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Monday, 20 May

14:16
Belarus is going to stop importing Ukrainian goods: what categories of goods are banned
Belarus under global pressure after it forced a Ryanair plane carrying an opposition journalist to land in Minsk, is to introduce individual licensing regime for the import of a range of Ukrainian goods, a Ukrainian deputy minister said on Friday.

16:39
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.

14:23
The EU may ban the transit of the Russian gas through Belarus
EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Josep Borrel said that European Union will look at hitting Belarus's big potash exports as well as its oil and financial sectors with new sanctions, as punishment for forcing down a Ryanair flight to arrest a journalist.

11:42
Ukraine bans import of electricity from Russia, Belarus until October 1
On Wednesday, May 26, at a meeting of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine (NEURC), it was decided to limit the available capacity for importing electricity to Ukraine from states that are not parties to the Energy Community (Russia, Belarus) to 0 MW until October 1, 2021, People’s Deputy Olexii Goncharenko announced in his Telegram channel.

23:32
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.

20:20
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.

19:40
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.

17:16
EU leaders called for strict measures against Lukashenko
On Monday, May 24, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid held a video meeting with the Latvian and Lithuanian heads of state Egils Levits and Gitanas Nausėda following the hijacking incident in Belarus.

12:18
Zelensky signed a law prohibiting the import of electricity from Russia and Belarus
On May 13, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law that prohibits the import of electricity from Russia and Belarus, press service of the President's Office reports.

17:14
Belarus claimed that Ukraine was supplying weaponry for terrorist attacks: Ukrainian MFA responded
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine categorically denied the claims of the Chairman of the State Security Committee of Belarus Ivan Tertel regarding the large weaponry supplies from Ukraine to Belarus.

16:57
Russia has planned joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises dedicated to ‘peacekeeping topics’
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has announced the joint Russian-Belarusian tactical exercises of the Russian Airborne Troops and the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus which are going to take place in March at the Polivno test site in the Ulyanovsk region (Russia) and the Osipovichsky training ground in Minsk region of the Republic of Belarus.

07:04
The US has imposed visa restrictions on a series of individuals undermining Belarusian democracy
On Thursday, February 18, the U.S. Department of State took action pursuant to Presidential Proclamation (PP) 8015 to impose visa restrictions on 43 Belarusian individuals responsible for undermining Belarusian democracy, making them generally ineligible for entry into the United States.

16:29
Lukashenko staged an attack on journalists, human rights defenders and activists
In Belarus, on Tuesday, February 16, the offices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ), the Human Rights Center "Viasna", the independent trade union of REP and activists fell under the prosecution.

16:38
Lukashenko stated the main condition for his departure
Unrecognized Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he would leave his post under one condition - peace and order in the country.

15:49
Belarus suddenly announced an army's combat readiness test
A comprehensive campaign to test the combat readiness and the mobilization readiness of Belarus' Armed Forces has been launched.

15:41
Another protest in Belarus: hundreds of people have taken to the streets
Another Sunday morning began with protests in Minsk and several other Belarusian cities, including Brest, Mogilev, and Grodno, as was reported by Tut.by.

13:36
EU and the US demand the withdrawal of the 2021 IIHF Championship from Belarus
US congressmen and EU deputies have written an open letter to the President of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Mr.

19:28
People being shot : a new video of the shootings in Belarus
In Minsk, Belarus, where the protests against the incumbent president Aleksandr Lukashenko have been ongoing for several months, a new video of shootings has surfaces.

23:59
New wave of protests in Belarus: security forces used tear gas against the protesters
In Belarus, where protests against Alexander Lukashenko have not stopped since the August 9 presidential election, security forces brutally dispersed and detained protesters on Sunday, November 29.

12:29
Ukrainian ambassador to Belarus was handed note of protest
On Thursday, November 26, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Ambassador of Ukraine Igor Kyzym was handed a note of protest from the Foreign Ministry in which the Belarusian side strongly protested against "anti-Belarusian actions" near Belarusian diplomatic missions in Ukraine.