- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securitymigrants
Ukraine to deploy troops, helicopters to guard Belarus border
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will deploy another 8,500 troops and police officers, and 15 helicopters, to guard its border with Belarus, aiming to prevent possible attempts by migrants to breach…
Belarusian leader’s warning causes new concern in Europe about gas flows
By Katya Golubkova and Marwa Rashad MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - A warning by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that he could halt Russian gas flows through his country to Europe in a…
Belarus leader floats idea of cutting gas to Europe in migrant standoff
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday raised the possibility he could shut down the transit of natural gas to Europe via Belarus in retaliation against any new European…
Russia’s Aeroflot responds to sanctions report, denies flying migrants to Belarus
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian flag carrier Aeroflot on Thursday denied any involvement in organising mass transportation of migrants to Belarus, responding to a news report that it could face EU…
‘No going back’: Migrants tell of being trapped on Belarus-Poland border
By Alan Charlish BIALYSTOK, Poland (Reuters) - Syrian migrant Youssef Atallah feared he would die in the forest on the Polish border after being left without food or water in…
EU’s von der Leyen says sanctions against Belarus to be widened
By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The European Union will widen sanctions against Belarus next week, European Commision President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday after a…
EU pressure on migrants’ countries could work better than new Belarus sanctions -official
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pressure on countries from which migrants fly to Belarus in hope of entering the European Union, and on airlines that take them, could do more to end…
EU says its funding should not be used for barbed wire, fences
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday that EU funding could be used to finance border infrastructure but should not be used to put up fences or barbed…
Ortega Win: A New Blow to Biden’s Central America Strategy
U.S. President Joe Biden's efforts to tackle migration from Central America by promoting the rule of law took a hit with the contentious re-election of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, the…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Lithuania border, camps in state of emergency over migrants from Belarus
KAPCIAMIESTIS, Lithuania (Reuters) - Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday declared a state of emergency at the country's border with Belarus and at camps hosting migrants who arrived from there, a tally…
Russia floats idea of EU paying Belarus to stop migrant flows
By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday suggested that the European Union could provide financial assistance to Belarus in order to…
EU toughens visa process for Belarus officials over migrant crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments partially suspended on Tuesday a visa facilitation deal for Belarusian officials in response to a "hybrid attack" that Brussels says Minsk is waging by…
