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04.05 / 10:06
Rights Groups Call For 'Hotline' During 2019 European Games In Belarus
In April, police raided the Minsk office of Belsat, a satellite television station registered in Poland that is the only independent television channel broadcasting in Belarus.
30.04 / 12:51
Two Top Ranking Officials Detained On Corruption Charges
Andrei Vtuyrin; Photo: vsr.mil.by
30.04 / 12:46
Russian DPM calls not to politicize west-bound crude oil quality
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak / Reuters
30.04 / 12:46
Belarus To Allow Visa-Free Entry For Guests Of Major Music Festival In July
Foreigners with tickets to Slavianski Bazaar will be able to enter Belarus visa-free.Entrance without a visa will work from 1 to 20 July.“The decision was made by the head of state a couple of days ago”, director of the International Festival of Arts Gleb Lapitsky told journalists. Guests of the festival will need a ticket and a passport to cross the border.Visa-free entry is proof that Slavianski Bazaar is a cultural brand of Belarus, the representative of the festival added.
30.04 / 12:46
Amendments to Article 328 tabled with parliament
Mothers 328 activists in Minsk's Independence Square / Anastasiya Boika, Euroradio
30.04 / 12:41
Breaking bad: Three persons set up biggest-ever drug lab in Belarus
Three citizens of Russia equipped an illegal drug laboratory near Minsk and focused on the production of psychotropic substances (alpha-PVP and alpha-PHP).The location of the laboratory was established due to the joint actions by the Belarusian Border Service, the KGB and Russia’s FSB; three suspects being detained.
25.04 / 09:06
Belarus suspends exports of petroleum products
Reuters Belarus has moved to suspend the exports of light petroleum products to Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states following the supply of low-quality crude oil from Russia, reports the state news agency BELTA quoting Belarusian Oil Company (BNK) Deputy General Manager Siarhei Hryb.
25.04 / 09:01
Belarusians awaken in protest against polluting factories
On 14 April almost 1,000 people in Brest protested against the construction of a battery factory. During the past year similar protests took place in Astravets, Brest, and Svetlahorsk; all against environmentally-harmful enterprises threatening neighbourhoods with dangerous factory emissions.
25.04 / 08:51
Putin’s Term Limit Stirs Fears of a Takeover in Belarus
Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko Photographer: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images President Vladimir Putin may look beyond Russia for a mechanism to keep power after his current term ends. That’s making Moscow’s closest ally nervous amid spiraling tensions over Kremlin threats to slash economic subsidies.
22.04 / 09:06
The reduction of oil dotations from Russia: a catastrophe for Belarus?
On 12 April, tut.by reported that Belarus has pushed for an urgent modernization of it chief refineries in Navapolatsk and Mazyr to minimize the losses from the reduction of Russian oil dotations via the ‘tax manoeuvre’. However, if Russia reduces oil dotations in 2019, catastrophic consequences should not follow for Belarus. Belarus will disagree to concede to Russia in the questions of real integration, as Moscow means it: creating common customs, unification of currencies, creating a common visa space, and deployment of Russian military bases.Alexander Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin still negotiate about compensating Belarus for Russia’s latest oil tax reform. The Russian “tax manoeuvre” foresees a decrease in export duties on...
22.04 / 08:56
Belarus Waives Road Toll For Light Vehicles For A Month
BelToll will not collect the road toll from owners of light vehicles in Belarus from 10 June to 10 July. The easing is timed to the 2nd European Games in Minsk. The owners of the vehicles with trailers with the technical gross vehicle mass of 3. 5 tonnes and less will be exempted from toll payments, BelToll reports.
