European Council conclusions, 16 December 2021
Brussels, 16 December 2021 (OR. en) On 16 December 2021, the European Council adopted conclusions...
EU Commission further steps up support to the people of Belarus
Brussels, 12 December 2021 The European Commission will mobilise an additional €30 million to further strengthen its support...
Belarus: EU imposes new sanctions on 17 individuals and 11 entities
The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on an additional 17 individuals and 11 entities in view of the situation...
Border emergency: S&D Group condemns EU Commission proposal to suspend asylum rules
The S&D Group today condemns the Commission’s proposal to allow the suspension of EU asylum...
Renew Europe on emergency at EU-Belarusian border: Punish Lukashenka, not his victims
DECEMBER 1, 20210 The orchestrated border crisis and exploitation of migrants to destabilise the EU...
EU-Belarus border emergency: EU Commission proposes legal and practical measures
Brussels, 1 December 2021 Asylum and return: Commission proposes temporary legal and practical measures to...
EU-Belarus: Statement by President von der Leyen with NATO SG Stoltenberg and Latvian PM Kariņš
Riga, 28 November 2021 Thank you very much Prime Minister, dear Krišjānis, I am very...
Belarus: MEPs to debate accountability for human rights violators
On Tuesday, MEPs and invited speakers will meet to discuss legal avenues for bringing to...
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Europe needs to face autocracy more proactively
Strasbourg. 24 November 2021 In an address to MEPs on Wednesday, the leader of the...
President von der Leyen on the European Council and the crisis at the border of Belarus
Strasbourg, 23 November 2021 Dear Mr President of the Parliament, Dear Mr President of the...
Joint Communication countering hybrid attack by Belarusian regime – remarks by EU High Representative Borrell
Strasbourg, 23/11/2021 – 21:10 Remarks Check against delivery! [I hope that] technology will work and I can join...
The EU can neutralise Minsk’s hybrid attacks only by standing united – Renew Europe
NOVEMBER 23, 2021 The Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament welcomes the new broadened...
NATO Secretary-General discusses Belarus and Russia with Chancellor Merkel
19 Nov. 2021 NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on...
G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on Belarus
The Foreign Ministers of the G7 and the EU High Representative have condemned the migration...
EU allocates €700,000 to help refugees stranded at the border of Belarus
Responding immediately to an appeal, the European Commission has allocated €200,000 in humanitarian funding to...
“Minsker Format” – EU-Abgeordneter Markus Ferber (EVP/CSU) zu Belarus
Markus Ferber, MdEP: Weißrussland: Markus Ferber fordert Wiederbelebung des „Minsker Formats“ Lage an der polnischen...
EU High Representative Borrell: Remarks at the Foreign Affairs Council and Eastern Partnership
Brussels, 15/11/2021 Check against delivery! Good afternoon, we had a long meeting for the Foreign Affairs Council, followed by the Eastern...
Sanctions against Belarus: EU broadens scope to tackle hybrid attacks
The Council today amended its sanctions regime in view of the situation at the EU’s...
Main results of the Foreign Affairs Council, 15 November 2021
Belarus Ministers had a discussion on the situation in Belarus and the issue of migrants...
CER: Lukashenka is the problem, not the migrants
By Ian Bond, Camino Mortera-Martinez, Luigi Scazzieri, Katia Glod, 12 November 2021 The crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border...
North Atlantic Council on the situation at the Poland-Belarus border
12 Nov. 2021 English French The North Atlantic Council strongly condemns the continued instrumentalisation of...
EU Commission VP Schinas addresses migrant flights to Belarus in United Arab Emirates
Today, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas, is in Dubai as part...
S&D Group: Say loud and clear that the EU must never fund walls
Speaking in the plenary debate on the humanitarian crisis unfolding at the Polish-Belarusian border, S&D...
Belarus: Declaration by the EU High Representative on the border situation
The orchestrated instrumentalisation of human beings by the Belarus regime for political purposes has reached a new...
Poland-Belarus: MEPs alarmed by humanitarian and political border crisis
The EU must stand united in its response to the Belarusian regime’s inhuman instrumentalisation of...
Belarus: EP speech by EU High Representative Borrell on the border situation
Brussels, 10/11/2021 Check against delivery! Thank you Ms President, Sorry for being late, but I have been...
After hybrid attack: EU suspends visa facilitation for Belarus regime officials
9 November 2021 The Council today adopted a decision partially suspending the application of the...
Renew Europe: Lukashenka must pay a price for state-sponsored human trafficking
November 8, 2021 The Renew Europe Group in the European Parliament has today called for...
Belarusian-Polish border crisis: Statement by EU Commission President von der Leyen
Brussels, 8 November 2021 “Belarus must stop putting people’s lives at risk. The instrumentalisation of...
ECR: EU Parliament votes for unity and solidarity with Belarusian people
With today’s adoption of a resolution, the European Parliament has taken a clear stance against...
Belarus: MEPs consider taking the Lukashenka regime to international court
Solidarity with Lithuania, Poland and Latvia over state-sponsored irregular migration from Belarus EU support needed...
Posłowie o Białorusi: należy rozważyć wniesienie sprawy przeciw reżimowi Łukaszenki do sądu międzynarodowego
Solidarność z Litwą, Polską i Łotwą w sprawie sponsorowanej przez państwo nieregulowanej migracji z Białorusi...
EU Commission wants partial suspension of EU–Belarus Visa Agreement for Belarus regime officials
Today, the Commission is proposing to suspend certain articles of the EU’s Visa Facilitation Agreement with the...
Human rights in Belarus continue downward spiral, warns Bachelet
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that she continues to be alarmed by...
UN agencies shocked by deaths near Belarus-Poland border
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and migration agency IOM, called on Tuesday for an immediate...
News conference following Russian-Belarusian talks – Russian President
Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a joint news conference at the...
ECR MEPs warn against hybrid warfare at the EU-Belarusian border
Polish ECR MEPs Anna Fotyga and Witold Waszczykowski have labelled recent joint Belarusian and Russian...
EEAS Spokesperson on the repressions against journalists and media in Belarus
Brussels, 30/08/2021 – 17:15, UNIQUE ID: 210830_5 Statements by the Spokesperson: On 27 August, the...
Increased refugee flows at the border between Lithuania and Belarus – EU Commission answer
P-003260/2021 Answer given by Ms Johansson on behalf of the European Commission (23.8.2021) As regards...
Escalation of repression against the Polish minority in Belarus – Answer to a written question
EN E-002344/2021 Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Borrell on behalf of the European Commission (18.8.2021) The...
EU home affairs ministers express solidarity with EU members at border with Belarus
Today, the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU organised an extraordinary videoconference meeting...
EU High Representative on the 1st anniversary of fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the first anniversary of...
EU High Representative on the instrumentalisation of migrants by Belarus
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the instrumentalisation of...
EU Commissioner Johansson travels to Lithuania to discuss the refugee situation at border with Belarus
On Sunday, 1 August, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, will travel to Lithuania to...
Lithuania: EU helps channel support to migrants from Belarus
Brussels, 23 July 2021 Following a request for assistance from Lithuania, the European Commission is...
Leading MEPs condemn the latest arrests by the Minsk regime
Joint statement by Heidi Hautala and Maria Arena on the detention of Sakharov Laureate Ales...
EU Council imposes sanctions on Belarusian economy
The Council today introduced new restrictive measures against the Belarusian regime to respond to the escalation of...
Belarus: Joint Statement by Canada, the EU, the UK, and the USA
Brussels, 21/06/2021 – 16:38 Joint Statement by Canada, the European Union, United Kingdom, and the...
Belarus: 4th EU sanction package over repression and the forced Ryanair landing
The Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against 78 Belarusian individuals and 8 entities. This decision was made in...
EPP Group: Tell Putin we will double our help for Russian and Belarusian opposition
“Five EU Member States share a border with two aggressive dictatorships – Belarus and Russia....