‘A repetition of the presidential election in Belarus is real, although it is difficult’ – said on Thursday a Member of the European Parliament Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (Law and Justice Party; PiS). He also added that the European Union should threaten Russia with sanctions if it intervened for the re-election of the Alexander Lukashenko.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was taken to the hospital after a suspected poisoning on Thursday. Navalny started feeling unwell while on a return flight to Moscow – said his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh on Twitter. He is in a coma.

A hundred years ago, at night between 19th and 20th of August 1920, the II Silesian Uprising broke out – the first Silesian Uprising which succeeded. It aimed to demonstrate the manpower. Also, it was the answer to German’s terror.

We call the Belarusian authorities for opening the way for the political solution to the crisis, to respect human rights and freedom, and to refrain from the violence against peaceful protesters – wrote the Presidents of the Visegrad Group countries in a joint statement.

After World War II, children were exposed to Nazi criminals. German broadcaster ARD in its report revealed shocking cases of torture in so-called sanatoria led by high-ranking national socialists.