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09.08 / 19:10
Parke
Progressive
Belarus regime steps up ‘purge’ of activists and media
Belarusian state security detain a journalist (with ‘press’ written on her back) during an opposition rally in Minsk’s Komarovsky Market last year. Photograph: Natalia Fedosenko/Tass/Getty
09.08 / 19:39
MET
Lukashenko talks about next president of Belarus
The person the Belarusian people elect will be the next president. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during a meeting with representatives of the general public, experts, and mass media titled as the Big Conversation with the President on 9 August, BelTA has learned. According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, it is a complicated matter.
09.08 / 19:39
Lukashenko: Constitutional referendum should be open and fair
Belarus needs to hold a referendum on constitutional amendments in an open and fair way, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August, BelTA has learned. “We have nothing to hide.
09.08 / 19:39
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Lukashenko: No plans to introduce sanctions against Ukraine
Belarus is not going to impose sanctions against Ukraine, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August, BelTA has learned. “We are not going to impose any sanctions against you,” the head of state said as he fielded a question from Ukrainian journalist Pavel Zelinsky.
09.08 / 19:39
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Lukashenko: Belarus, Russia are yet to align one Union State program out of 28
Belarus and Russia are yet to align one Union State program, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August, BelTA has learned. According to the head of state, the so-called integration roadmaps were reformatted into the Union State programs. There are a total of 28 of them.
09.08 / 19:39
Lukashenko: System of granting citizenship to Ukrainians should be effective by late 2021
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko ordered to come to grips with the system of granting citizenship to Ukrainian migrants by the end of the year. The head of state made the statement during a meeting with representatives of the general public, experts, and mass media titled as the Big Conversation with the President on 9 August, BelTA has learned. Addressing the head of state journalist Ksenia Lebedeva voiced a request she often heard from those who moved from Ukraine.
09.08 / 19:39
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Lukashenko: Belarus has stood serious test for national unity
Belarus has stood a serious test for national unity, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August, BelTA has learned. «We have stood a serious test for national unity. We know that we have everything to pass this period in our newest history with dignity.
09.08 / 19:39
Lukashenko opines on USA's true attitude to Belarus
The USA could not care less about Belarus as such, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he answered a question of a journalist from The Wall Street Journal during the Big Conversation with the President on 9 August, BelTA has learned. “You are far away and you do not care about what is happening in Belarus. You cannot even locate it on a map.
09.08 / 19:39
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Progressive
Lukashenko: President Volodymyr Zelensky had chance to become peacemaker
President Volodymyr Zelensky had a chance to become a peacemaker in Ukraine and make serious progress in resolving the conflict in Donbass, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August, BelTA has learned. According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the former President Petro Poroshenko failed the Minsk accords because he was controlled from the outside. «He didn't implement them.
09.08 / 19:15
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MET
Ryanair ADR
Belarus exiles fear the long arm of the vengeful dictator in Minsk
Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya claims Belarusian officials tried to bundle her on to a plane home after she criticised coaches. Photograph: Piotr Molęcki/East News/Rex/Shutterstock
09.08 / 18:50
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Marches In Warsaw, Kyiv Protest Repression In Belarus On Eve Of Election Anniversary
Many Belarusians living in exile in Poland joined the demonstration in Warsaw on August 8
09.08 / 18:50
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West Tightens Sanctions On Belarus On Anniversary Of Disputed Vote
Lithuania Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius on August 9.
07.08 / 17:18
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Lukashenko: Ukraine's government pursues a policy of confrontation
Confrontation is at the bottom of the policy of the Ukrainian government, which poses an additional threat to Belarus, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss the situation at the border on 5 August, BelTA has learned. At the beginning of the meeting, Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that he had invited heads of almost all major defense, security and law enforcement agencies in order to discuss the situation unfolding at the western and partly southern border of Belarus, as well as around the country, and above all with regard to the policy of NATO.
07.08 / 16:55
Belarus' NOC comments on decision of IOC Disciplinary Commission
Belarus' National Olympic Committee issued an official statement regarding the decision of the IOC Disciplinary Commission on Belarusian coaches, BelTA learned from the press service of Belarus' NOC. It says that on 5 August 2021, the Disciplinary Commission of the International Olympic Committee revoked the accreditation of coaches of the Belarusian athletics team Yury Moisevich and Artur Shumak at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo. In its statement the IOC said that it was a provisional measure and that an investigation is under way.
07.08 / 16:55
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IOC strips two Belarus Olympic coaches of accreditation over Tsimanouskaya scandal
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expelled two Belarusian coaches who pulled sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya from the Olympic Games and tried to force her to board a flight home to Minsk. The athletics head coach, Artur Shumak, and team official Yuri Moisevich had their accreditations rescinded and were asked to leave the Olympic village, the organisation announced in a Twitter post on Friday.
07.08 / 16:15
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Lithuania Rejects Claims Iraqi Man Died At Border As Belarusian 'Disinformation'
Lithuania has dismissed Belarusian allegations that an Iraqi man was beaten and died after being turned away at the Lithuanian border, describing it as «disinformation.» EU member Lithuania has faced a surge of mostly Iraqi migrants in recent months, prompting authorities this week to start pushing back illegal migrants and giving border guards authority to use force. Lithuanian and European officials say the migrant flows are being orchestrated by Alyaksandr Lukashenka in retaliation for EU sanctions over his government's crackdown on the opposition following Belarus's presidential election nearly a year ago that was widely considered to be fraudulent.
07.08 / 16:07
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Parke
Ukrainian Police Open Murder Case After Finding Missing Belarusian Activist 'Hanged' In Kyiv
Ukrainian police officers at the scene in the Kyiv park where Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou was found dead on August 3.
07.08 / 16:07
Citizens
Lithuania Begins Turning Back Migrants At Belarusian Border
Vilnius's announcement on August 3 came one day after nearly 300 migrants came across the border from Belarus
04.08 / 22:34
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Belavia performs maiden flight to Georgia's Kutaisi
The Belarusian air carrier Belavia performed its first regular flight to Kutaisi on 4 August. Kutaisi has become the third Georgian city on Belavia's route map. The Belarusian air carrier performs regular flights to Tbilisi and Batumi, BelTA learned from the press service of the airline. Flights will be operated on Wednesdays and Sundays, with departure from Minsk at 9:35 and arrival at Kutaisi International Airport at 13:35.
04.08 / 22:31
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Enterprise
Progressive
Development strategies of Belarusian enterprises to rely on existing realities
It is necessary to rely on the current realities in the course of working out strategies for developing Belarusian enterprises. Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko made the statement as he visited the Belarusian tire manufacturer Belshina, BelTA has learned. The prime minister said: “Back in October we decided it is necessary to work out a Belshina development strategy.
04.08 / 22:31
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Citizens
Belarus' Security Council chief: Migrants in EU are treated like animals
Migrants in the European Union are treated like animals. They are beaten and are forced to live in inhumane conditions, State Secretary of the Belarusian Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told the media in Minsk on 4 August, BelTA has learned. The state secretary noted an inflow of criticism recently.
04.08 / 22:12
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Attack on TUT.by threatens Belarus' information security
Getting caught in the net of Russian propaganda is easier than it seems / CNN
27.07 / 08:38
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Lukashenko comments on investigation of genocide of Belarusian people
Aleksandr Lukashenko and Andrei Shved
27.07 / 08:38
27.07 / 08:38
Belarus might open consulate general in Hong Kong
Belarus is mulling over the opening of a consulate general in China's Hong Kong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko told the STV TV channel, BelTA informs. “At the moment, we are considering a possibility to open a fourth consulate general of Belarus in China.
27.07 / 08:38
27.07 / 08:38
Belarusian MFA comments on amendments to Lithuania's law on legal status of aliens
The BelTA news agency asked the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to comment on the ambiguous amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens signed by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, an ardent advocate of human rights. «We have made sure once again that the Lithuanian political leadership absolutely does not care about the rights of people, whether in Belarus, Iraq or Syria. Rhetoric is one thing.
26.07 / 18:58
Captain of the Olympic team of the Republic of Belarus Ivan Tikhon: "The Olympics are the highest point in sports, and fortitude is the key to victory"
On July 9, Belarusian athletes were seen off in Minsk to the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo. The day before, the Grodno hammer soldier Ivan Tikhon was elected captain of the Olympic team. At a meeting with the delegation, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko presented the State Flag of the Republic of Belarus to the captain of our Olympians and stressed that sports achievements are of great importance not only for the athletes themselves, but for the entire country.
21.07 / 06:17
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эвакуация
На Китай обрушились мощные ливни
Sina.Сообщается также об эвакуации из метро более 500 человек, многим из которых вода от проливных дождей была по шею.Всего в провинции Хэнань эвакуировали более 100 тысяч человек, к спасательным операциям привлекли 6000 сотрудников спасательных служб. Авиарейсы отменил аэропорт Чжэнчжоу.Severe floods hit #Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, in central China.
20.07 / 13:54
Enterprise
Lukashenko calls for more effort to defend Belarus' economic interests
In order to protect the domestic enterprises Belarus needs to use more actively the mechanisms of international organizations, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss Belarus' current foreign policy priorities, BelTA has learned. “We have to use the mechanisms of international organizations more actively in order to protect our enterprises.
20.07 / 13:54
Cooper
Lukashenko: Belarus' foreign policy strategy should be revised
Belarus' foreign policy strategy should be revised, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss Belarus' current foreign policy priorities, BelTA has learned. Taking part in the meeting are heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions abroad. “In the spring of last year we already saw attempts to escalate tensions here in Minsk, but we underestimated this.
20.07 / 13:43
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Belarus opposition calls on EU to close sanctions ‘loopholes’
The Belaruskaly potash plant. Belarus is a major producer, but the EU’s sanctions only apply to around 15% of its exports to the bloc.
20.07 / 13:43
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Tsikhanouskaya Urges U.S. To 'Stand With Belarus' Ahead Of White House Talks
Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya
20.07 / 13:43
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RFE/RL, Other Media Raided As Belarusian Police Search Offices, Homes Of Journalists
A van with Belarusian security officers pictured outside RFE/RL's offices in Minsk on July 16.
11.07 / 16:33
A chance to become a mom. From January 1, 2021 spouses in Belarus have the opportunity to make one IVF attempt for free
- In our house there are two beautiful suns - a boy and a girl. They have been delighting us for 4 years and make every day unique. Now we can't imagine ourselves without them, talks Inga about her family and her face glows with happiness. It is difficult even to imagine how we would live if there were no modern reproductive technologies. We really wanted to become parents, we were worried that it wasn’t working out, we were afraid that we would never be able to bring a new life into this world. IVF has become our last hope.
29.06 / 13:12
Lukashenko: Europe is trying to destroy Belarus, expects it to protect geopolitical interests
Europe is trying to destroy Belarus, but expects us to protect geopolitical interests, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to lay wreaths in the Brest Fortress on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War on 22 June, BelTA has learned. The president said that European countries expect Belarus to assist in combating illegal migration.
29.06 / 12:32
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Ryanair ADR
Ongoing hybrid war focused on Belarusian economy, defense minister says
Viktor Khrenin. Photo courtesy of the Defense Ministry
29.06 / 10:24
Ryanair ADR
Russia to coordinate sustainable development measures with Belarus amid sanctions
Maria Zakharova. Photo courtesy of TASS
29.06 / 10:24
Manufacturing
Cooper
Belarus signs agreement on oil deliveries from Kazakhstan
A Belarusian-Kazakh intergovernmental agreement on trade and economic cooperation in the area of deliveries of oil and oil products to Belarus was signed in Kazakhstan's capital on 28 June as a result of negotiations between Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko and Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin, BelTA learned from Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aleksandr Guryanov. Aleksandr Guryanov said that an agreement on trade and economic cooperation in the area of deliveries of oil and oil products had been signed.
29.06 / 10:16
Belarus suspends participation in Eastern Partnership initiative
Belarus has suspended its participation in the Eastern Partnership initiative of the European Union, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement posted on its website on 28 June, BelTA has learned. Head of the European Union's Delegation to Belarus Dirk Schuebel was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 June.
29.06 / 10:16
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Extreme
Lukashenko, Patrushev discuss cooperation in security, defense sector
Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev on 29 June, BelTA informs. “We always have what to talk about, especially in this complicated time. I have been keeping an eye on your statements, addresses.
29.06 / 10:16
Would-Be Belarus Presidential Candidate Tells Minsk Court Charges Fabricated
Viktar Babaryka was arrested in June 2020.
29.06 / 10:08
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Ryanair ADR
EU Deplores Minsk Moves To Sever Ties After Economic Sanctions
European Council President Charles Michel said the move “will escalate tensions further."
29.06 / 10:08
MET
Citizens
Ryanair ADR
Belarusian Journalist, Russian Girlfriend Moved To House Arrest
Raman Pratasevich (left) and Sofia Sapega were pulled off a plane forced to land in Minsk last month.
