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06.06 / 11:25
Lukashenko: Unity with Russia is best option for EU
Unity with Russia is the best option for the EU, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at an opening ceremony of city children's polyclinic No. 9 in Minsk, BelTA has learned. «The best option for Europe (I am an experienced politician) is unity with Russia and the creation of a huge center of power. Technological West, resource-rich Russia (post-Soviet space).
06.06 / 11:14
Provident
Lukashenko, UN chief discuss pressing issues over phone, including Ukrainian grain export
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had a telephone conversation on 3 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The parties discussed the most pressing issues on the agenda, focusing on the export of grain from Ukraine. The head of state clearly outlined his position on this topic: Belarus is ready to ship Ukrainian grain to the Baltic ports through its territory.
28.05 / 16:01
Citizens
29,000 Ukrainians enter Belarus since 24 February
29,000 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 24 February, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. «From 6.00 on 24 February to 6.00 on 27 May, 29,008 citizens of Ukraine entered Belarus. 15,797 came to Belarus from Ukraine, 11,492 — from Poland, 1,477 — from Lithuania, 242 – from Latvia,» the State Border Committee said.
27.05 / 11:33
Lukashenko: Belarus is to face unprecedented economic, political, military pressure
Belarus will face unprecedented economic, political and even military pressure, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting in the Defense Ministry of Belarus to discuss military security issues on 26 May, BelTA has learned. The head of state emphasized the need to discuss topical issues on adjusting the areas of further development of the Armed Forces under the present-day conditions. “The current events in the neighboring countries testify to the high dynamics of changes in the threats to the military security of Belarus, with the views on the use of military force and methods of armed struggle being transformed,” the Belarusian leader said. The president pointed out that the United States and its satellites continued the course on aggravation of relations with the whole world. In his words, there is a heated confrontation with Russia, increasing military presence near Belarus, as an ally of Russia, including large-scale exercises near its borders.
16.05 / 11:43
Citizens
Over 300 Ukrainians enter Belarus past weekend
More than 300 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus past weekend, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. “From 6.00 on 14 May to 6.00 on 16 May, 324 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus: 3 from Ukraine, 259 — from Poland, 57 – from Lithuania, 5 – from Latvia,” the State Border Committee said.
25.04 / 13:50
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FEZ Grodnoinvest expands cooperation with Polish companies
FEZ Grodnoinvest has signed a cooperation agreement with a Polish company, BelTA learned from the press service of the free economic zone. “The head of the administration of FEZ Grodnoinvest Dmitry Rozhkov paid a visit to the Republic of Poland. The main purpose of the visit was to present opportunities for Polish business and study issues related to the implementation of investment projects in Grodno Oblast. The program of the visit included meetings with Consul General of the Republic of Belarus in Bialystok Viktor Savchuk and management of a number of Polish companies. The Belarusian delegation presen
11.04 / 12:06
Provident
Citizens
More than 1,600 Ukrainians enter Belarus over past weekend
More than 1,600 citizens of Ukraine entered Belarus over the past weekend, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. “From 6.00 on 8 April to 6.00 on 11 April some 1,643 citizens of Ukraine arrived in Belarus.
06.04 / 13:35
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Citizens
1,043 Ukrainians enter Belarus in past 24 hours
A total of 1,043 citizens of Ukraine entered Belarus in the past 24 hours, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. “From 6.00 on 5 April to 6.00 on 6 April some 783 citizens of Ukraine arrived in Belarus through the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. Another 237 people came to Belarus transiting through Poland.
28.03 / 11:17
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Provident
Citizens
2,734 Ukrainians enter Belarus since 25 March
Since Friday, 25 March, 2,734 citizens of Ukraine entered Belarus. 646 of them came to Belarus through the EU, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. From 6.00 on 25 March to 6.00 on 28 March, 2,088 citizens of Ukraine arrived in Belarus across the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.
09.02 / 19:26
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MFA: Preparations for Allied Resolve exercise as transparent as possible
Preparations for the Allied Resolve exercise have been as transparent as possible, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik said in his address to the participants of the conference «Collective Security in a New Era: Experience and Prospects of the CSTO» organized by the Valdai International Discussion Club with the support of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow on 9 February, BelTA has learned. The address was read out by Belarus' Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative to the CSTO Vyacheslav Remenchik.
09.02 / 19:26
Lukashenko supports proposal to allow criminal proceedings in absentia
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has upheld the proposal to allow criminal proceedings in absentia against the accused living abroad. The respective bill has already been developed and will soon be sent to the House of Representatives, Chairman of the Investigative Committee Dmitry Gora told reporters following the Security Council meeting chaired by the head of state on 8 February, BelTA has learned.
29.01 / 00:11
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Waters
Lukashenko in favor of building second nuclear power plant in Belarus
Another nuclear power plant may be built in Belarus. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he answered questions of the people invited to attend his address to the nation and the parliament on 28 January, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “When we were considering options for building our first nuclear power plant, the only one, I decided to have it built in Ostrovets.
24.01 / 13:18
Cooper
Lukashenko hits back at threats of U.S. Department of State
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko hit back at the threats and patronizing tone of the U.S. Department of State representatives against Belarus as he approved the decision on the state border protection for 2022 on 24 January, BelTA has learned. «Just a day ago I was told about the threats from the U.S. Department of State.
17.01 / 13:33
Southern
Lukashenko unveils details of Belarus-Russia joint military exercise
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko unveiled where and when a joint military exercise of the Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia will be held as he heard out a report on the plan of the joint military exercise on 17 January, BelTA informs. “As far as you know, in this difficult situation in December 2021 the president of the Russian Federation and I agreed to hold the out-of-schedule specific events on the western borders and in the south of Belarus – this is also the border of the Union State.
17.01 / 13:33
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Belarus-Russia military exercise named Allied Resolve 2022
The joint operational exercise of the Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia scheduled for February has been named as«Allied Resolve 2022, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus — Head of the Main Operational Command Pavel Muraveyko, BelTA reports. Pavel Muraveyko drew attention to the ongoing militarization of European countries. According to him, the NATO contingent is strong enough to provoke and unleash any international conflict.
17.01 / 13:18
Poland accused of plotting provocations near Belarus' border
The task of the Polish military near the Belarusian border is to stage provocations, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus — Head of the Main Operational Conmand Pavel Muraveyko, BelTA has learned. Military threats and threats emanating from the migrant crisis have nothing to do with the processes that are taking place now. Poland is deploying as much military as possible at our border wishing to demonstrate its importance for Europe, its financial investment in Europe's security, Pavel Muraveyko said.
14.01 / 17:24
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Belarusian ambassador: Proper level of security and cooperation possible only through dialogue
Proper level of security and interaction is possible only through dialogue, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the OSCE Andrei Dapkiunas said when speaking at the Special Meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 13 January 2022, BelTA has learned. During the event, Poland, that will hold the OSCE chairmanship in 2022, presented the organization's priorities for this period. In this regard, Andrei Dapkiu
06.01 / 19:20
Historical policy seen as factor of Belarus' national security
Historical policy is a factor of national security of Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a government session to discuss Belarus' historical policy on 6 January, BelTA has learned. «We must recognize that the the national history has turned into an information battlefield. It didn't happen overnight.
02.01 / 13:28
Дэн Лаример пообещал выпустить «убойное приложение» на базе EOS
Соучредитель Block.one Дэниэл Лаример пообещал в 2022 году развернуть «убойное приложение», призванное сделать EOS платформой для создания и развития ДАО.
29.12 / 23:02
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Waters
Provident
“We want to go to Germany. And now only hope and the help provided by the Belarusian authorities help us to survive ”. Refugees about their stay at the border and the betrayal of Europe
When we talked with the people who will be discussed in this publication, it was still morning, and our interlocutors were in a spontaneous camp. Shortly thereafter, events at the border picked up the pace. All the refugees were relocated to the logistics center, hot meals were brought up there, a caravan drove up, and the vaccination station began to work. Journalists everywhere needed to be in time.
29.12 / 11:40
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Citizens
140 people recognized as victims of crimes of Polish border guards on Belarus-EU border
All in all, 140 people were recognized as victims of the atrocities committed by the Polish security forces at the Belarus-Poland border. Materials of the criminal investigation will be forwarded to all international organizations, including the UN and the Council of Europe.
29.12 / 05:37
общество
В Юрьев-Польском возводят пристройку к поликлинике
Александр Авдеев дозором обходит владенья свои. В этот раз врио губернатора посетил Юрьев-Польский район. В Юрьев-Польском ведут активные строительные работы в будущем культурно-досуговом центре. Авдеев похвалил планомерность стройки. Особенно ему понравилось то, что отремонтированные площадки тут же вводятся в эксплуатацию. Следующая точка на карте детская поликлиника, к которой возводят пристройку. Не смотря на некоторые проблемы с темпом на старте, ее обещают сдать в срок.
25.12 / 09:41
Specially for "GP" Alexey Avdonin: "The situation on the border of Belarus and Poland with migrant refugees is actually a new form of international terrorism"
Alexey Avdonin, analyst at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies: - The situation on the border of Belarus and Poland with refugee migrants is actually a new form of international terrorism, which is used both against the Republic of Belarus and the European Union, and is focused primarily on deflecting the attention of the EU public from the problems associated with COVID-19 and deterioration of the socio-economic situation and the well-being of citizens.
15.12 / 19:30
MET
Waters
FIVE
Helping refugees starving in Poland’s icy border forests is illegal – but it’s not the real crime
Anna Alboth with refugees in Narewka, Poland, near the Belarus border. ‘We cannot take people with us or drive them to a safe place.
29.11 / 12:32
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Provident
Lukashenko: USA wants to use Poland, Baltic states, Ukraine to start war
The United States of America wants to unleash a war using Poland, the Baltic states, Ukraine and the migrant crisis on the border of Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he spoke at a joint meeting of the Constitutional Commission and the working group on finalizing the new Constitution draft on 25 November, BelTA informs. “They seek to get closer to Moscow. And this ‘balcony' here obstructs them, they need to cut it off.
29.11 / 12:28
Provident
Lukashenko refutes accusations of Belarus profiting from migrant crisis
Belarus does not profit from the migrant crisis. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement while talking to reporters after visiting refugees in a transportation and logistics hub near the Belarusian-Polish border on 26 November, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed: “Don't listen to those fakes that claim that it is profitable for us, that we've invited migrants to come here, that we bring them here, that [the Belarusian flag carrier] Belavia transports them.
29.11 / 12:23
WHO humanitarian cargo arrives in Belarus
The humanitarian cargo from the WHO regional office arrived in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. This is the assistance to migrants who are currently living in the transport and logistics center on the Belarusian-Polish border, Deputy Healthcare Minister Boris Androsyuk noted. The cargo consists the interagency emergency health kits with medicines, consumables and equipment.
22.11 / 19:26
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Lukashenko says Belarusian troops may have helped refugees reach Europe
The Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has acknowledged that his troops probably helped Middle Eastern asylum seekers cross into Europe, in the clearest admission yet that he engineered the new migrant crisis on the border with the EU. In an interview with the BBC at his presidential palace in Minsk, he said it was “absolutely possible” that his troops helped migrants across the frontier into Poland. “Maybe someone helped them. I won’t even look into this,” he said.
22.11 / 12:11
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Waters
One-year-old Syrian child dies in forest on Poland-Belarus border
A one-year-old child from Syria has died in a forest in Poland near the border with Belarus, according to Polish medical workers, becoming the youngest known victim of the crisis on the eastern edge of the European Union. Thousands of people attempting to reach the EU are still stranded in freezing conditions, amid a standoff between the bloc and Belarus, which has been accused of deliberately creating the crisis by flying in people from the Middle East and facilitating their travel to the border. The Polish Emergency Medical Team PCPM, an NGO, said the child was the son of a Syrian couple who it had assisted in the early hours of Thursday.
22.11 / 11:53
UN representatives in Belarus visit temporary refugee accommodation point on Belarus-Poland border
UN representatives in Belarus visited the temporary refugee accommodation point in the transport and logistics center on the Belarusian-Polish border on 20 November, BelTA has learned. They inspected the accommodation conditions in the transport and logistics center. When talking to the media, Head of the UNCHR Office in Belarus Mulusew Mamo called on the European Union to jointly resolve the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border.
15.11 / 12:55
Waters
Belarus' Red Cross sends another batch of aid to refugees stranded on border with Poland
On 12 November the Belarusian Red Cross Society sent several vehicles with humanitarian aid to people stranded on the Belarusian-Polish border without food, water and shelter, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Red Cross Society. The humanitarian aid was collected thanks to the efforts of the public, companies, various public associations. “At the moment, six vehicles carrying humanitarian aid from the Belarusian Red Cross Society are on their way to the border.
15.11 / 12:35
Provident
Makei, Borrell discuss situation on Belarus-Poland border over phone
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei and Vice President of the European Commission, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell held a telephone conversation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Belarus confirmed its readiness for an equal and mutually respectful dialogue with the European Union. The futility of sanctions and counterproductivity of such approaches to the development of relations between Belarus and the EU was emphasized,” the statement reads.
09.11 / 12:21
тюрьма
Саакашвили вывезли из руставской тюрьмы на вертолете
Бывшего президента Грузии Михаила Саакашвили вывезли из тюрьмы на вертолете в неизвестном направлении, сообщила мать Саакашвили Гиули Аласания 8 ноября.
08.11 / 17:01
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Provident
35 OSCE Countries Demand Answers From Belarus On 'Serious' Rights Violations
Dozens of member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have invoked the so-called Vienna Mechanism to request answers from Belarus on “serious human rights violations and abuses” taking place in the country following a disputed presidential election in August 2020. In a letter dated November 4 and sent to the Belarusian permanent representative to the OSCE in Vienna, the United States, Canada, all EU member states except Poland, and seven other European countries said the situation in Belarus has “deteriorated” over the past year.
28.10 / 12:45
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Extreme
Lukashenko pledges strong response to West's border militarization
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko commented on the ongoing militarization along the western borders of Belarus as he met with Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov in Minsk on 28 October, BelTA has learned. «Here's the latest news. Russia has probably paid attention to it too.
25.10 / 11:56
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EU Ministers Meet Amid Talk Of New Measures Against Belarus Over Migrants
The European Union's foreign ministers have expressed support for new measures to halt the flow of illegal migrants that the bloc accuses Belarus of sending in retaliation for sanctions against authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka and his regime over its crackdown on the opposition. As the ministers gathered for a meeting in Brussels on October 18, several called for fresh sanctions against Minsk, as well as measures targeting Belarus's state airline, Belavia, as migrants from the Middle East and Africa continue to pour over the border on the EU's eastern flank.
25.10 / 11:03
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Extreme
Ursula von der Leyen says EU will not fund ‘barbed wire and walls’
The EU will not fund “barbed wire or walls”, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has said, in defiance of calls from some governments to build protective defences against migrants seeking to enter the bloc. A number of EU leaders have voiced concerns in recent weeks over a rise in numbers of people seeking to cross the bloc’s borders, with eight having died at the Polish border with Belarus in recent months.
22.10 / 18:27
"The days full of joy and happiness have come again." From the archives of the newspaper "Grodzenskaya Pravda" you can find out with what mood Grodno residents celebrated the holiday of September 17 in 1945-1949
The chosen date became a symbol of historical justice for the Belarusian people, unwittingly divided under the terms of the Riga Peace Treaty in 1921. Until September 1939, Western Belarus was part of the Polish state.
15.10 / 16:45
Belarus Border Crisis Intensifies As Germany Reports Huge Jump In Migrants, Poland Plans 'Barrier'
The arrivals in Germany mark an expansion of similar problems this year as swelling numbers of migrants from increased flights to Belarus have crossed porous borders into EU member states Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland.
15.10 / 16:36
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man
Poland criticised over stranded migrants after seventh death at border
Identity documents suggest latest person to die was 24-year-old Syrian who arrived in Belarus last month Polish police have found another body near the border with Belarus amid fresh allegations that Warsaw is breaking international law in its treatment of migrants stranded in harrowing conditions on the EU’s eastern frontier. The man’s body was spotted in a field by a helicopter crew, police said, bringing to seven the number of people rep
11.10 / 11:21
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Warsaw Says Shots, Likely Blanks, Fired From Belarus At Polish Troops
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has voiced support for the troops guarding the Belarusian frontier from illegal migration after reports that Belarusian forces allegedly fired shots — possibly blank ammunition — at Polish servicemen. Morawiecki tweeted that «all state powers» were behind the border guards and the military. Earlier on October 8, Polish Border Guards spokeswoman Anna Michalska said Belarusian forces fired shots a
07.10 / 14:27
MET
Provident
FIVE
Concerns grow over Poland’s treatment of migrants stuck at Belarus border
Concerns over Poland’s treatment of migrants stranded on its border with Belarus are mounting after Warsaw this week ignored domestic and international criticism to extend a state of emergency and sought to portray them as dangerous deviants. The European commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, met the Polish interior mini
05.10 / 05:44
спорт
В Кинешме прощаются с известным тренером Евгением Мухиным
Евгений Иванович - уроженец города Юрьев-Польский Владимирской области, но вся его жизнь связана с Ивановской областью.
30.09 / 19:25
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COST
FIVE
EU seeks to tighten Belarus visa rules amid growing migrant crisis
The European Commission has said it wants to suspend easy access to visas for Belarusian officials in an attempt to deter it from pushing migrants from the Middle East and Africa across its border with the bloc. Neighbouring Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have declared states of emergency after a sharp increase in arrivals at their borders with Belarus, accusing the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, of an act of “hybrid warfare” in seeking to orchestrate a EU migrant crisis.
30.09 / 19:19
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Waters
Four migrants stuck on Poland-Belarus border die of hypothermia and exhaustion
Four people stranded on the border between Poland and Belarus have died in recent days, officials have said, amid continuing allegations that Minsk is abandoning migrants at its frontier in an attempt to put pressure on the EU. Polish authorities said three people, including an Iraqi man, were found dead, from hypothermia and exhaustion, on the Polish side of the border on Saturday, and the body of a woman was seen on the Belarus side on Sunday.
20.09 / 18:07
Three Migrants Crossing Into Poland From Belarus Found Dead
Three people who were trying to illegally cross into Poland from Belarus were found dead near the border, Poland's Border Patrol said on September 19. Another eight migrants were saved the same day by Polish emergency workers after they got stuck in a swamp as they tried to cross the border. Seven of them were taken to the hospital, including one who was flown by helicopter. Polish media said that one of the migrants found dead may have died from exposure to the cold. Polish Prime Min
30.08 / 13:54
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Waters
Provident
Fears grow for Afghan refugees stuck in ‘Kafkaesque’ Poland-Belarus standoff
Fears are growing for a group of Afghan refugees who fled their country last month and made their way to Europe, only to find themselves marooned on the border between Poland and Belarus in a “Kafkaesque” political standoff. The 32 refugees – women, men, and a child of 15 years old – have been stuck in a small, muddy patch of land between the two countries for almost three weeks with no access to clean water, insufficient shelter and intermittent food supplies, according to a Polish NGO.
20.08 / 15:56
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Covid-19
Citizens
Russian MFA: NATO build-up in Poland, Baltic states is provocative, short-sighted
The NATO build-up in Poland and the Baltic countries, as well as the increasing number of NATO exercises in Europe are provocative and short-sighted to say the least, Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing on 19 August, BelTA has learned. “We continue to proceed from the fact that Europe as a whole does not have any insolvable military and political issues that could need a military solution or a significant presence of military and political blocs,” Maria Zakharova said.
20.08 / 15:35
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MET
Belarusian Olympian Tsimanouskaya Plans To Represent Poland After Defection
The Belarusian sprinter who appealed for international help to avoid being forced home prematurely from the Tokyo Olympics says she wants to represent Poland, the country she defected to with her husband less than three weeks ago. Krystsina Tsimanouskaya told the RBC television channel on August 18 that she plans to apply for Polish sporting citizenship so that she can run for that country. «We will now try to change my sporting citizenship so that I can compete for the Polish national team. It usually takes three year
17.08 / 10:26
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Waves
New wave of arrests in Belarus as more than 20 detained in two days
Belarusian authorities have detained more than 20 people in the latest wave of arrests, continuing their sweeping crackdown on dissent a year after a disputed presidential election, human rights activists say. Belarus was rocked by protests which were fuelled by the 9 August 2020 re-election of the authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, to a sixth term in a vote that the opposition and the west rejected as a sham. Lukashenko responded to the dem
09.08 / 18:50
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Marches In Warsaw, Kyiv Protest Repression In Belarus On Eve Of Election Anniversary
Hundreds of people marched in Warsaw to protest political repression in Belarus on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Belarus presidential election that the opposition says was rigged in favor of authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Many Belarusians living in exile in Poland joined the demonstration in which people carried the Belarusian opposition's red-and-white flag and chanted «Long live Belarus!» The protest began in central Warsaw and marched past the U.S. and Russian embassies.
21.06 / 11:33
Aviat
Progressive
Ryanair ADR
Belarus yet to receive Ryanair aircraft instrumental data, data believed lost
Belarus has not yet received the necessary data from the Ryanair aircraft. It is likely the data has not preserved, BelTA learned from Director of the Aviation Department of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry Artyom Sikorsky. The official said: “We've sent a letter to the president of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the secretary general, and the head of ICAO's investigation team, which is investigating the landing of the Ryanair aircraft in Minsk. The letter dr
07.06 / 11:22
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Covid-19
Citizens
Belarusians Hold Border Protests Demanding Tough Sanctions On Lukashenka Regime
Exiled Belarusians have launched a multiday protest on their homeland’s border with Lithuania and Poland, calling on the European Union to impose harsh sanctions against the regime of authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka. Demonstrators gathered at two border crossings on June 5, demanding the EU slap “strong and effective sanctions” against Lukashenka's regime. They are also calling on Belarusian authorities to open land borders for citizens of Belarus and the release of hundreds of political prisoners. Pavel Latushka, the head of the National Anti-Crisis Manageme
07.06 / 11:22
Ethnic Poles Freed From Belarus Prison Are In Poland, Warsaw Says
Three members of the ethnic Polish minority in Belarus who had been jailed for their political activism are now free and in Poland, authorities in Warsaw said on June 2. The activists — identified as Irena Biernacka, Maria Tiszkowska, and Anna Paniszewa — were arrested in March as part of the Belarusian authorities’ crackdown on ethnic Poles who opposed the authoritarian regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The Polish Foreign Ministry said in a statement that “as a result of efforts by Polish diplomatic and consular services,” the activists arrived in Poland on May 25. They were safe and being given “the necessary support and care,” the min
24.05 / 12:27
Telegram
Aviat
Belarus accused of ‘hijacking’ Ryanair flight diverted to arrest blogger
Belarus has been accused of hijacking a European jetliner and engaging in an act of state terrorism when it forced a Ryanair flight to perform an emergency landing in Minsk after a bomb threat and arrested an opposition blogger critical of authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. Roman Protasevich, a former editor of the influential Telegram channels Nexta and Nexta Live, was detained by police after his flight was diverted to Minsk national airport. Minsk confirmed that Lukashenko ordered his military to scramble a Mig-29 fig
17.05 / 11:00
Telegram
Belarusian Army Officer Gets 18 Years In Prison Amid Crackdown Over Postelection Protests
The Supreme Court on May 14 found 29-year-old Captain Dzyanis Urad guilty of high treason and sentenced him the same day. Belarusian courts have been meting out tough punishments to protesters and officials like Urad who support them in a bid to quash mass opposition to Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka's brutal 27-year rule. Urad was arrested in M
19.04 / 10:48
Over 1,100 Belarusians Applied For Refugee Status In EU Countries In 2020
Such data are published on the website of the EU statistical office. According to the Eurostat statistics for 2020, there were 1,165 first-time Belarusian applicants for international protection in the EU countries. 385 people
19.04 / 10:37
Belarusian tobacco contraband big problem for neighbors
Lithuanians and Poles have sounded the alarm for months over smuggled Belarusian cigarettes brought by land, water, and even air into the European Union across Belarus' western border. In 2020, the volume of illegal shipments increased markedly. Since the beginning of 2021, there has been a real boom in cigarette smuggling. According to Euroradio estimates, during the first months of 2021, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Ukrainian customs officers arrested 5 million packs of Belarusian cigarettes disguised as others shipments. Here's how it works. Lithuania: 1.7 million packs of smuggled cigarettes since the beginning of the year «Even
25.03 / 18:29
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общество
Польскому мэру грозит пять лет тюрьмы за убитого краснокнижного бизона
Польский мэр Ремигиуш Ч. убил редкого бизона, чтобы продать его как охотничий трофей. Чиновнику грозит до пяти лет лишения свободы в колонии.