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The European flying public should expect higher prices this summer when it comes to booking flights, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has warned.  The cost of flying this summer will reach a “single-digit percent” high above pre-pandemic levels, the low-cost airline chief told BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Monday.  He …

On Monday, Brussels announced that it would be targeting 78 individuals and eight organizations, said to be “made in view of the escalation of serious human rights violations in Belarus and the violent repression of civil society, democratic opposition, and journalists.” As justification, the EU noted last month‘s now-infamous forced …

Speaking as part of a meeting held in Sochi on Friday with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin remarked that the outcry was “a surge of emotions.” “The plane of the President of Bolivia was once grounded,” Putin recalled. “The president was taken out of the plane, and nothing, silence.” …

But beyond the satisfaction derived from selective outrage, it’s hard to see what purpose this pressure will serve in the long run. In the past year, Western powers have turned their gaze to the east European state of Belarus, making no secret of their desire to see the end of …

Meeting in Brussels on Monday, the European Council – heads of state or government of all EU members – issued a memo demanding the “immediate release” of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega, two of the passengers detained on Sunday. It also called on the International Civil Aviation Organization to investigate …

Speaking to reporters at a White House press briefing on Monday, Psaki echoed the words of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, calling the arrest of journalist Roman Protasevich a “shocking act” and “a brazen affront to international freedom and peace and security by the regime” in Minsk. A Ryanair …

On Sunday, a Ryanair commercial flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted from its course shortly before leaving Belarusian airspace and made an emergency landing in Minsk. This allowed the Belarusian authorities to take Roman Protasevich, former chief editor of Polish-based opposition Telegram channel NEXTA Live, into custody. In his …

Speaking to Dublin’s Newstalk radio on Monday, Michael O’Leary took aim at officials in Minsk, and even suggested that KGB agents from Belarus were onboard the aircraft. On Sunday, a flight from Greece to Lithuania was forced to land due to a supposed bomb threat. The plane was escorted to …

Roman Protasevich is the editor of Belamova, a Telegram channel established last year by Igor Losik, a consultant for US state-run media organisation RFE/RL. Belamova was effectively outlawed last month, after a court in the eastern Belarusian city of Gomel declared it an “extremist” organization. Losik was arrested last summer …

Michael O’Leary told BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday that the government should rethink its decision to shorten the travel quarantine to five days if the passenger tests negative. O’Leary said the plans aren’t well thought out, as they allow people with Covid-19 into the country. He claimed that “test before …