EU executive to redirect 53 million euros to civil society to fight COVID in Belarus

BRUSSELS, 19 Aug (Reuters) – The European Commission will divert EUR 53 million for Belarus from government and civil society, those affected by the state’s crackdown on protesters and the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, said the executive leader of the arms bloc, Ursula von der Leyen, said Wednesday.(Report via Gabriela Baczynska, Kate Abnett)

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