Brussels, 30/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 29 October, the Council of the EU decided to extend the EU's restrictive measures against Belarus until 31 October 2014 (see EUROPE 10710). This extension, for which the legal acts were adopted by written procedure, came into force with its publication in the Official Journal on 30 October.
The extension of the sanctions thus means that 232 people - responsible for serious human rights violations, for repression of civil society and the democratic...