Sep 15, 2023 | All news
During her speech in the European Parliament, the Belarusian leader presented the project of the new Belarusian passport and spoke about Lukashenka’s recent decree. “This decree puts at risk the legal status of hundreds of thousands of people. We need a quick...
Aug 29, 2023 | All news
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Tanja Fajon. Slovenia has won the non-permanent UN Security Council seat against the Lukashenka regime. Slovenia will represent the Eastern European Group, including Belarus, in the UN...
Aug 29, 2023 | All news
Minister Mélanie Joly informed Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya about Canada’s latest decisions on expanding sanctions against the Lukashenka regime and supporting civil society. The Minister emphasized that Canada continues to receive Belarusian refugees. Ms. Joly...
Aug 23, 2023 | All news
On August 23, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held talks in the Lithuanian Seimas with Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen. The meeting focused on the situation with political prisoners in Belarus, the presence of Wagner mercenaries, potential border closures, and a law that...
Aug 15, 2023 | All news
In her address, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, above all, thanked Lithuania for the support and solidarity that the country and its people have demonstrated toward Belarusians since 2020. She noted that today Belarusians need support more than ever. “We must...
Jul 27, 2023 | All news
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: “33 years ago, Belarus adopted its Declaration of State Sovereignty. The path Belarusians had to walk to restore their state was far more complex than that of many other nations. For two centuries, we were oppressed by the Russian...
Jul 13, 2023 | All news
Yesterday, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya held a second side event on Belarus during the NATO Summit in Vilnius. The Belarusian leader started by speaking about the death of political prisoner Ales Pushkin. Regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus,...
Jul 13, 2023 | All news
The meeting took place right after President Biden’s speech at Vilnius University, which mentioned Belarus and urged Belarusians to keep fighting. “I am grateful to the President for this meeting. I conveyed our position and told him that Belarusians...
Jul 6, 2023 | All news
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya participated in the launch of the group and thanked the MPs who joined it. She also noted that the Italian group is the largest group within the Alliance of groups For Democratic Belarus. Italy became the 21st country with such a group within...
Jul 6, 2023 | All news
Today Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Antonio Tajani. During the meeting, they discussed the stationing of nuclear weapons in Belarus and the response from the West, as well as the situation with...
Jun 27, 2023 | All news
“We, Belarusians, do not need Prigozhin’s thugs, or Russian nuclear missiles, or a strongman rule. Putin and Lukashenka are turning our country into a pariah state, a firing range. Despite this disheartening situation, this is not a reason to give up....
Jun 16, 2023 | All news
The establishment of the group was announced during Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s meeting with the Speaker of the Estonian Parliament, Lauri Hussar. The group includes representatives from both the ruling parties and the opposition. The group’s immediate...
Jun 7, 2023 | All news
“We can only free Belarus together. We need to communicate and unite. Everyone is working in their field. Today, the Kastus Kalinouski Battalion is fighting both for Ukraine and a free Belarus. We support them in their efforts, as well as everyone who...
Jun 7, 2023 | All news
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and briefed him on the issue of political prisoners, many of whom are in a critical situation. They discussed the situation of Belarusian refugees who face various...
Jun 6, 2023 | All news
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. She handed the minister the report by the National Anti-Crisis Management on the involvement of the Lukashenka regime and companies related to Belaruskali in the displacement of...
Jun 1, 2023 | All news
During her visit to Bratislava, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Miroslav Wlachovský. They discussed the situation with political prisoners, accountability for the perpetrators of crimes, and the response to...
May 26, 2023 | All news
“Ladies and gentlemen, Let me thank our Ukrainian friends for inviting me, as the representative of democratic Belarus, to discuss the future of our region’s security. We must ensure that the voice of Belarusians in preserving our national interests is heard – to more...
May 23, 2023 | All news
During the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Luxembourg, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with parliamentary delegations from Canada, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. All meetings focused on the strategy for countering the stationing of...
May 17, 2023 | All news
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe President Tiny Kox during the CoE Summit in Reykjavik. He invited Ms. Tsikhanouskaya to speak at the PACE plenary session in June, which will feature a presentation of the report on the...
May 16, 2023 | All news
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s speech at the PACE Standing Committee meeting in Reykjavik: “President Kox, Madame Prime Minister,Madame Minister, Dear Members of the Standing Committee,Dear friends, Today, I came to you with a very simple message from...