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Poland pushes for EU sanctions against Belarus

A court in Minsk sentenced opposition leaders Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya (pictured) and Pavel Latushko to 15 and 18 years in prison respectively, Radio Svaboda, the name of US broadcaster Radio Free Europe in Belarus, reported on Monday. Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Poland is close to persuading the EU to impose sanctions on Belarus over the sentencing of opposition figures, the government's spokesman said on Thursday.

Verdicts on opposition leaders confirm Belarus is a regime says Duda

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has said that the sentencing by a Belarusian court of opposition leaders Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Pavel Latushko to 15 and 18 years in prison, respectively, shows that a regime is operating in Minsk.

Poland condemns Belarusian verdicts on dissidents

Poland has condemned the sentencing by a Belarusian court of opposition leaders Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Pavel Latushko to 15 and 18 years in prison, respectively.

Belarusians in need can count on Poland, Polish PM tells Tikhanovskaya

Poland is an open home for all Belarusians who need help, Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki told Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as they held a press conference together in Warsaw on Wednesday.

Belarusian oppositionists to take part in Poland's Economic Forum 2020

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will be among the Belarusian guests of the Economic Forum 2020, which commences this week in the southern Polish town of Karpacz, the event's organisers told PAP on Saturday.

Belarusian opposition council member arrives in Poland for conference

A member of Belarus's opposition council Pavel Latushko said on Wednesday he had left for Poland to take part in the Economic Forum in Krynica, southern Poland, but that he had not emigrated, Belarusian media have reported.

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Poland sparks Russian anger as it begins changing Kaliningrad road signs to Królewiec

Posting on Twitter, the Ministry of Infrastructure said: “The first signs are already leading to Królewiec. We have just started replacing the boards so that they have Polish name Królewiec, not Kaliningrad.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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