European Union governments are set to sanction several sectors of Belarus’s economy including industries connected to the soil nutrient potash and petroleum, as well as 86 individuals and entities, as the bloc increases pressure on President Alexander Lukashenko.
Protests in Belarus
Bloomberg: EU set to approve more Belarus sanctions over Ryanair flight
A demonstrator holds up a paper plane with the lettering "Free Belarus" and "Free Roman Protasevich" during a demonstration of Belarusians living in Poland and Poles supporting them in front of European Commission office demanding freedom for Belarus opposition activist Roman Protasevich in Warsaw, May 24, 2021, a day after a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying the dissident journalist was diverted while in Belarusian airspace.
