Live blog: EU leaders discuss Belarus plane ‘hijack’
EU leaders are gathering for a summit on Monday evening in Brussels, where they will discuss their response to ...
Tag: Belarus
Belarus flights banned after Ryanair ‘hijack’
UK aircraft have been ordered to stay away from Belarusian airspace, following Sunday’s forced diversion of a Ryanair plane.The ...
Dominic Raab urges airlines to avoid Belarus airspace after journalist arrested on Ryanair jet
The UK government is asking airlines to avoid Belarus airspace after a Ryanair jet was forced to land in ...
The EU is furious at Belarus ‘hijacking’ — but accountability may take time
Outrage is quick and easy. Formal EU moves to hold Belarus accountable for intercepting a passenger jet — not ...
UK and EU consider Belarus sanctions over Ryanair flight ‘piracy’
European leaders will discuss whether to place sanctions on Belarus after a journalist opposing president Alexander Lukashenko was detained ...
Six people on flight, including journalist, remained in Belarus.
At least six people who boarded the Ryanair flight in Athens were not on the plane when it finally ...
Who is Roman Protasevich, the blogger at the centre of the Belarus plane hijack?
For 170 passengers, the forced landing of flight FR 4978 to Minsk en route from Athens to Vilnius was ...
Ryanair CEO calls Belarus landing a ‘state-sponsored hijacking’
DUBLIN — Belarus’ forced landing of a Ryanair passenger jet in Minsk was “a state-sponsored hijacking” apparently directed by ...
Fury over forced landing of Ryanair plane in Belarus set to dominate EU summit
Fury over the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Belarus has upended the agenda of a European Union ...
All civilian flights over Belarus must cease after ‘air piracy’: Senior UK lawmaker
The chairman of the British parliament’s foreign affairs committee called on Monday for all civilian airlines to cease flying ...