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15.11 / 12:55
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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 / 12:55
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Lukashenko sketches out Belarus-Russia tight cooperation in security, defense
Belarus-Russia cooperation in defense and security is particularly tight and involves no issues at all. Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement in an interview with Igor Korotchenko, a military expert and Editor-in-Chief of the Russian magazine Natsionalnaya Oborona [national defense] on 9 November, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We have absolutely no issues in defense and security.
15.11 / 12:35
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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.
15.11 / 12:34
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Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again denies Belavia transports refugees
The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again dismisses accusations that claim the Belarusian flag carrier OAO Belavia transports refugees, BelTA learned from the ministry's Press Secretary Anatoly Glaz. The official said: “We've repeatedly stated absolutely clearly at various levels: the national air carrier OAO Belavia has never transported, does not transport, and will not transport refugees or illegal migrants. It is easy to verify.
15.11 / 12:27
Provident
Belarus ready to fly refugees home, but they do not want to
Belarus is ready to fly refugees back to their homeland, but they do not want to return, Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with the working group to finalize the draft Constitution, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Belarus has been doing its best to prevent refugees from gathering on the state border. Moreover, the president said, Belarus is ready to fly the refugees, who have changed their mind to make it to the European Union, back to their homeland.
15.11 / 12:23
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Lukashenko promises tough response to EU's new sanctions
The European Union's new sanctions against Belarus will be met with tough response, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting with the working group on finalizing the new Constitution draft on 15 November, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that Belarus was accused of creating a migrant crisis and therefore the European Union is threatening to adopt another package of sanctions against the country. “Facilitating a migration flow through Belarus is more trouble than it is worth.
09.11 / 20:56
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Жаркие напевы Азербайджана на холодном прибрежном ветру Литвы
Азербайджанское общество Клайпедского региона «Азерис», как уже, красиво, музыкально, широко и впечатляюще провело в Клайпеде Дни азербайджанской культуры, продемонстрировав любовь к своему народу, уважение к стране проживания. Поздравить «Азерис» с большим праздником пришли представители и других общин города-порта – белорусской, еврейской, татарской, немецкой, украинской, латышской. Были и партнёры по мероприятию — Центр национальных культур города в лице Татьяны Волковой и Илоны Кабошите.
08.11 / 17:01
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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.
08.11 / 17:01
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Putin, Lukashenka Agree To 28 Union State 'Programs'
Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (file photo)
08.11 / 17:01
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Belarus Blocks Pro-Kremlin Russian News Agency Regnum
The pro-Kremlin Regnum website has published numerous articles criticizing Belarus for supposedly “anti-Russian” policies and urging the rapid unification of the two countries. (file photo)
08.11 / 13:18
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Belarus to get another batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
Another batch of the Chinese vaccine against COVID-19 is ready for dispatch to Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. «The documents for the purchase of 1 million doses of the vaccine have already received all approvals.
08.11 / 13:18
Lukashenko: Criticism, competition should be within law
While visiting Orsha City Hospital No. 1 on 6 November Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he did not mind criticism and competition, but this should not run afoul of the law, BelTA has learned. During his visit to the hospital, Aleksandr Lukashenko recalled the events of last year.
08.11 / 13:18
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BelNPP's first unit generates 4.6bn kWh of electricity
Since it was connected to the power grid in November 2020, the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has generated 4.6 billion kWh of electricity, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. «All in all, the unit has generated 4.6 billion kWh of electricity. This made it possible to replace about 1.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
02.11 / 13:50
29.10 / 17:05
29.10 / 16:57
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U.S. Says Belarus Forces Closure Of Embassy Aid Office
The United States Embassy in Minsk (file photo)
28.10 / 12:45
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Ukraine to resume import of Belarusian electricity on 1 November
Ukraine will resume import of Belarusian electricity on 1 November, TASS reports citing the NPC Ukrenergo website that posted the results of the auction of 27 October. The Ukrainian state-owned company Energoatom bought 885 out of 900 MW of capacity of interstate power transmission grid to import electricity from Belarus in November. The Ukrainian company Energy Community acquired another 15 MW.
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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Lukashenko discussing creation of personal data protection authority
The establishment of a personal data protection authority is being discussed at a government meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 22 October, BelTA has learned The head of state recalled that in May 2021 a law was adopted to protect people's rights while processing their personal data. “The government and the Operations and Analysis Center believe that a separate authority should be set up to supervise the observance of this law,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
25.10 / 11:56
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EU Ministers Meet Amid Talk Of New Measures Against Belarus Over Migrants
A group of Iraqi migrants is surrounded by border guards and police in Hajnowka after they crossed the Belarusian-Polish border on October 14.
25.10 / 11:03
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Mask Mandates Canceled In Belarus In Move Criticized By Doctors
Mask mandates were introduced earlier this month amid a new wave of coronavirus infections in Belarus.
25.10 / 11:03
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Ursula von der Leyen says EU will not fund ‘barbed wire and walls’
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, attends a second day of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium. Photograph: Reuters
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 / 16:30
15.10 / 16:52
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Details of Kochanova's meeting with vice-president of OSCE PA revealed
Natalya Kochanova. Photos courtesy of the Council of the Republic
15.10 / 16:45
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Citizens
Belarus To Close New York Consulate 'At U.S. Request'
Belarus's consulate in New York City will close on October 21 at the request of the United States, according to a statement posted on the consulate's website. Belarusian citizens residing in the consulate's territory, which includes Canada, will have to contact the Belarusian Embassy in Washington for services, the notice from the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said. The consulate has already stopped answering the phone and accepting and processing documents sent by mail. Since October 8 documents received have been transferred to the embassy. Access to the consulate will not be possible after October 15. From October 17, U.S. citizens must obtain a visa to enter Belarus.
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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Poland criticised over stranded migrants after seventh death at border
Poland has sent thousands of troops to the border region in response to the influx. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters
11.10 / 11:56
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Belarus Launches New Criminal Case Against Independent Tut.by Journalists
Fifteen editors and journalists from Tut.by were arrested on charges of tax evasion. Eleven of them remain either in custody or under house arrest.
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.
11.10 / 10:51
Belarus' border service: Lithuania transfers refugees to other EU countries
Lithuania transfers refugees from its camps to other EU countries, the State Border Committee of Belarus told BelTA. According to the State Border Committee, it has reliable information suggesting that Lithuania is purposefully and consistently transferring refugees from its territory to other EU countries. On 29 September, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania officially announced that more than 700 illegal migrants fled from accommodation centers in Lithuania since the beginning of this year.
11.10 / 10:50
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Cooper
Andreichenko: Belarus-Venezuela relations rely on solid foundation
We have built a solid foundation of the bilateral relations with Venezuela, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said as he met with Venezuela president's special envoy Adan Chavez Frias in Minsk on 7 October, BelTA has learned. “Let me welcome you to the House of Representatives.
11.10 / 10:49
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Lukashenko urges to bolster economy to survive geopolitical confrontation
We need to bolster the country's economy if we want to survive the geopolitical confrontation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he took part in the general meeting of the Belarusian National Union of Consumer Societies Belkoopsoyuz in Minsk on 8 October, BelTA has learned. «We have let our guards down: we have repelled an attempt at a revolution and stop being careful and alert.
11.10 / 10:49
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Citizens
About 200 Belarusians arrested for negative comments about KGB officer's death
About 200 people have been detained all over the country for making negative comments about the death of a KGB officer in a shootout in a Minsk apartment, BelTA learned from Belarusian Internal Affairs Minister Ivan Kubrakov on 7 October. The internal affairs minister said: “Some are trying to have fun by hyping about this death. About 200 citizens have been detained so far.
11.10 / 10:49
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Belarus to open consulate general in Hong Kong
Belarus will open its Consulate General in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China. The decision is envisaged in Council of Ministers' Resolution No.565 of 6 October 2021, officially published on the national legal internet portal on 8 October, BelTA has learned.
11.10 / 10:40
Minister: Belarus' austerity budget 2022 will not affect salary growth
Despite the austerity nature of the national budget 2022, state employees and pensioners will not feel any additional burden, Belarus' Finance Minister Yuri Seliverstov said in an interview with ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. This year's budget expectations are modest, but positive. “Initially, when we formed it for this year, we proceeded from conservative estimates,” said Yuri Seliverstov.
11.10 / 10:40
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Sri Lankan citizen found dead near Belarus-Lithuania border
The body of a Sri Lankan citizen was found near the Belarus-Lithuania border, Belarus 1 TV channel informed, BelTA has learned. The man's body was found on 5 October in the shrubs 500 meters from the state border with Lithuania.
10.10 / 17:33
Restored historical plaques in honor of the reunification of Belarus installed on the Old Bridge in Grodno
According to available historical information, the first bridge in Grodno appeared in the 15th century. Over the centuries, the bridge connecting the two banks of the Nemunas has changed its location many times.
07.10 / 14:27
07.10 / 14:27
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Concerns grow over Poland’s treatment of migrants stuck at Belarus border
Polish soldiers build a fence on the border with Belarus. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters
07.10 / 12:11
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В выходные не будут ходить поезда между Белорусским и Савеловским вокзалами
В предстоящие субботу и воскресенье, 9 и 10 октября, значительно изменится расписание поездов на D1, Белорусском и Савеловском направлениях Московской железной дороги. Об этом сообщили в департаменте транспорта Москвы.
01.10 / 14:29
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In CNN Interview, Lukashenka Rejects Reports Of Police Abuses, Torture
Alyaksandr Lukashenka speaking in Minsk on September 28.
01.10 / 14:29
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Lukashenko suggests adopting Law on Civil Society
We need a law to define who can be regarded as civil society, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with senior officials of the Belarus President Administration on 1 October, BelTA has learned. “We have discussed this issue more than once.
30.09 / 20:42
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Belarusian Version Of Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda Blocked
The news that Komsomolskaya Pravda's Belarusian website has been blocked comes after the print version of the newspaper was also banned in Belarus last year. (file photo)
