Rage for Belarus: EU closes airspace and prepares sanctions – EYP investigation into flight agents

The leaders of the member states of the European Union will ask European airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace, according to Reuters.

At the same time, as broadcast by AMPE, it is expected that will agree to ban Belarusian air carriers from using European airports and EU airspace, according to a draft decision.

Reuters, citing the draft, broadcast that the “27” will also agree to impose sanctions on Minsk while asking the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to investigate the emergency landing of a Ryanair aircraft in Minsk, on Sunday.

Under the microscope of EYP the flight of Ryanair – Investigation of whether there were agents

Under the microscope of EYP are the passengers of the flight of Ryanair, which diverted its course to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, resulting in the arrest of journalist Roman Protasevic, who was wanted in Belarus.

According to a report by Open, 126 passengers They left the “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport with the specific flight and when they landed in Minsk on an emergency basis, the journalist Roman Protasevic and his partner were arrested.

However, there are three more people whose role is being investigated, as there were 121 people when the plane took off. EYP is conducting an investigation to identify the specific persons and their role, while according to the report, it will request audiovisual material from the airport to see exactly where the journalist was inside “Eleftherios Venizelos”, who are around him. He will also ask for the list of passengers on the flight, if he does not already have it.

The path of the activist journalist in our country

Since this morning, a great deal of research has been done on how the journalist arrived in our country and how he moved. THE Roman Protasevic seems to have been found in our country on May 9th. The Greek authorities found out that the journalist arrived in Greece on the eve of the Delphi Economic Forum but was not declared in the official mission of the leader of the official opposition of Belarus.

She was first located in the center of Athens, on Mitropoleos Street, where she was with the leader of the Lithuanian opposition, and then at the Acropolis, the Polytechnic and the Delphi Economic Forum.

It is noted that the journalist left for Crete with his partner on May 15, while on May 16 the leader of the opposition left.

Mitsotakis: The verbal convictions are not long – Sanctions now

“The Extraordinary European Summit in May has a rich agenda. “We will have the opportunity to discuss developments on the pandemic front.” Kyriakos Mitsotakis attending the Summit in Brussels.

“Let me express my satisfaction with the agreement between the European institutions on the issue of the new regulation, which will govern the operation of the COVID certificate,” the Greek Prime Minister continued, noting that it was also a Greek initiative.

Mr. Mitsotakis added according to the APE-MPE: “I am very pleased that this certificate will be operational as soon as possible so as to facilitate the safe movement of European citizens within the European Union “

The Prime Minister underlined that in all probability today our country will reach the milestone of 5 million vaccinations. Significantly accelerating the operation “Freedom” we are building the wall of immunity which will allow us to return to normal rhythms of economic and social life as soon as possible. “And of course the reception of visitors in the summer safely is a central political priority for the Greek government,” he said.

Continuing, he referred to the incident with the diversion of the Ryanair flight. “We will have the opportunity to discuss today a number of issues related to the EU’s external relations. Let me dwell only on the incident of the diversion of Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius,” he said initially.

He added: “It is an act which is essentially equivalent to state hijacking, it is not enough just to remain in verbal convictions, EU should adopt new package of tough sanctions against Belarus as soon as possible so that send a message that such practices cannot and should not be tolerated on the European continent“, Stressed Mr. Mitsotakis.

Belarus: Journalist Roman Protasevic is in jail

Ο26χρονος journalist and blogger Roman Protasevic, has found himself in the international spotlight more than any other person on the planet in recent hours. In fact, for μάτια his eyes A major political “war” has broken out between Belarus and the West.

The youngster Belarusian was arrested yesterday in Minsk, when the plane he was on, which was operating the flight Athens – Vilnius, was forced to land in the Belarusian capital. Since then, it was unknown where he was and in what condition.

Earlier in the day, opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said The whereabouts of the dissident journalist remain unknown.

Western countries denounce “state piracy” on the part of Belarus, and European Union leaders are threatening to impose sanctions on the country. They have appealed for his immediate release 26-year-old journalist and blogger Roman Protasevitς, who was returning from Greece to Lithuania.

«We still do not know where it is and in what condition it is. “There is a high probability that he is being tortured by the special services at the moment,” Tichanovskaya told reporters in Vilnius, according to the APE-MPE.

Protasevic’s partner, Sofia Sapega, who was also arrested on Sunday, is in Minsk prison in Okrestina, she added, citing information from her relatives.

Sapega is Russian, but the Russian consul in Minsk refused to help her, the leader of the Belarusian opposition complained.

Tikhanovskaya also said she had discussed Protasevic’s arrest with a spokesman for US President Joe Biden.