Belarus

Belarus Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski goes on trial

Rights group Amnesty International called the trial a ‘blatant act of injustice’.

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Jan 5th 2023, 7:20 PM

Last year

2022

# Ukraine

Ukrainian missile allegedly lands in Belarus

The missile either deviated from its trajectory or was shot down by Belarusian air defences, authorities said.

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Dec 29th 2022, 12:51 PM

# Belarus

Putin lands in Belarus for talks with Lukashenko following heavy drone attack on Kyiv

The attack follows one of Russia’s biggest assaults on the city since the start of the war.

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Dec 19th 2022, 4:32 PM

# Sanctioned

Lawn Tennis Association fined for its ban on Russian and Belarusian players

It is also understood that the LTA has been threatened with expulsion from the Tour if it repeats the suspension.

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Dec 7th 2022, 2:33 PM

# short stay visa

Russia and Belarus removed from Short Stay Visa Waiver Scheme

The scheme allows nationals of some countries to travel to Ireland from the UK without the need to obtain an Irish visa.

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Oct 25th 2022, 8:24 PM

# ostracised

Belarus star Azarenka axed from US Open Ukraine benefit

The former world number one was to have joined the likes of Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff, John McEnroe, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek at the event.

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Aug 24th 2022, 5:34 PM

# Minsk

Diverted Ryanair flight investigation concludes that Belarus' actions were 'unlawful'

A Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land in Belarus last year.

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Jul 20th 2022, 9:42 AM

# battle for Lysychansk

Ukrainian army announces retreat from Lysychansk

Ukrainian presidnet Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously denied Russian claims that the city had been captured.

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Jul 3rd 2022, 3:05 PM

# Belarus

Russia pushes to block second city in eastern Ukraine

The Luhansk region’s governor said that Russian forces are attempting to blockade Lysychansk from the south.

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Jun 25th 2022, 3:07 PM

# Door Is Open

Players from Russia and Belarus allowed to play at US Open under neutral flag

The move comes after the Grand Slams condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Jun 14th 2022, 6:37 PM

# Ukraine

Irish food giant Kerry Group to suspend operations in Russia and Belarus

The company, which employs 250 people in Russia and Belarus, said it is “horrified” by the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

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Apr 4th 2022, 3:02 PM

# Ukraine

EU adds 160 Russian oligarchs to sanctions list, cuts three Belarus banks from SWIFT system

The names are set to be unveiled shortly, when the sanctions are formally published in the EU’s official journal.

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Mar 9th 2022, 2:28 PM

# beijing 2022

Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals at Winter Paralympics

Athletes from those countries will compete under the Paralympic flag in Beijing and not be included in the medal table, the IPC said.

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Mar 2nd 2022, 11:59 AM

# Moscow

Russia is 'on brink' of invading Ukraine, US warns despite ongoing talks

Emmanuel Macron talked with Vladimir Putin today, before calling Volodymyr Zelensky.

Emmanuel Macron talked with Vladimir Putin today, before calling Volodymyr Zelensky

Minister Simon Coveney said that the prospect of war in Ukraine is now the expectation

Joint Russian and Belarusian military drills are continuing today amid increased tension with Ukraine

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Feb 20th 2022, 6:15 PM

# Ryanair

False bomb threat on Ryanair plane diverted to Belarus 'deliberate', UN report finds

Belarusian authorities arrested journalist Roman Protasevitch after the flight was forced to land in Minsk on 23 May 2021.

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Jan 28th 2022, 8:05 AM

# Belarus

Poland starts building metal wall to stop migrants crossing border from Belarus

Critics and environmentalists say the wall will fail to stop migrants, but will harm one of Europe’s last pristine woodlands.

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Jan 27th 2022, 6:49 PM

All time

# Belarus

Proposed changes to Belarusian constitution would enable president to stay in office until 2035

The proposed amendments are published on the president’s official website.

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Dec 27th 2021, 7:00 PM

# Armenia

EU leaders look to deepen relations with former Soviet republics

The EU summit with its Eastern partnership came on the same day as Russia issued Washington a series of security demands.

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Dec 15th 2021, 11:00 PM

# Belarus

Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky jailed for 18 years

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Sergei Tikhanovsky’s wife and self-exiled current opposition leader, denounced the verdict on Twitter.

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Dec 14th 2021, 1:14 PM

# Belarus

Belarus mother of five jailed over ‘unsanctioned mass gatherings’

Volha Zalatar was arrested on the street when she was taking her 10-year-old daughter to music school.

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Dec 3rd 2021, 8:32 PM

# simultaneous sanctions

US, EU, Britain and Canada hit Belarus with coordinated sanctions

Britain said it had imposed sanctions ‘on eight Belarusian individuals responsible for repression and human rights violations’.

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Dec 2nd 2021, 6:29 PM

# lukashenko

President of Belarus offers to host Russian nuclear weapons

Alexander Lukashenko has also said for the first time that he recognises the contested Crimean Peninsula as part of Russia.

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Nov 30th 2021, 8:21 PM

Voices

Opinion: The suffering of migrants at the border with Belarus is a result of EU migration policy

Jim Clarken of Oxfam Ireland says the EU must better protect migrants suffering at its borders.

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Nov 24th 2021, 9:10 AM

# Migration

More than 100 migrants flown out of Belarus as standoff appears to de-escalate

118 migrants were flown out of Belarus yesterday, with another group due to leave today.

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Nov 23rd 2021, 12:26 PM

# Border

Belarus leader criticises EU for refusing to negotiate on migrant standoff

The EU has accused Lukashenko’s government of orchestrating the migration surge as a “hybrid attack”.

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Nov 22nd 2021, 2:34 PM

# Belarus

Poland says border crisis 'greatest' bid to destabilise Europe since Cold War

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is visiting the Baltic states to discuss the conflict.

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Nov 21st 2021, 12:24 PM

# Migrants

Belarus-Poland border camp cleared as Iraqis fly home from migrant stand-off

Around 2,000 people, mainly Iraqi Kurds, had been stuck in freezing temperatures at the camp.

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Nov 19th 2021, 7:02 AM

# Belarus

Hundreds of migrants arrive back in Iraq on flight from Belarus

Belarussian officials believe there’s still 7,000 migrants in the country.

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Nov 18th 2021, 7:20 PM

# Poland-Belarus border

Polish forces use water cannons on migrants at Belarus border

Polish police said they responded after one officer was seriously injured when the migrants threw objects

14.8k

Nov 16th 2021, 1:35 PM

# Belarus

Belarus: EU and US vow new sanctions, Lukashenko talks to Angela Merkel

Belarus President Lukashenko today discussed the crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Nov 15th 2021, 9:29 PM

# Alexander Lukashenko

Minsk says it will repatriate migrants at Polish border, as EU broadens its Belarus sanctions

Iraq has recorded 571 of its citizens on the border who have said they are ready to return “voluntarily”.

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Nov 15th 2021, 2:50 PM

# Migration

Dozens of migrants detained as EU readies Belarus sanctions

Aid agencies say at least 10 migrants have died so far and have warned of a humanitarian crisis unfolding.

16.4k

Nov 14th 2021, 2:06 PM

# Belarus

Belarus airline bans Iraqis, Syrians, Yemenis from incoming Turkey flights

The EU believes it is “seeing progress” on the migrant crisis along the border between Belarus and Poland.

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Nov 12th 2021, 2:26 PM