EU amends Belarus sanctions list

On 9 July 2014, the European Union removed eight people from its Belarus sanctions list and imposed sanctions on one individual by means of a new Implementing Regulation and Implementing Decision. The EU first imposed restrictive measures on President Lukashenko and certain Belarusian officials in May 2006 through Regulation 765/2006. The sanctions were extended in both 2012 and 2013 and...