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Europe outraged as Belarus forces Ryanair jet to land in Minsk

Vilnius | Europe reacted with outrage after Belarus ordered a Ryanair flight transiting its airspace to land and arrested a journalist on board, an unprecedented violation of European air travel protocols.

The forced landing drew unusually sharp condemnation from across the European Union, with France and Greece, Poland and Germany among those rushing to express their anger in a rare expression of unity that may result in further sanctions on Minsk.

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