On this date 40 years ago, the so-called “August Agreements” were signed in the BHP hall of the Gdańsk Shipyard, laying the groundwork for the creation of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity.”
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko suggested on Friday that he might move to restrict the transit of Western goods if sanctions are imposed on his country over a post-election crackdown on protesters according to the Polish state news agency.
Polish officials were on Thursday trying to persuade the Belarusian authorities to allow in a convoy with food for workers on strike in Minsk.
In a rare show of unity, Polish politicians from across the political spectrum have come together to call for the release of political prisoners in Belarus.
In Moscow, the Kremlin has rejected suggestions it was behind the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a key figure in the Russian opposition. Navalny, who is a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin’s government, was admitted to hospital in Russia late last week. He has since been transferred to a hospital in Berlin, where doctors have said he appears to have been poisoned.
Medical tests indicate that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny – who is being treated in a Berlin hospital after losing consciousness on a flight to Moscow last week – was indeed poisoned, according to the German doctors now treating him.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is reportedly in „stable” condition after being airlifted to Berlin from the Siberian city of Omsk yesterday.
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