EU sanctions

NATO, EU and G7 summits have been scheduled.

Violation of this decree entails administrative responsibility.

New sanctions were due to “the participation of Belarus in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine”

Overview of assistance the international community is capable of giving Ukraine.

But these contracts will first be checked by a special government commission

On 15 November 2021, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision amending the listing criteria used to decide on restrictive measures, in view of the unpresedented crisis at the EU border with Belarus, so as ‘to be able to respond to the instrumentalisation of human beings carried out by the Belarus regime for political purposes’.

Switzerland aligned with the EU’s fifth sanctions package adopted as a response to the major human rights violations being committed by the Belarusian authorities as well as their fostering the migration crisis on the EU borders.

On November 15, the Council of the EU amended its sanctions regime against the Belarusian authorities in view of the situation at the EU’s border with Belarus, so as to be able to respond to the instrumentalisation of human beings carried out by the Belarus regime for political purposes, the press service reports.

On November 10, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden had a meeting in the White House; the top EU official called it ‘very productive’ on Twitter.

The new sanctions package is already on the table of 27 EU ministers

This is done “to solve the migration issue”.

EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs are meeting on Monday in Luxembourg. Today’s Foreign Affairs Council is chaired by Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Among others, the participants are expected to discuss the Belarusian issue; according to Borrell, the Eastern Partnership ‘continues being troubled by Belarus’.