Belarus diverts flight with opposition activist aboard

Belarus forced an Athens-to-Vilnius Ryanair flight carrying a wanted opposition activist to divert and land in Minsk Sunday, provoking an outcry from European leaders and the European Union. European leaders reacted furiously after the incident, which led to the arrest of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich, and which Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki denounced as […]