A court in Gomel, Belarus, has sentenced TVP journalist Iryna Slaunikava to five years in a penal colony after finding her guilty of "creating an extremist formation", the independent Belarusian television channel Belsat has reported.
The Polish-funded Belsat television channel will begin to broadcast news in the Ukrainian language from Tuesday, a Belsat official has said.
Iryna Slaunikava, a representative of the Belarusian Belsat television funded by the Polish government, has been arrested at the Minsk airport, human rights activists have reported.
Poland's Foreign Ministry has lashed out against a decision by a Belarusian court which ruled that the Polish-sponsored news website Belsat and its associated social network accounts are 'extremist.'
A Belarusian court has ruled that the Belsat news website, a part of Poland's news television operation, and its associated social networks should be regarded as extremist, the Belarusian Interior Ministry has announced.
Poland’s Sejm (lower house) has called on the Belarusian authorities to release Belsat TV journalists and other political prisoners.
EU-Russia relations, Belarus and transatlantic ties dominated the EU foreign ministers' Monday talks in Brussels, with Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau representing Poland.
The man identified as Dmitry Salogub was captured on camera by a TV camera crew as local journalist Paweł Łukasik reported on traffic problems caused by the stranded bus.
Six employees of the Polish Belsat satellite TV channel aimed at Belarus are being held by Belarusian police, Belsat head Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy told PAP on Tuesday. She added that the whereabouts of one Belsat cameraman are unknown.
Belarusians gather stones to help rebuild castle where landmark deal that ushered in Poland’s Golden Age was signed.
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