Luxembourg, 20/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Union has stepped up sanctions against Belarus, freezing the assets of companies and more officials, and imposing an arms embargo, EU foreign ministers announced on Monday 20 June. The measures are a response to what the EU says is the politically motivated detention and trial of members of civil society, the media, and the opposition, and ministers called for the release of all political prisoners. “In view of recent developments, the...