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Belarus jails top news site managers for 12 years
Belarus jails top news site managers for 12 years
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Belarus on Friday handed long jail terms to senior staff at the country's largest independent news site, which was forced to shutter after historic demonstrations against strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Belarus also jailed two other perceived government critics on Friday.

NATO, EU chiefs tour Norway gas platform
NATO, EU chiefs tour Norway gas platform
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The NATO and EU chiefs visited a North Sea gas platform on Friday as Norway's prime minister vowed to keep up deliveries after his country supplanted Russia as Europe's main supplier. In a show of unity, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the Troll platform.