diplomats

NYT: Russia taking its diplomats’ families out of Ukraine
In early January, families of Russian diplomats started to leave Ukraine, The New York Times reports citing a senior officer of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).
18.01.2022
Lithuania’s FM summons Belarusian diplomat over repeated violations of state border
On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned a representative of the Embassy of Belarus in Lithuania and handed in a diplomatic note, expressing a strong protest against repeated violations of the Lithuanian state border.
20.10.2021
Belarus authorities bar Polish diplomats from seeing jailed activists Andzelika Borys, Andrzej Poczobut
Andżelika Borys, the leader of the Union of Poles in Belarus, and Andrzej Poczobut, a Polish minority activist and journalist, have been behind bars since March. They are charged under Art. 130 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (‘inciting hostility’).
28.09.2021
‘Quick response’. EU to blacklist Belarus national carrier even before broad economic sanctions - Reuters
On the back of the grave air incident involving the EU-based Ryanair aircraft, the European Union is preparing sanctions on Belarus’ national airline and around a dozen top Belarusian aviation officials, Reuters reports with reference to three diplomats.
02.06.2021
Iraq, Russia, Saudi Arabia: Which countries agree to present credentials to Lukashenka
On May 13, Alyaksandr Lukashenka received letters of credence from ambassadors of Iraq, Nicaragua, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone during the ceremony at the Palace of Independence in Minsk.
13.05.2021
Czech authorities expel 18 Russian diplomats
18 Russian diplomats are expelled from the Czech Republic
19.04.2021
Black day for Uladzimir Makey. What can reduction of embassies lead to?
The head of the domestic diplomacy Uladzimir Makey promised that Belarus would close its diplomatic missions in at least several countries of the world. Why is this probably the darkest news in Belarusian politics since last August?
15.04.2021
Warsaw-Minsk tension: Expelling consuls, arrest of Polish School director in Brest
On March 12, Hanna Panishava, the director of the Brest-based organisation Polish School, was detained on her way to Belarus from Poland.
12.03.2021
Diplomats of Western countries and Japan congratulate Belarusians on International Mother Language Day
They chose their favorite Belarusian words
22.02.2021
EU diplomats meet with relatives of political prisoners in Minsk
February 7 is the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus.
08.02.2021
Belarus FM accuses EU envoys of posting anti-govt info, participating in protests
A number of diplomats representing EU member states spread anti-government information in Belarus, Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey said during Thursday’s session of the CIS Council of Permanent Plenipotentiaries in statutory and other CIS bodies.
28.01.2021
Lithuania recalls six more diplomats from Belarus
Belarusian Foreign Ministry threatened to declare them persona non grata.
13.10.2020
Przydacz: Lukashenka's decision to recall diplomats will hit Belarusians
Thirty-two Polish diplomats have left Minsk.
10.10.2020