Milda Seputyte

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    NATO to Ukraine: You’re not in the club … yet. ‘When allies agree and conditions are met’

    By Natalia Drozdiak, Milda Seputyte, and others
  • People wearing a protective mask walk in the tourist district of Baixa – Chiado, Lisbon. 03 August 2021. Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announced, among other changes in pandemic control measures, the end of district-based restrictions, a change that takes effect soon. Despite this change, the General Health Direction (DSG) bulletin again reports an increase in COVID-19 infections in most of the country’s communities. (Photo by Jorge Mantilla/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    American travelers dodge the EU travel ban—for now

    By Samy Adghirni, Milda Seputyte, and others
  • Belarusians living in Poland and Poles supporting them hold up a placard reading ‘Freedom to Roman Protasevich’ during a demonstration in front of the European Commission office in Warsaw on May 24, 2021, demanding freedom for Belarus opposition activist Roman Protasevich a day after a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying the dissident journalist was diverted while in Belarusian airspace. – The Belarus Interior Ministry said on May 24 that opposition activist Roman Protasevich, who was aboard the diverted Ryanair flight, is being held in the capital Minsk and dismissed unconfirmed reports that he was hospitalised. The passenger flight from Athens to Vilnius was diverted while in Belarusian airspace on May 23 over a supposed bomb threat, prompting a global outcry to Minsk’s forced landing of the aircraft. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Here’s how Belarus snatched a dissident from a Ryanair flight

    By Milda Seputyte, Viktoria Dendrinou, and others
  • MINSK, BELARUS – MAY 9, 2021: Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko observes a moment of silence for the fallen heroes in Victory Square to mark the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/TASS (Photo by Andrei StasevichTASS via Getty Images)International

    EU, U.S. condemn Belarus over ‘hijacking’ of Ryanair passenger jet

    By Milda Seputyte, Aliaksandr Kudrytski, and others
  • A couple take pictures on Villa Cimbrone’s balcony on June 6, 2020 in Ravello, Italy. It’s looking increasingly likely that EU countries will ban U.S. travelers as eurozone borders reopen on July 1.International

    That dream of a European vacation in doubt as the EU moves closer to a travel ban on the U.S.

    By Nikos Chrysoloras, Milda Seputyte, and others
  • French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire (L) applauses past French Treasury managing director Odile Renaud-Basso (R) as they attend an EU finance ministers meeting by videoconference, at the minister's office in Paris on april 9, 2020, on the twenty-fourth day of a strict lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. - EU finance ministers agreed a 500-billion-euro ($550-billion) rescue on April 9, 2020 for European countries hit hard by the coronavirus epidemic, but sidelined a demand by Italy and France for pooled borrowing. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Divided Europe agrees on $590 billion in coronavirus funds—but leaves tough choices for later

    By Viktoria Dendrinou, Nikos Chrysoloras, and others