Belarus on Monday summoned Nobel Literature Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich for questioning over her ties to the opposition as the authorities cracked down on protest leaders following the latest unprecedented demonstration against President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election.  Alexievich, who won the Nobel Prize in 2015, has supported the opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and is a member of the Coordination Council

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in a joint statement called on the Russian authorities to conduct an open investigation into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. Merkel and Mass noted that, according to the Berlin clinic “Charite”, clinical studies point to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. “Given the prominent role of Mr. Navalny among the political opposition in

On Ukraine’s Independence Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published a video in which he spoke in English about the country’s achievements. “We have our own Berlin, our own Venice, our own Maldives. Ukraine is green, peaceful and open, ”Zelenskiy said in a one-minute video. blob:https://www.facebook.com/a381a59f-2ff1-4e9d-8e2e-5a12be4e154f The president called Ukraine a “new global technology hub” with brilliant engineers, start-ups and low IT taxes. Then he turned

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov said at the Army-2020 forum that the Sea Launch floating cosmodrome will be restored, according to preliminary estimates, for 35 billion rubles. The decision to restore the spaceport was made after discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Borisov said. “It would be foolish for us not to restore Sea Launch and not use it. All this

Teachers who do not support the “state ideology” of Belarus should not work in schools, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko believes. His words are reported by “Belt”. As Lukashenko said, there are state schools, state education and state ideology in Belarus. “Those who want to follow these principles, please, you are welcome: go teach, teach, work. Those who do not want to, then they

  Belarusian riot police (OMON) arrested two leaders of the pro-democracy movement, Olga Kovalkova and Sergei Dilevsky, the opposition says on Monday. They were captured and thrown into an armored vehicle, according to eyewitnesses. The authorities confirmed the arrest. While the motive is not yet clear, it could relate to the unauthorised mass demonstration in Minsk on Sunday, the opposition

    Ukrainians will need a foreign passport to travel to Belarus from September 1. Ukrainian News Agency learned this from a statement of the press service of the State Border Guard Service. “From September 1, 2020, citizens of Ukraine need a foreign passport to travel to Belarus. With the beginning of autumn, a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of

     U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo congratulated the people of Ukraine on the 29th anniversary of the country’s independence. “On behalf of the United States government and the American people, I send my congratulations to the people of Ukraine on the 29th anniversary of your nation’s independence. Our support for a free, resilient, and democratic Ukraine is unwavering. We

    For the second year in a row, Ukraine marks its Independence Day without a military parade, while a March of Veterans is being held in the city center. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his address to the nation on Independence Day from Kyiv’s Sofiyska Square has promised to hold a military parade once the country regains control over all

     Belarusian state TV now calls the country Белоруссия. Only Russians use this word, every Belarusian finds it offensive and says Беларусь instead. That’s what happens when you replace most of local TV journalists and technical staff with Russian mercenaries. © 2020 Ukraine Today ® 2020 Euromaidan Press