Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here. As Christmas rolls around again, many in Brussels had been hoping that the long-sought period of post-Brexit reflection could finally come to pass. This is not to be. On 22 November, Austria entered its fourth…
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On Brussels: The Eastern Front
Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here. The long-fraught relationship between the EU and Belarus has taken a new, darker turn — one with wide-reaching ramifications for both the EU and Minsk’s ally Moscow. In the summer of 2020, the EU, led…
On Brussels: Neighbourly Bridges
Find Luke‘s other articles On Brussels here. There is now a distinct, tangible light at the end of the impossibly long Covid-19 tunnel. Brussels is now approaching that light. But this past month has thrown up fresh sets of challenges involving two…
What to Do with Belarus?
On Sunday evening the Belarusian KGB (yes, they didn’t change that after 1991) hijacked Ryanair flight 4978 en route from Athens to Vilnius. The flight was delayed for several hours and only after that time, we have started to learn…
Protests in Belarus: is Change Possible?
On August 9 Belarus held its Presidential elections. The first and only President of Belarus, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, claims to have won these elections with an 80% vote share against 10% for opposition candidate Tsikhanouskaya. Due to an (even for Belarus!)…
Belarus’s Youth Bloc: campaigning for youth, not for seats
On November 17, Belarusians will have the chance to vote for a new parliament. As President Lukashenka has maintained a tight grip over the election process for 25 years, Belarusian elections are usually barely newsworthy events. The real institutions of…
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