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Muraveika Again Threatens Potential Adversaries With Nuclear Weapons and the “Oreshnik” System

First Deputy Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff Pavel Muraveika once again warned potential aggressors that any attack on…

09.12.2025
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Minsk Metro Unveils New “Minsk 2024” Trainsets

The Minsk Metro has begun test runs of its new “Minsk 2024” trains produced by Russia’s Metrovagonmash. This year the…

09.12.2025
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Lukashenka Approves National Defence Plan Through 2030

At today’s meeting of the Security Council, Alyaksandr Lukashenka approved Belarus’s defence plan for 2026–2030. First Deputy Defence Minister and…

09.12.2025
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UTC Representative for Economic Reform Presents Strategy for Democratic Belarus’s Economic Development

The United Transitional Cabinet’s (UTC) representative for economic reforms, Alisa Ryzhychenka, unveiled a long-term Strategy for Economic Development of a…

09.12.2025
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Fire Trucks for Zimbabwe, a Sanatorium and Port Investments: Lukashenka Lists His Demands to Lithuania

Alyaksandr Lukashenka used today’s meeting of the Security Council to demand that Lithuania enter negotiations with Minsk, stressing that Lithuanian…

09.12.2025
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Lukashenka Says Belarus Is Ready To Help Kenya Develop Oil Fields

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has announced that Belarus is prepared to take part in developing oil deposits in Kenya. He made the…

09.12.2025
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Lukashenka Says He Will Still Be “Suffocated” After the End of the Russia–Ukraine War

Alyaksandr Lukashenka believes that even if the Russia–Ukraine war ends soon, pressure on Belarus will not diminish. He voiced this…

09.12.2025
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“No Need To Bring In Americans, Russians or Ukrainians”: Lukashenka Demands That Lithuania Start Talks

Alyaksandr Lukashenka again insisted that Belarus and Lithuania must begin direct negotiations. Speaking at today’s meeting of the Security Council,…

09.12.2025
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Lukashenka Wants Rapid Cooperation With Kenya on the Scale of Ties With Zimbabwe

Alyaksandr Lukashenka said he wants cooperation with Kenya to be fast-moving and, in scale, comparable to Belarus’s partnerships with Zimbabwe…

09.12.2025
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“We Have No Intention of Attacking Anyone”: Lukashenka Convenes Security Council

Alyaksandr Lukashenka convened a meeting of the Security Council, his press service reported. Opening the session, he once again insisted…

09.12.2025
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Latushka Appeals to Polish Financial Supervision Authority Over Blocked Accounts of Belarusians

Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and head of the National Anti-Crisis Management Pavel Latushka has submitted an appeal to…

09.12.2025
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Belarusian Sanatoriums Report Average Occupancy Above 86%

Average occupancy at Belarusian sanatoriums in 2025 exceeded 86%, a rise compared with 2024. The figures were presented by Henadz…

09.12.2025
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Belarus Says It Offered Lithuania Talks On The Sidelines Of OSCE Ministerial

Belarus’s Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Sekreta stated that Minsk had proposed holding consultations with Lithuania on the margins of the annual…

09.12.2025
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Lithuania Declares State Of Emergency Over Smugglers’ Weather Balloons

Lithuania’s government has declared a nationwide state of emergency due to the crisis caused by cigarette-smuggling weather balloons launched from…

09.12.2025
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Brest Region And China To Build Greenhouse Complex

Brest Region and the People’s Republic of China will jointly build a modern greenhouse complex. The agreement was signed during…

09.12.2025
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Belarus And Saudi Arabia Hold ICT Business Forum

Belarus and Saudi Arabia are conducting a business forum dedicated to information and communication technologies. A delegation headed by Minister…

09.12.2025
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Belarusians Post Bank Card Numbers In Threads Hoping For A “Secret Santa” Gift

A viral “game” has spread in the Russian-language segment of the social network Threads: users publicly post their bank card…

08.12.2025
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NBRB Detects 191 Fraud Cases Involving Visa Services And “Last-Minute” Tours

Belarus’s automated banking-monitoring system has identified 191 fraud cases since early autumn involving visa applications or purchases of so-called last-minute…

08.12.2025
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MTZ Boasts Tractor Sales To Kamchatka

The press service of Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) has announced that Belarus-made tractors have been shipped to Kamchatka for the…

08.12.2025
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CSTO To Draft A Model Law On Protecting Electoral Sovereignty

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) will develop a model law on the protection of electoral sovereignty. The announcement was…

08.12.2025
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Eighteen-Year-Old Mahilyow Resident Charged With Denying The Genocide Of The Belarusian People

Prosecutors have authorised the pre-trial detention of an 18-year-old resident of Mahilyow. He is accused of denying the genocide of…

08.12.2025
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Minsk Tractor Works Plans To Deliver 6,000 Tractors To Africa

Alyaksandr Aksenchyk, deputy marketing director for commercial operations in distant markets at the Minsk Tractor Works, said that the company…

08.12.2025
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BELPOL: Forty-Two Drone Crashes Recorded In Brest Region

BELPOL reports that a recent coordination meeting was held at the Brest Regional Executive Committee to discuss “increased risks, challenges…

08.12.2025
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Tsikhanouskaya To Speak in Brussels at High-Level Conference on Belarus

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will address the high-level conference “Belarus: Building the Foundations for Democratic Change” today in Brussels. The event is…

08.12.2025
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Prosecutors Find “Rotten Vegetables” and “Damaged Kitchenware” in Mahilyow Region Schools

The Prosecutor’s Office of the Mahilyow Region reported on inspections of school canteens carried out together with specialists from hygiene…

08.12.2025
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Kenyan Parliamentary Delegation to Visit MTZ, HTP and the “Dziarzynski Agro-Complex”

A delegation of Kenya’s Parliament has arrived in Belarus, led by Senate Speaker Amazon Jeff Kinga. The group was welcomed…

08.12.2025
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Traffic Police to Conduct New Inspection Campaign Targeting Minibuses

Belarus’s traffic police will once again carry out a nationwide inspection campaign focused on minibuses. The preventive operation is scheduled…

08.12.2025
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Lithuanian Politician Proposes Compensating Hauliers Using Belarusian Assets

Lithuanian Democratic Union “For Lithuania” leader and former prime minister Saulius Skvernelis has suggested using Belarusian assets to compensate Lithuanian…

08.12.2025
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Joint Oman–Belarus Investment Fund to Begin Work in Minsk, With Priority on Building a Pulp and Board Plant

A joint Belarusian-Omani investment fund will soon begin operating in Minsk. This was announced by Abdulsalam Al Murshidi , head of…

05.12.2025
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Journalist Ihar Iliyash Added to “Extremist List”

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has added 24 more people to the “List of Citizens of the Republic of Belarus,…

05.12.2025
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Joint Investment Fund, New Pulp and Board Mill, and Logistics Hub: Lukashenka Holds Another Round of Talks in Oman

Alyaksandr Lukashenka met today in Oman with President of the Oman Investment Authority Abdulsalam bin Mohammed Al Murshidi. According to…

05.12.2025
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Belarusian Labour Market Lost 152,500 Workers in Five Years

The Belarusian labour market has lost 152,500 people over five years. This estimate appears in the state programme “Balanced Labour…

05.12.2025
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Belarus-Born Officer Appointed Head of Mossad

Roman Gofman, military secretary to Israel’s prime minister, has been chosen by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to lead the Mossad intelligence…

04.12.2025
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Viktar Lukashenka Meets Head of Oman Olympic Committee

Viktar Lukashenka, President of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus, met with Azzan Al Said, head of the Oman Olympic…

04.12.2025
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Upgraded Rosa Luxemburg Border Outpost Opens on Belarus–Ukraine Frontier

An upgraded border outpost complex, Rosa Luxemburg, has opened on the Belarus–Ukraine frontier in the Yelsk District, the State Border…

04.12.2025
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Lithuania in Talks With U.S. on Recognizing Belarus’ Actions as Terrorism

Lithuania is holding talks with the United States on recognizing Belarus’ actions as terrorism, according to Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė.…

04.12.2025
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Ministry of Communications Says Roaming Issues in Russia Will Be Fully Resolved by Year-End

Roaming problems in Russia will be fully resolved by the end of the year, according to Pavel Tkach, First Deputy…

04.12.2025
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Coordination Council Elections Scheduled for Third Week of May 2026

The Coordination Council has decided to hold elections for the fourth convocation of the CC during the third week of…

04.12.2025
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Pyatkevich Counts on New Ideas from Honorary Consul in Lucerne Beyeler

Honorary Consul of Belarus in Lucerne (Switzerland) Hermann Alexander Beyeler arrived in Minsk and met with Deputy Prime Minister Natallia…

04.12.2025
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Krutoi Reports $20 Million Worth of Imported Microchips Replaced

The implementation of import-substitution projects has enabled Belarus and Russia to replace foreign-made microchips worth $20 million, said Dmitry Krutoi,…

04.12.2025
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Kuchynski Meets Assistant Secretary Smith

Dzianis Kuchynski, diplomatic adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, met in Washington with Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher W. Smith. Smith had previously…

04.12.2025
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Prosecutor General’s Office Sends Major Corruption Case Involving Belshina to Court

The Prosecutor General’s Office has sent to court a major corruption case involving the “manufacture and sale of automobile tyres,”…

04.12.2025
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Belarus–Russia Trade Turnover Rises by 1.8% to USD 44 Billion

Belarus–Russia trade turnover increased by 1.8% to USD 44 billion, Dmitry Krutoi, chief of staff to Alyaksandr Lukashenka, said during…

04.12.2025
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Nicaragua Receives Large Shipment of Belarusian Machinery

Nicaragua has received a large shipment of Belarusian machinery, the Ministry of Industry reported. A total of 248 units were…

04.12.2025
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State Control Committee Suspends Operations of Meat-Processing Company Near Minsk

The State Control Committee has suspended the operations of a private meat-processing company in the Minsk district. The inspection found…

04.12.2025
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Lithuanian Border Guards Seize Three Shipments of Belarusian Cigarettes

Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service reported on Thursday that three shipments of smuggled cigarettes from Belarus had been seized. The…

04.12.2025
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Belarus and Algeria Agree to Strengthen Friendship and Partnership

Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune signed a joint statement on strengthening relations of friendship and partnership between the…

03.12.2025
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Teen Collected Card Details and Crypto Wallets: Interior Ministry Detains 17-Year-Old “Hacker”

The Interior Ministry reported the detention of a 16-year-old resident of Brest suspected of using malicious software. The ministry said…

03.12.2025
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Smugglers’ Weather Balloons Create Problems for Lithuanian Energy Operators

Vilnius Airport is not the only one affected by smugglers’ weather balloons. According to Delfi, the balloons carrying cigarettes are…

03.12.2025
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Belarus Starts Purchasing Apples From Dagestan

Belarus has started purchasing apples from Dagestan, according to a regional Russian media outlet. The outlet reports that the Dagestani…

03.12.2025