- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityPoland
Poland’s Muslim Tatars join effort to aid migrants crossing from Belarus
By Felix Hoske BIALYSTOK/BOHONIKI, Poland (Reuters) - For Tomasz Miskiewicz, the mufti who heads Poland's Muslim community, helping migrants entering the country from Belarus is about humanity, not religion. Miskiewicz…
NATO restates support for Poland over Belarus migrant crisis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the alliance was deeply concerned about Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's strategy of putting migrant lives at risk, offering Poland…
EU court rules against Poland over judicial appointments
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's top court ruled on Tuesday that Polish rules allowing the justice minister to assign judges to higher criminal courts or to remove them without stating…
‘Tourists’ In Belarus Become Refugees in Poland
When Kamaran Mohammed travelled with his wife and three children to the Belarus capital Minsk last month from their home in northern Iraq, they went as tourists. They were among…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
U.S., Poland discuss Belarus migrants, Russian aggression -Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Polish diplomats condemned the treatment of migrants by the Belarusian government in a telephone call on Saturday, the State Department said, and expressed support…
EU considers sanctions on Minsk airport over migrant crisis
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering imposing sanctions on Belarus' main airport in a bid to make it more difficult for airlines…
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…
Belarus leader says he needs Russian nuclear-capable bombers to navigate border crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday he needed Russian nuclear-capable bombers to help him navigate a migrant crisis at the Poland-Belarus border after two Russian Tu-160…
Russia denies role in EU border crisis, calls Aeroflot sanctions idea ‘crazy’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had nothing to do with the migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border and rejected as "crazy" a suggestion in a…
‘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…
Ukraine to double border forces amid Poland-Belarus migrant crisis
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will double the number of border guards on its frontier with Belarus to prevent any attempts by migrants to enter the country illegally, Interior Minister Denys…
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…
