{"id":12673,"date":"2026-10-27T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12673"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:00:28","slug":"belarus-opposition-leader-selected-2026-laureate-of-timisoara-award-for-european-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12673","title":{"rendered":"Belarus opposition leader selected 2026 laureate of Timi\u0219oara Award for European Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been named the 2026 recipient of the Timi\u0219oara Award for European Values, the City Hall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primariatm.ro\/2026\/10\/27\/timisoara-award\">announced<\/a>. The award will be presented during a gala held on November 6, alongside the Timi\u0219oara Forum for European Values.<\/p>\n<p>The jury recognized Tsikhanouskaya for \u201cthe courage to peacefully resist a criminal regime,\u201d her defense of freedom and human dignity, and her efforts to preserve hope for a democratic Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe award reaffirms the solidarity of Timi\u0219oara and Romania with the citizens of Belarus and their legitimate aspiration for democracy,\u201d the City Hall said.<\/p>\n<p>A former English teacher and mother of two, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya became a leading figure in the Belarusian democratic movement in 2020, when the opposition challenged the presidential election result and the repression carried out by Aleksandr Lukashenko\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<p>Forced into exile, she continued campaigning for a peaceful democratic transition and the release of political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>Following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she established and led the United Transitional Cabinet alongside the Coordination Council, creating an institutional alternative to the Lukashenko regime. Her office in Vilnius operates as a de facto diplomatic mission, while another office opened in Warsaw in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The jury also drew a parallel between Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\u2019s campaign and Timi\u0219oara\u2019s role in the Romanian Revolution of December 1989, when residents protested against the communist dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, in a different historical context, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya carries forward the same belief that no regime has the right to deprive a people of its freedom,\u201d the jury said.<\/p>\n<p>The Timi\u0219oara Award for European Values was previously presented to Moldovan president Maia Sandu and European Parliament president Roberta Metsola. The prize is worth EUR 30,000.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been named the 2026 recipient of the Timi\u0219oara Award for European Values, the City Hall announced. The award will be presented during a gala held on November 6, alongside the Timi\u0219oara Forum for European Values. The jury recognized Tsikhanouskaya for \u201cthe courage to peacefully resist a criminal regime,\u201d her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}