Over the past years, there has been some progress in EU-Belarus relations.

The bilateral relationship will be strengthened through the EU-Belarus Partnership Priorities, which are currently being negotiated. This will set the strategic framework for cooperation in the coming years. Tangible steps taken by Belarus to respect universal freedoms, the rule of law, and human rights, including the freedoms of speech, expression and of media, and labour rights, will remain fundamental criteria for shaping the EU’s policy towards Belarus.

On 9 August 2020, presidential elections took place in the Republic of Belarus. Credible reports from domestic observers show that the process did not meet the international standards expected of a participating state of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe).

EU - Belarus (2019-2020)

AFET Committee - Situation at the EU's external border with Belarus

2025 Sakharov Prize laureate Andrzej POCZOBUT, is a journalist, essayist and blogger from the Polish minority in Belarus, a critic of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime and symbolic figure in the struggle for freedom and democracy in the country. The footage is a courtesy of TVP and Belsat.

Infoclip: Andrzej POCZOBUT, Polish journalist in Belarus - Sakharov Prize 2025 Laureate

This infoclip shows images from drones, new systems of warfare, helicopter and drone views of the Lithuania-Belarus border and Romania border. In light of the incidents in which Russian drones and aircraft violated both Polish and Estonian airspace in recent weeks and after drones of unidentified origin caused disturbances at and around civilian airports and military bases in Denmark – events that the Danish authorities have referred to as “concerted hybrid attacks –, the European Union commits to strengthening the EU’s defence industry, promoting joint procurement, and ensuring a credible deterrent against potential aggressors. Drone images alongside tanks and new models of drones are under NATO conditions of use: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/68162.htm

Infoclip: Security challenges - European drone strategy

Border crossing between Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. Borders check point

Infoclip: border crossing between Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus

This stockshot features illustrative images of the capital of Belarus, Minsk: landmarks, street scenes, and the metro; and of the Belarus countryside: Niasviž Castle, Kreva and Slaŭharad.

Infoclip: Belarus 2017

This infoclip shows illustrative footage of the Belarusian Association of Journalists, awardee of the Sakharov Prize 2004.

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