EU extends blacklist of Belarusian individuals and entities - Last hour

2023-08-03T15:33:52.069Z

Highlights: The EU Council has formally adopted the inclusion in the European blacklist of 38 new individuals and three new entities from Belarus. The sanctions come into force from today. "We have adopted new sanctions in response to the continuous, systematic, widespread and serious human rights violations and brutal repression against all segments of Belarusian society by the illegitimate Lukashenko regime," said EU High Representative JosepBorrell. All rights reserved © Copyright ANSA. All Rights Reserved. To see the rest of this article, please visit: www.dailymail.co.uk.

The EU Council has formally adopted the inclusion in the European blacklist of 38 new individuals and three new entities from Belarus for its involvement in Russia's "illegal war" against Ukraine and for "the continuous abuses of human rights". (ANSA)