EU ambassadors approved on Thursday (6 April) a new visa ban on 31 Belarusian officials in reaction to Minsk's handling of the 19 March elections.
The list contains president Alexander Lukashenko as well as ministers and security chiefs such as Viktor Halavanu and Stefan Suharenko, and comes on top of six officials already banned in 2004.
The travel ban is set to enter into effect after it is rubber-stamped by EU foreign ministers on Monday, with further sanctions due to follow t...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew 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.
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.