Arrests of Poles strain EU-Belarus relations

Article reports that a crackdown on ethnic Poles in Belarus in February 2010 is testing the credibility of the European Union’s strategy for closer relations with its eastern neighbours and presenting an early challenge for Baroness Ashton, the EU’s newly appointed foreign policy supremo.

Polskie Radio, 22.2.10: EU to discuss latest Polish-Belarusian conflict http://www.thenews.pl/international/?id=126088

ESO: Background information: Poland warns Belarus on crackdown http://www.europeansources.info/record/poland-warns-belarus-on-crackdown/

ESO: Background information: Back from the cold? The EU and Belarus in 2009 http://www.europeansources.info/record/back-from-the-cold-the-eu-and-belarus-in-2009/

Polskie Radio, 17.2.10: Polish Union evicted from centre in Belarus http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul125847_polish-union-evicted-from-centre-in-belarus.html

Polskie Radio, 17.2.10: Poland at crossroads with Belarus http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul125789_poland-at-crossroads-with-belarus.html

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