{"id":602723,"date":"2026-11-12T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=602723"},"modified":"2026-11-12T19:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:42:50","slug":"tsikhanouskaya-discusses-support-programmes-for-belarusians-with-european-commission-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/tsikhanouskaya-discusses-support-programmes-for-belarusians-with-european-commission-president","title":{"rendered":"Tsikhanouskaya Discusses Support Programmes For Belarusians With European Commission President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/strong> met with European Commission President <strong>Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong> on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin on November 12.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting focused on support programmes and increasing European assistance to independent media, human rights defenders, cultural and youth initiatives, as well as people affected by repression, Tsikhanouskaya&#8217;s Office <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/tsikhanouskaya\/10026\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tsikhanouskaya stressed the importance of continuing this support.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cBelarusian independent media reach millions of Belarusians every year. They report the truth, counter Russian propaganda and help people maintain their connection with the free world.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Our human rights defenders protect people from persecution and help political prisoners and their families. Cultural figures preserve the Belarusian language, culture and national identity. Youth and educational programmes nurture a new generation of Belarusians who see their future in Europe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>All this helps Belarusian society withstand pressure, preserve its European identity and prepare for democratic change,\u201d<\/em> Tsikhanouskaya said.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian democratic leader also thanked the EU for its assistance to Ukraine, stressed that the futures of Belarus and Ukraine are inextricably linked, and noted that a free Belarus would make Europe safer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin on November 12. The meeting focused on support programmes and increasing European assistance to independent media, human rights defenders, cultural and youth initiatives, as well as people affected by repression, Tsikhanouskaya&#8217;s Office reports. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":602724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6af5ec8f4c107.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Tsikhanouskaya Discusses Support Programmes For Belarusians With European Commission President"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143090],"tags":[143118,143172],"class_list":["post-602723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-belarus","tag-svetlana-tihanovskaja"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602725,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602723\/revisions\/602725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}