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.
Lithuania is to donate 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine / Lithuania will donate 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots to its eastern European neighbours, including 100,000 to Ukraine, the government said on Friday.
Blinken's visit to Kyiv: what did he say about new military assistance to Ukraine / U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was in Kyiv on an official visit on May 6, said that the U.S.
The European Union has announced the launch date of "Сovid passports" / The European Union will introduce vaccination passports in June 2021, while in Italy national COVID passports will come into force as early as mid-May, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said, according to La Reppublica.
The construction of Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been blocked / In Germany, one of the largest environmental organizations for the Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity (NABU) has joined the conservation organization Deutsche Umwelthilfe and challenged in court the issuance of a permit for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline by the German Federal Office for Shipping, as was reported by the NABU website.
