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 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.