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    EU leaders reject Belarus election result, urge dialogue
    Aug20

    EU leaders reject Belarus election result, urge dialogue

    With the experience of Ukraine in mind, EU leaders called for dialogue in Belarus and pledged funding, but stopped short of calling for new elections. …read more Source::...

    GCS: 1,346 new cases of COVID-19; death toll reaches 3,154
    Aug20

    GCS: 1,346 new cases of COVID-19; death toll reaches 3,154

    As many as 1,346 news cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded since the last report at the national level, according to the Strategic Communication Group's (GCS) report on Thursday. The total number of persons who got infected in Romania reached 74,963. A number of 34,196 patients have been cured and 8,820 asymptomatic...

    Ukraine registers record in daily infections of COVID-19
    Aug20

    Ukraine registers record in daily infections of COVID-19

    In Ukraine, over the past 24 hours to Thursday morning, 2 143 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been registered, according to Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov, Ukrinform news agency reports. …read more Source:: Baltic News...

    EU leaders reject Belarus election result, urge dialogue
    Aug20

    EU leaders reject Belarus election result, urge dialogue

    With the experience of Ukraine in mind, EU leaders called for dialogue in Belarus and pledged funding, but stopped short of calling for new elections. …read more Source::...

    The bully of Belarus: will Russia intervene to save Alexander Lukashenko?
    Aug19

    The bully of Belarus: will Russia intervene to save Alexander Lukashenko?

    Military intervention would turn most Belarusians against their larger neighbour – but the Kremlin could decide intervention to prop up its closest ally is worth the risk. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s embattled dictator, never wanted to be a citizen of Belarus. The former chairman of a collective farm was the only member of the Supreme...

    Why the EU’s targeted sanctions on Belarus won’t work
    Aug19

    Why the EU’s targeted sanctions on Belarus won’t work

    Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach is a Belarusian journalist and program coordinator at Free Press Unlimited. WARSAW — There’s no reason to believe that targeted sanctions will solve the problem in Belarus. Nearly every vote in Belarus since 1996 has been followed by EU sanctions — and yet President Alexander Lukashenko’s repressive regime...

    From Belarus to Lebanon, the US to Thailand, righteous moral outrage is sweeping the globe
    Aug19

    From Belarus to Lebanon, the US to Thailand, righteous moral outrage is sweeping the globe

    Anger, it can seem, is everywhere. It spreads faster than ever. It is viral, but unlike coronavirus cannot be socially distanced into abeyance. Its roots are deep. Amid demonstrations over Belarus’s fraudulent election, President Alexander Lukashenko tried to bolster his position with a public appearance on 17 August. It did not go well....

    GCS: 1,409 new cases of COVID-19; death toll reaches 3,106
    Aug19

    GCS: 1,409 new cases of COVID-19; death toll reaches 3,106

    As many as 1,409 news cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded since the last report at the national level, according to the Strategic Communication Group's (GCS) report on Wednesday. The total number of persons who got infected in Romania reached 73,617. A number of 33,566 patients have been cured and 8,551 asymptomatic...

    EU top diplomat Borrell willing to go to Belarus but says time not right
    Aug19

    EU top diplomat Borrell willing to go to Belarus but says time not right

    SANTANDER, Spain — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday he’s willing to go to Belarus to help defuse the crisis there but the time is not yet right for such a mission. Speaking ahead of a videoconference of EU leaders on Belarus, Borrell said the bloc will focus for now on promoting a political dialogue alongside the...

    Romania’s Simona Halep, world’s fourth highest-paid female athlete according to Forbes
    Aug19

    Romania’s Simona Halep, world’s fourth highest-paid female athlete according to Forbes

    Romanian tennis player Simona Halep ranks fourth in the Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2020 Forbes list, which is topped by Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka. According to Forbes' reckoning, Halep, world number two, had total earnings of 10.9 million US dollars between June 2019 and June 2020, 6.9 million US dollars in prize money and 4...