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Saturday, 20 April

18:35
Another scandal over the Ryanair plane forced landing: the dispatcher who was negotiating with the pilots disappeared
A dispatcher - who was allegedly negotiating with the pilot of the Ryanair flight Athens-Vilnius, forcibly landed in Minsk in May 2021 due to the presence of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich on board - left Belarus together with his family.

11:52
The EU agreed on expanding sanctions against Belarus
EU foreign ministers gathering in Luxembourg have approved a set of tougher sanctions targeting the sectors that will impact the Belarusian regime.

12:43
The European Union approved sanctions against Lukashenko's regime
Due to the incident with the forced landing of a Ryanair plane (FR4978 flight) in Minsk and the detention of the opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, the EU ambassadors approved sanctions against Belarus.

11:39
NATO warns Russia, Belarus against threatening allies
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday warned Russia and Belarus against threatening the alliance's alliesand trying to destabilize the situation in the region, following the forced landing of a passenger plane within the European Union.

11:52
EU to ban Belarus carriers as the opposition urges G7 sanctions
European Union ambassadors on Friday adopted a plan to ban Belarus carriers from flying over EU territory or landing in EU airports, three diplomats said, as the country’s exiled opposition leader called for more joint Western sanctions.This was announced by a journalist Ricard Jozwiak on his Twitter.

18:29
NATO plans to impose sanctions on Belarus
On the eve of the meetings of NATO Foreign and Defense Ministers, which will be held on June 1, the Euro-Atlantic Alliance decided to restrict access of Belarusian representatives to its headquarters in Brussels.

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.

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.

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.