Brussels gave Minsk another tongue-lashing following police raids on a Polish NGO on Wednesday (27 July), but there is no sign of concrete EU action against Belarus in the short term.
The new episode is "deeply worrying" and takes place in "the context of growing repression of political parties, opposition groups and independent media", European Commission spokesman Amadeu Altafaj Tardio said on Thursday.
"We are sending a clear and strong message to the Belarusian authorities an...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.