EU imposes new economic sanctions on Belarus over ‘hijacked’ flight

EU’s 27 heads of state call for the immediate release of opposition blogger Roman ProtasevichEU leaders triggered new economic sanctions against Belarus and punitive measures against its national airline as a dissident taken from a “hijacked” Ryanair flight was paraded on the country’s television news apparently confessing to crimes against the state.In a summit communique swiftly agreed in Brussels on Monday night, the EU’s 27 heads of state and government condemne