International Women’s Day

Previewing the European Parliament’s marking of International Women’s Day, President Metsola said that Parliament will “welcome the national leader of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, along with other brave women from Ukraine and Belarus who are standing up for liberty.” “This week will also serve to re-affirm this House’s steadfast support for the people of Belarus in their struggle for freedom, including political prisoners,” President Metsola said, adding that Parliament would again be marking the international day of solidarity with the people of Belarus by giving MEPs the opportunity to sign postcards addressed to the 1,250 political prisoners that are unfairly imprisoned by the Lukashenka regime. “We know their names, we see their struggle and we stand with them.”

35th anniversary of the assertion of state continuity by Baltic countries

“These anniversaries remind us again of the sacrifice of so many for the liberty that we…