This year's NobelPeace Prize goes to the human rights activist Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Ukrainianorganization Center for Civil Liberties and the Russian "Memorial".
Ales Bialiatski is a Belarusian oppositionist, chairman of the human rights center "Vyasna". He was arrested in July 2020, designated as a political prisoner.
The public organization Center for Civil Liberties (CRC) was established on May 30, 2007 and is located in Kyiv. Its mission is to promote the values of human rights, democracy and solidarity in Ukraine and Eurasia for the real affirmation of the principle of human dignity.
The “Memorial” International Historical, Educational, Human Rights and Charitable Society is a non-governmental organization established to study political repression in the USSR. In December 2021, the Russian authorities liquidated the Russian legal entities Memorial International and the Memorial Human Rights Center.
Representatives of the organizations announced that they will both continue their work without being legal entities.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has formally enacted legislation withdrawing the country from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), marking a decisive step in Chisinau’s gradual disengagement from Russian-led structures
Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles targeted Russian military assets in the Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk during a night-time operation between April 5 and 6
The Russian Embassy in Sofia has circulated a warning issued by the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, cautioning its citizens about what it describes as a heightened risk of detention abroad at the request of US authorities
A police operation in Burgas has led to the discovery of a significant quantity of ammunition and a weapon equipped with optics in a residential property in the Ostritsata-2 area, near the Banevo district.
Bulgaria is preparing steps to introduce the Ukrainian language into its school system as part of foreign language education, alongside broader plans to expand educational cooperation with Ukraine
The United States has allowed a Russian oil tanker to proceed to Cuba, despite the broader pressure campaign against the island’s energy supplies, according to reports citing American officials familiar with the situation
The European Union has agreed on a major overhaul of its steel import regime, effectively doubling tariffs in an effort to protect domestic producers from what officials describe as a growing wave of low-cost foreign, particularly Chinese, exports
Hungary’s incoming prime minister Péter Magyar has signaled that his government will not obstruct the European Union’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine, while making clear that Budapest itself will not participate in the mechanism
The United States has moved forward with a major escalation in its conflict with Iran, enforcing a naval blockade on all Iranian ports as of Monday, targeting traffic through the Strait of Hormuz
The introduction of the euro in Bulgaria has so far produced only a limited and largely one-off effect on consumer prices, according to an analysis by the European Central Bank
Efforts to secure a lasting end to hostilities between the United States and Iran have stalled after prolonged negotiations in Islamabad failed to produce a breakthrough, casting doubt over a fragile ceasefire now entering its seventh week
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