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Lithuanian Police to Take Over Security of Tsikhanouskaya, BNS Reports

Lithuanian police will take over the security of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. This will happen in the coming days. The information was…

19.12.2025
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Lukashenka Says He Discussed the Release of a Thousand Political Prisoners With Americans

At the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, Alyaksandr Lukashenka spoke about how he discussed with Americans the release of a thousand political…

18.12.2025
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Giant Letters for the Visually Imppaired: Lukashenka Accidentally Reveals Talking Points He Forgot to Voice

In the heat of the moment while speaking today before delegates of the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, Alyaksandr Lukashenka began waving…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka on Poczobut: These Are Our Relations With the Poles

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, speaking at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, mentioned political prisoner journalist Andrzej Poczobut, who was not among those released…

18.12.2025
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Everything Is Moving Toward a Meeting With Trump, Lukashenka Says

Alyaksandr Lukashenka says he is counting on a meeting with Donald Trump and a “big deal” involving the lifting of…

18.12.2025
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Political Prisoners Arriving in Warsaw to Begin Legalization Process in Poland Tomorrow

Belarusian political prisoners who arrived in Warsaw will begin the legalization process in Poland as early as tomorrow. This was…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka Says Oreshnik Has Been in Belarus Since Yesterday

Alyaksandr Lukashenka said that the Oreshnik system has been in Belarus since yesterday and has gone on combat duty. He…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka Says He Offered Americans to Buy the Nezhinsky Mining and Processing Plant

Alyaksandr Lukashenka said at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly that he had offered the United States to buy the Nezhinsky Mining…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka Says a “Queue” Has Formed for the Return Commission

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, speaking at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, issued a warning to young professionals and said that among those who…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka Orders Elimination of Agencies Attached to Ministries

Alyaksandr Lukashenka described structures attached to ministries as “crony feeding troughs” with bloated staffing levels and ordered their liquidation. The…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka on Burning MAZ Vehicles: They Are Simply Trying to Pressure Us This Way

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, speaking at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, said that media reports about MAZ buses catching fire are a manifestation…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka Calls Dialogue With the United States Talks Between the Strong

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, in his address to the Belarusian people and parliament at the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly, touched on the topic…

18.12.2025
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Lukashenka Calls State of Belarusian Economy Acceptable for Living

Alyaksandr Lukashenka described the state of the Belarusian economy as acceptable for the life of an ordinary person. He made…

18.12.2025
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Tsikhanouskaya: We Will Do Everything Possible to Ensure Every Political Prisoner in Belarus Is Freed

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya welcomed freed Belarusians who arrived in Warsaw and Vilnius and stressed that the fight for those who remain…

18.12.2025
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Two Belarusians Detained at Border With Marijuana

Two men were detained at the Polish-Belarusian border after marijuana was found among their personal belongings. A 41-year-old resident of…

18.12.2025
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National Bank Issues 20-Day Bonds at 4% Per Annum

The National Bank has issued 20-day bonds totaling 550 million Belarusian rubles. The bonds have been included in the quotation…

18.12.2025
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Freed Political Prisoners Arrive in Vilnius

Belarusian political prisoners who were released and expelled to Ukraine have arrived in Vilnius. Those who arrived in Vilnius include…

18.12.2025
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Lithuanian Justice Ministry Considers Confiscation of Belarusian Assets

Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice is considering the confiscation of Belarusian assets if Minsk attempts to seize trucks belonging to Lithuanian…

18.12.2025
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EDB Forecasts Belarus GDP Growth of 1.8% in 2026

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has updated its macroeconomic forecast for the bank’s member countries. The estimate for the growth…

18.12.2025
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Tsikhanouskaya And Bialiatski Discussed The Situation Of Political Prisoners With The Speaker Of The Lithuanian Seimas

Head of the United Transitional Cabinet Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, human rights defender and former political prisoner…

17.12.2025
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Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Adopts Law on Status of Volunteers Affecting Belarusians

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has adopted at second reading and as a whole Draft Law No. 14052, which regulates the legal…

17.12.2025
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Belarus And China Discussed Investment And Taiwan

On 17 December, another round of Belarusian-Chinese inter-MFA consultations took place in Minsk. The Belarusian delegation was headed by First…

17.12.2025
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Putin Says Oreshnik Missile System to Enter Combat Duty by Year’s End

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Oreshnik missile system will be placed on combat duty by the end of the…

17.12.2025
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Viktar Lukashenka Awards Medal to His Brother

Viktar Lukashenka awarded a medal to his brother Dzmitry Lukashenka. According to the press service of the National Olympic Committee,…

17.12.2025
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RSF: KGB Installs ResidentBat Spyware on Belarusians’ Phones

The Digital Security Lab (DSL) of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), together with the Eastern European NGO RESIDENT.NGO, has identified spyware…

17.12.2025
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Lukashenka Awards Belarusian Sports Olympus Prize to Club Headed by His Son

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed a decree awarding the Belarusian Sports Olympus Prize for 2025. According to his press service, the…

17.12.2025
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Released Political Prisoners to Arrive in Warsaw Today — Babaryka Team

Belarusian political prisoners who were released and taken from Belarus to Ukraine are expected to arrive in Poland this evening.…

17.12.2025
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Human Rights Defenders Report 127 Defendants in the “Hajun Case” in Custody

Human rights defenders have updated information on those detained in the so-called “Hajun case.” As reported by the Vyasna Human…

17.12.2025
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Brest Resident Fined for Conducting Excursions

A resident of Brest was fined for conducting excursions at the Western Fort of the Brest Fortress. He was penalized…

17.12.2025
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Belarus GDP Growth Slows to 1.3% in November

Belarus’s gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 258 billion rubles in January–November. It increased by 1.3% compared with the same…

17.12.2025
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Weather Balloon With Belarusian Cigarettes Found in Ukraine

A weather balloon carrying Belarusian cigarettes has been found in Ukraine. This was reported by the Western Regional Directorate of…

17.12.2025
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Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Allows for Changes in Relations with Minsk

Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Juozas Olekas has allowed for the possibility that relations between Vilnius and Minsk could change. He…

17.12.2025
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Lukashenka Warned of a Global Conflict, Called Crimea a “Philosophical Question,” and Urged Not to Wake a Sleeping Bear in a Newsmax Interview

The press service of Alyaksandr Lukashenka has published another set of excerpts from an interview with American journalist Greta Van…

17.12.2025
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Khrenin Discussed Military Cooperation With the President of Zimbabwe

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Khrenin met with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on December 15, the Defense Ministry press service reported.…

16.12.2025
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Ukrainians and Russians Reunite With Families at the Belarusian Border

On December 15, Ukrainian and Russian families were reunited at the Belarus–Ukraine border. The event was announced the day before…

16.12.2025
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Lithuanian Police Conduct Smuggling Raid, 21 People Detained

On December 16, Lithuanian police carried out a large-scale operation that resulted in the detention of 21 people. The detainees…

16.12.2025
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Lukashenka Says Maduro Is Not a Drug Addict

Alyaksandr Lukashenka shared his views on drug trafficking in an interview with American journalist Greta Van Susteren. In Lukashenka’s opinion,…

16.12.2025
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Lukashevich Speaks of Quiet Successes in Potash Fertilizer Supplies

First Deputy Foreign Minister Siarhei Lukashevich said Belarus has achieved quiet successes in supplying potash fertilizers. He made the remarks while…

16.12.2025
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National Bank Does Not Plan Major Changes in Interest Rate Policy but Allows for Possible Refinancing Rate Cut

The National Bank does not plan significant changes to its interest rate policy but allows for a possible reduction in…

16.12.2025
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Belarus Foreign Ministry Says It Has Not Received Lithuania’s Proposal for Contacts at Special Envoy Level

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it has not received any proposal from Lithuania regarding contacts at the…

16.12.2025
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Nausėda Adviser Allows Linking Belarusian Potash Transit to US Military Presence

Adviser to the President of Lithuania Deividas Matulionis has said that if the issue of resuming the transit of Belarusian…

16.12.2025
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Kierwiński Says Kurdish Migrants Are Digging Tunnels Under the Border

Tunnels under the Polish border barrier from the Belarusian side are being dug by Kurdish migrants, Poland’s Minister of the…

16.12.2025
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Government Approves Socio-Economic Development Plan for 2026

On December 15, Prime Minister Alyaksandr Turchyn signed a government resolution approving the plan for the socio-economic development of the…

15.12.2025
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Christmas Tree Lights Switched On at Oktyabrskaya Square in Minsk

Lights were ceremonially switched on on the main Christmas tree at Oktyabrskaya Square in central Minsk. Hundreds of people witnessed…

15.12.2025
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The United States Authorizes Operations With Belaruskali and BPC

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a general license authorizing operations involving the Belarusian…

15.12.2025
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Gitanas Nausėda Meets With Ales Bialiatski

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda met with Nobel Prize laureate, human rights defender, and former political prisoner Ales Bialiatski on December 15,…

15.12.2025
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13 Belarusians Left Poland Under Deportation Orders In One Week

From December 8 to 14, 13 Belarusian citizens voluntarily left Poland on the basis of deportation decisions. In total, 160…

15.12.2025
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Babaryka And Kalesnikava Ask Lithuanian Prime Minister To “Join US Efforts”

Deported to Ukraine, Viktar Babaryka and Maria Kalesnikava spoke by video link with Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė. They called…

15.12.2025
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Zelenskyy Speaks With Belarusian Political Prisoners

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken with Belarusian political prisoners who were released and expelled to Ukraine on Saturday. “This…

15.12.2025
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Ryzhankou and Araghchi Sign Declaration on Countering Sanctions

The foreign ministers of Belarus and Iran, Maksim Ryzhankou and Abbas Araghchi, have signed a declaration on guiding principles related…

15.12.2025