A flurry of diplomatic activity has sparked speculation that Russia is preparing to swallow up its smaller neighbor. But many analysts see the sharp exchanges as ...
Uncertainty about interest rates, trade and oil prices could weigh on emerging economies in 2019. Countries of the former Soviet Union and its allies have to ...
Belarus said it was in talks to boost the U.S. diplomatic presence in the former Soviet republic, a move that could exacerbate tensions between Moscow and ...
The Polish Embassy in Belarus today will open a book of condolences in connection with the tragic death of the mayor of Gdansk. Words of grief can be left from ...
The Belarusian Embassy in Moscow says it is looking into the case of a Belarusian model who was detained by Russian authorities after landing in Moscow ...
The total lunar eclipse took place in the night from 20 to 21 January. The eclipse also marked a supermoon, a full moon that is much closer to Earth than usual.
Turkmenistan is one of the strategic partners of Belarus, Trend reports referring to the interview of the TV channel "Turkmenistan" with the Ambassador of ...
Belarus welcomed the first European Figure Skating Championship participants. Today Belarus will become the center of world figure skating. Minsk will take ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, welcomes Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to St. Petersburg on Dec. 6, 2018.Alexey Nikolsky
On Sept 10, 2001, I published a column about Belarus, the former Soviet republic squeezed between Russia and Europe. It described how the Belarusian ...
The president of Belarus on Thursday cautioned that Moscow could lose its only ally on its western border if the two countries could not resolve an ongoing ...
Nikolai Statkevich, a leader of the opposition Belarusian National Congress, warned in late December 2018 that, if Moscow sends troops into Belarus in an effort ...
The first online cryptocurrency exchange -- based on blockchain technology -- has been launched in Belarus. Media reports in Belarus said on January 15 that ...
The Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Guz suggested that the Ukrainian special services, together with Belarusian activists, prepare a ânetwork of patriotic structuresâ ...
Belarusian president Alyaksandr Lukashenka has provided a response to those who blamed Belarus for supplying Ukraine with diesel fuel that are then used for ...
I think we are in a similar geographical situation. Both our countries are average-sized. We had to be able to get up on our feet, be confident, show quality of ...
Today is the Day of Rescuer in Belarus, and national bodies and units for emergency situations are 20 years old. Since the beginning of the year alone, the ...
MINSK, 21 January (BelTA) â It is necessary to draft a transport industry development concept till 2030 as soon as possible, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus ...
Pre-qualification selection of investors for the project to reconstruct M10 Motorway (Russian Federation-Gomel-Kobrin) will be announced in February, Transport ...
MOSCOW, January 20. /TASS/. Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Semashko has said he sees the priority of his mission in Moscow in removing deficit ...
Now, instead of a passport, the Belarusian has the right to present a driver's license or an employment ID, as well as a military ID. Foreigners will be able to ...
On 21 January Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko received credentials of foreign ambassadors of ten countries. The official ceremony took place in the ...
MOSCOW, January 17. /TASS/. The Russian side believes that if Belarus finds alternative options of oil supplies through the Baltic ports that will be in the ...
On Sept 10, 2001, I published a column about Belarus, the former Soviet republic squeezed between Russia and Europe. It described how the Belarusian ...
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has warned Russia that it could lose its ally if Moscow fails to offer Minsk compensation for higher oil prices.
A model from Belarus who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald Trump president has pleaded guilty in a Thai ...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 29: (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) at the Kremlin, on December 29, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. President of Belarus Lukashenko is having his second visit to Russia in December - 3 days after the first. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
Larnabel Ventures, controlled by Said Gutseriev, the son of Russia's oligarch Mikhail Gutseriev, and VP Capital, controlled by Viktor Prokopenya, who has dual ...
The European External Action *Service* has called on Belarus to abolish capital punishment, two days after Belarusian authorities pronounced their latest death ...
The contest for the best translation from Russian into Belarusian of the never-before-seen poem Distiches by Maxim Bogdanovich will kick off on 18 January.
For the first time the employees of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry were awarded badges of distinction of the diplomatic *service* of Belarus. The ceremony was ...
Traditionally Pact highlights some of the most prominent developments in and affecting Belarus civil society. Belarus Digest publishes the top ten list below.
The purchase of Russian oil at Belarusian refineries is done at the increased price due to the tax maneuver, the Interfax news agency learned from the ...
BANGKOK â Thai officials say they are deporting a Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect ...
Speculation that the merger of Russia and Belarus is just over the horizon has become so strident in recent weeks that top officials in both countries have made ...
Today we have learned with regret about another death sentence in Belarus, pronounced by the Mogilev Regional Court. We hope that this decision can be ...
Words of grief can be conveyed on January 21 from 10.00 to 15.00. The farewell ceremony and the funeral of PaweÅ Adamowicz will be held tomorrow. January ...
The Security *Service* of Ukraine has put a halt to the destructive activities of Pavel Karnazytsky, a Belarus national who spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda while ...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Azerbaijan on the third leg of his visit to Eastern Europe after visiting Moscow in Russia and Minsk in Belarus.
In the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the Belarusian diplomatic *service*, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko met with the ministers that headed the ...
The draft law on the status of the white-red-white flag will be put to a vote of Belarusian deputies at the spring session of the House of Representatives.
Belarus has three scenarios for spent nuclear fuel of the Belarusian NPP. All of them provide for its storage on the Belarusian territory in one form or another.
Vladimir Putin's appetite has grown; as Russia's economy is far from perfect and his popularity is sliding, Putin may set his sights on Belarus, US journalist and ...
Blogger Andrey Pavuk, a resident of Aktsyabrski urban-type village, has filed an individual complaint against the Belarusian authorities to the United Nations ...
The Communications and Informatization Ministry launched the Modern Rescuers stamp sheet, a special envelope and a special dedication stamp. The postal ...
As his government orders another nationwide Internet shutdown, ignoring local and global condemnation of its brutal crackdown against protestors, President ...
MINSK, 16 January (BelTA) â The Belarusian oil refineries Naftan and Mozyr Oil Refinery processed about 18 million tonnes of oil in 2018, BelTA learned from ...
Mobile operator MTS Belarus has started selling new fitness bands in its shops. The Huawei Color Band A2 and Xiaomi Amazfit Bip have become available for ...
Video has emerged of Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich, who claims to have insider knowledge of Russian meddling in the US election, being carried ...
Five weightlifters from former Soviet states, including two former Olympic champions, have been provisionally suspended after retests of their samples from the ...
Russia's tax maneuver is an unexpected 'gift' to the leadership of Belarus at the end of the year. However, it is not the major source of concern, Belarusian ...
Dear friends,. There comes the most wonderful time of the year when the past, the present and the future become one thing. And we have only a few seconds to ...
MOSCOW, 16 January (BelTA) â During a press conference for Russian and foreign reporters Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov stated he was ...
The well-being of the Belarusians continues to grow, Belstat reports. According to the statistics department, in January-November last year, real cash income ...
Belarus has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe to go back home and first build a strategy and concrete plan for the development of cooperation ...
Belarusian civil engineering company ZAO Belzarubezhstroy has been awarded the contract to build a 109 MW PV power plant in in the Cherikov District of the ...
Autocephaly would definitely pose a threat to the Belarusian Orthodox church of the Moscow Patriarchate, Pavel (Ponomaryov), Metropolitan of Minsk and ...
In 2019, Belarus plans to procure from Russia four more Yak-130 combat-training aircraft as well as the first group of Su-30SM fighters, produced at the Irkutsk ...
MINSK (Sputnik) - Belarusian border guards have detained two French nationals early on Monday when the latter accidentally illegally crossed from Lithuania, ...
The first practice sessions got underway at Minsk Arena in the run-up to the 111th ISU European Figure Skating Championships. Europe's best athletes are ...
MINSK, 21 January (BelTA) â The first national forum on sustainable development will be held in Minsk on 24 January and will bring together all stakeholders ...
Nastya Rybkaâ gained notoriety in February 2018, thanks to an investigative report by Alexey Navalny. After several women staged a bizarre demonstration at its ...
Muscat: Oman, represented by the National Museum, has been chosen as the guest of honour of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, which is ...
The trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Belarus in January-November 2018 amounted to $ 145.2 million, which is 28.5 percent higher compared to the ...
The prostitution trial of a self-styled sex coach who claims to have insider knowledge of Moscow's attempts to meddle in the US elections ended abruptly on ...
This week's alarming developments in Zimbabwe have prompted a curious response from President Emmerson Mnangagwa. A massive popular protest against ...
One of the most beautiful palaces of Belarus is situated in the village of Krasny Bereg, Zhlobin District. Among the owners of the estate were participants of the ...
It was recently announced that a new exchange, which supports the trading of digital securities, is launching within Belarus. The launch of the exchange was met ...
The Australian Open draw came out on Thursday but Belarus belter Ilya Ivashka didn't check who he'll come up against in the opening round at Melbourne Park.
A court in Minsk has reversed a decision to expel the press secretary of an opposition party in Belarus.
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The offices of Tut.by, Belarusâs leading independent news website, in Minsk on Tuesday. Those detained this week include Tut.byâs editor in chief.Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters
MOSCOW â The authorities in Belarus have detained at least 18 journalists, accusing them of unlawfully obtaining information from a state news agency, local ...
MINSK, Belarus â The Belarusian government is cracking down on journalists who report without its permission, issuing the most fines since the country's ...
A new survey claims Belarusians are among the least emotional people on Earth. But judging from these moments captured over the years by photojournalists, ...
Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has said that the U.S. "military and political role" in Europe is crucial to regional security and emphasized that he ...
For four days, Minsk did not officially comment on last month's (November 25) Russian-Ukrainian naval conflagration that occurred around the Kerch Strait.
Since August 2018 till present, the Belarusian authorities put pressure on independent media resources, including the top Belarusian media outlet TUT.BY.
Mikhail Zhyzneuski, who was shot dead during the Euromaidan protests of 2014, is considered a hero in Ukraine. But in his home city of Homel in Belarus, his ...
Belarus's strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko has sacked his prime minister and other key members of government following a corruption scandal that saw ...