Belarusian national flag carrier Belavia said on Thursday it had been forced to cancel flights to eight countries from May 27 to October 30 due to flight bans.

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The European Union has urged its airlines to avoid Belarus and its airspace amid outrage over Sunday's forced landing in Minsk of a Ryanair jet en route to Lithuania from Greece and the arrest of a dissident journalist on board.

Source(s): Reuters