Overview

• Czech intelligence agency BIS, working with counterparts in Hungary and Romania, says it dismantled a Belarusian espionage network active in several European countries.
• Prague expelled a Belarusian operative working under diplomatic cover and ordered the individual to leave within 72 hours, the Czech Foreign Ministry said.
• Romania’s DIICOT executed an arrest warrant for a 47-year-old former deputy head of Moldova’s SIS on treason charges linked to passing secrets to Belarusian intelligence, citing meetings in Budapest in 2024–2025.
• Belarus’ Foreign Ministry denounced the Czech action as groundless and politically motivated and said it reserves the right to retaliate.
• Poland’s prime minister reported the arrest of a Belarusian spy, the planned expulsion of a diplomat, and a temporary border closure on Thursday related to Russia-led military exercises in Belarus.