EU makes historic decision for Ukraine: accession talks opened / The European Council approved the opening of negotiations on the membership for Ukraine and Moldova.
Lukashenko's regime imposes sanctions against the United States / Belarus on Thursday announced that the United States would have to cut the number of the diplomatic and administrative staff at its mission in capital city Minsk in response to the sanctions imposed by the United States of America against Lukashenko’s regime.This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
WHO approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use / The World Health Organisation validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies, and communities the assurance that it meets international standards for safety, efficacy, and manufacturing, WHO press service announced in its statement.
Lukashenko discussed Belavia flights to Crimea at a meeting with Putin / The self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko claimed that the government of Belarus and the Russian side will look into opening flights to Crimea, BelTA reported on Tuesday.
Prosecutor General Venediktova made an important statement regarding Yanukovych’s trial / Russia refused to extradite to Ukraine fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych, who was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in prison for treason, Iryna Venedyktova, Prosecutor General of Ukraine said in an interview with Ukraine24 TV channel.
G7 countries issued a statement regarding the events in Belarus / The G7 foreign ministers ondemn in the strongest terms the unprecedented action by the Belarusian authoritiesregarding the forced landing of a Ryanair passenger plane in Minsk and the detention of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich.The statement was published on the UK government website on Thursday, May 27.
The European Union has strongly condemned the Ryanair incident in Belarus: what measures are to be taken / On Monday, May 24, during the EU summit, the European Council officially banned overflight of the EU airspace by Belarusian airlines and called on European airlines to avoid overflight of Belarus, the press-service of the European Council reports.
Latvia and Belarus announced the expulsion of diplomats / On Monday, May 24, Belarus and Latvia announced the expulsion of diplomats, Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.
The UK imposed sanctions against Belarus after the incident with a Ryanair plane / The British authorities have imposed sanctions against Belarus. An akin decision served as a response to the incident with a Ryanair plane, which was forced to land in Minskmso the opposition journalist Roman Protasevich could be detained, The Guardian reports.
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine developed an address to the U.S. Senate regarding Nord Stream 2 / On Friday, May 21, People's Deputies of Ukraine adopted a Resolution on the Address of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Congress of the United States of America of the 117th Convocation on Intensifying Efforts to Strengthen Energy Security of Ukraine and Europe through General Sanctions on the Nord Stream-2 Gas Pipeline.
