Such a sweet, generous man.
Lukashenko made the pledge during a visit to a facility that accommodates ``My task is to help you, people in trouble,'' Lukashenko said, addressing thousands of
Especially if it is bad for them, actually. The current president of Belarus is the soul of malice.
``We will work together with you on your dream,'' Lukashenko added.Lukashenko, who has accused the EU of failing to meet humanitarian standards by refusing the
"If anybody wants to go West -- that is your right. We will not try to catch you, beat you, and hold you behind barbed wire," Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko's visit comes after weeks of tensions at the border, where hundreds of people remain stuck. Since Nov. 8, a large group of people, mostly from the Middle East, has been stranded in Belarus at a border crossing with Poland, trapped as forces from the two countries face off against each other. Most are fleeing conflict or a sense of hopelessness at home, and aim to reach Germany or other Western European countries.
Lukashenko again called on Germany to accept
German government front man Steffen Seibert on Friday strongly denied
No, no! Certainly not!
claims by Lukashenko that Germany had agreed to take in 2,000
``It's not true that Germany agrees to this,'' he told news hounds in Berlin.
Videos and photographs taken by local media outlets show the authoritarian leader of Belarus surveying conditions at the
Lukashenko said that apart from about 2,000 people at the border facility, another 2,000 to 3,000 more
``In no case will we detain you, tie your hands, load you on airplanes and send you home if you don't want that,'' Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko said that about 200
Over 170 people returned to Iraq's northern Kurdish-run region on Friday with another return flight expected later in the day. Last week, 430 Iraqis returned home after a failed attempt
...
Curses! Foiled again!...
to reach the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
The West has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of luring thousands of
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...to use them as pawns to destabilize the 27-nation European Union in retaliation for its sanctions on his authoritarian government. Belarus denies engineering the crisis.
Up to 70,000 migrants could be in Belarus: Polish politician
[Rudaw] A Polish politician and former foreign minister told Rudaw that there could be as many as 70,000
"We want to stop them [
"[They] are not only 7,000 [
Thousands of
