COURT OF JUSTICE OF EU / (ae) cfsp

Court says EU should not have sanctioned Belarus journalist

Brussels, 10/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 10 May, in a new decision on the case of the Belarus journalist, Aliaksei Mikhalchanka, the General Court of the EU ruled that the journalist should never have been subject to sanctions.

In September 2014 (see EUROPE 11161), the judges at the General Court ruled that Mr Mikhalchanka should not have been placed by the Council of the EU on the list of people subject to sanctions (EU entry ban and freezing of funds). The Council made its...