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The Warsaw donors' conference saw over 40 delegations from European countries, Canada and the US (Photo: msz.pl)

EU and US create €87m anti-Lukashenko war chest

At a pro-democracy fund-raiser in Warsaw, Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski compared Belarus to Tunisia and told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko he will not last long.

The event on Wednesday (2 February) saw the EU increase funding for Belarusian civil society from €4 million to €15.6 million over the next two years. Sweden pledged €7 million extra. The US put in some €2 million. Denmark, Romania and the UK also promised money, yielding €87 million in new and old funds in t...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

The Warsaw donors' conference saw over 40 delegations from European countries, Canada and the US (Photo: msz.pl)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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