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Polish minority targeted by repressions in Belarus along with democratic opposition

Olivier Bault March 8, 2023

Belarus/Poland - Poland may close its last remaining border crossings with Belarus as a retaliatory measure, according to comments made by a state secretary in the Interior Ministry, Maciej Wąsik, on Polish television channel Polsat News. “For us, [Belarus] is a small…

Politics

Does Central Europe have adversaries in the East? – I. The Belarusian lessons

Thibaud Gibelin January 28, 2022

This article was published online by Corvinák on 24 January, 2022. A bilateral meeting between Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin is to take place this February. The agenda will be quite busy: from the extension of the Paks nuclear plant by Rosatom,…

News

Poland launches construction of 5.5-m tall fence on border with Belarus

The Editorial Board January 27, 2022

Poland/Belarus – Driven by the migration crisis orchestrated by the authorities in Minsk at the Polish-Belarusian border in response to European sanctions, the project to build a 5.5-metre high border fence between Poland and Belarus is taking shape, with work having just…

Politics

President Duda’s historic gesture to the Belarusian people

The Editorial Board June 11, 2021

Poland/Belarus – Relations between Warsaw and Minsk are, to say the least, not at their best, especially since Poland – like the European Union as a whole – has taken up the cause of the Belarusian opposition, which is strongly contesting the…

Society

Why the Lukashenko regime is targeting the Polish minority

Olivier Bault April 1, 2021

The arrests of members of the Polish minority that took place on March 25 are not unprecedented in Belarus. On the other hand, the charges brought – “incitement to hatred” and “rehabilitation of Nazism”, which can carry 12 years’ imprisonment – reflect…