A month ago the Council of the European Union suspended visa sanctions against Alyaksandr Lukashenka and a number of his officials.
Lenin still alive in Belarus
Participants of the protest action on November 7 had trials in the Leninski district court of Minsk today. On the day, when the Belarusian authorities officially celebrated the anniversary of the “great October”, Young Front activists came to the KGB building with a banner “Communism Must be Tried by Tribunal!”
Obama wins historic US election
“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight… change has come to America,” the president-elect told a jubilant crowd at a park in Chicago.
Belarus Asks IMF for Credit Line as Economy Falters
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Belarus requested aid from the International Monetary Fund, joining Iceland, Pakistan, Hungary and the Ukraine in asking for assistance in weathering the global financial crisis.
Lord Bell: “country has a perfectly nice atmosphere about it. People are relaxed.”
British PR-specialist Timothy Bell said in an interview to Russian media the Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka is “a very friendly person”, and “most Belarusians are glad and happy”. According to the lord, he learnt this through speaking with common Belarusians “in hotels, bars, and restaurants”.
Lukashenko’s PR man sheds light on EU campaign
– With EU states nearing agreement on relaxing Belarus sanctions on Monday (13 October), the man that Minsk hired to help do the job – British public relations magnate Lord Timothy Bell – tells EUobserver about unmaking the image of a dictator.
European Union Temporarily Suspends Travel Ban for Belarussian Leader
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.
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.