Traffic Police Announce New Features on the R-53 Highway
The traffic police are testing a new safety system on a section of the R-53 Slabada–Navasady highway. The…
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“Braslauskija Zarnitsy” Festival to End: Authorities Officially Shut Down Traditional Event With 60-Year History
The Braslau District Executive Committee has canceled the decision on organizing and holding the International Festival of Traditional…
Director General of Petrochemical Enterprise to Stand Trial for Embezzlement
The Prosecutor General’s Office has sent to the Minsk Regional Court a criminal case against the former director…
Belarusian Wikipedia Warns Editors About Lack of Edit-Hiding Function
The Belarusian-language Wikipedia has warned editors about a security issue: the project no longer has oversighters — users…
Smugglers Lose Drone on Lithuanian Border
Lithuanian border guards intercepted a smugglers’ drone that had delivered cigarettes from Belarus. According to the State Border…
Belarus’s GDP Decline Slowed to 0.4% in March
Belarus’s gross domestic product for the first quarter amounted to 68.2 billion rubles. In comparable prices, it declined…
Finance Ministry Expects Belarus to Reach Budget Surplus by 2028
Belarus’s republican budget for 2027 is planned without a deficit, while in 2028 it may become surplus. This…
Tsikhanouskaya Urges Belarusians to Vote in Coordination Council Elections
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has appealed to Belarusians to take part in the elections to the fourth convocation of the…
Two Fishermen Drown Near Vitsyebsk
Two men aged 56 and 59 drowned on Lake Bernskaye in the Vitsyebsk district, the Investigative Committee’s press…
Belarusian Government Approves Medium-Term Financial Program Through 2028
Belarus’s Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution approving the medium-term financial program for the republican budget for…
Minsktrans to Activate Door-Opening Buttons on Public Transport From May 1
Minsktrans will activate passenger-operated door-opening buttons on public transport vehicles equipped with such systems starting May 1. The…
Platform “Try Slany” and Initiative “Volnyya” Declared “Extremist Formations”
On April 13, the KGB decided to designate two initiatives as “extremist formations.” Today, the Interior Ministry added…
Security Forces’ Claims Against Zrobim Architects Linked to Tax Evasion
The claims by Belarusian security forces against Zrobim architects are related to tax evasion. This was reported by…
Volume of Money Transfers to Belarus Increased by 12.2%
The volume of money transfers sent abroad from Belarus and received from abroad has increased. At the same…
Owner of Marko Complains About Sanctions
Mikalai Martynau, the owner of the Marko footwear holding, complained about sanctions in an interview with SB.by. “The…
Tax Ministry Sent More Than 31,000 Notices Suggesting Additional Tax Payments in Three Months
Belarus’s Ministry for Taxes and Duties has reported on its efforts to combat “grey” wages in the first…
MAZ Truck Hits Teenager at Pedestrian Crossing in Minsk
In Minsk, the driver of a MAZ truck hit a teenager at a pedestrian crossing, the Minsk traffic…
Observation Tower With View of Chornobyl NPP Planned to Open in Belarus
An observation tower with a view of the Shelter object — the sarcophagus over the fourth reactor of…
Belarus Registers Chamber of Realtors
Belarus’s Ministry of Justice registered the Chamber of Realtors on April 16. The new organization was created on…
Lukashenka Signs Law on Regular Review of Legislation
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed a law amending legislation on rulemaking activity, as well as two related decrees. As…
Belarus Simplifies Rules for Transferring Property to Agricultural Organizations
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed a decree simplifying the procedure for providing property to agricultural organizations, his press service…
Khadzhaeu Discusses Cooperation Prospects With Honorary Consul in Switzerland
Belarusian Health Minister Aliaksandr Khajayeu held a meeting with honorary consul in Switzerland Hermann Alexander Beyeler. The sides discussed…
Family of Former Belarusian Political Prisoners Wins Right to Stay in Poland
The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw has overturned the decision to transfer Andrei Mamoyka and Vera Mamoyka to…
Sentence Revealed for Mikhail Lapunou, Father of Expelled Former Political Prisoner Mikita Zalatarou
Mikhail Lapunou, the father of expelled former political prisoner Mikita Zalatarou, has been sentenced to five years in…
Lithuania Rejects Belarusian Decision on EHU and Warns of Further Strain in Bilateral Relations
Lithuania has expressed strong protest to Belarus over the decision by Belarusian authorities to designate the European Humanities…
Sat on a Concrete Block — Lithuania Accuses Belarusian Border Guard of Illegal Border Crossing
Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service says a Belarusian border guard illegally crossed the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, stepped about one…
Bus Driver Detained With Mephedrone at Polish-Belarusian Border
Customs officers seized 2.3 kg of mephedrone at the Brest checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border. The drugs were…
Taxi Overturns on Partyzanski Avenue in Minsk
A taxi overturned on Partyzanski Avenue in Minsk. The accident occurred near building No. 150a. Traffic police officers…
Platforms Flooded at Minsk Bus Station After Pipe Burst
Platforms at Minsk’s Central Bus Station were flooded after a pipeline was damaged. The cause was said to…
Military Builds Pontoon Bridge Across Dzvina River
In Beshankovichy, servicemen from the 30th Separate Railway Brigade have connected the two banks of the Western Dzvina…
Slovakia to Block Sanctions Against Russia but Not Oppose EU Loan for Ukraine1
Slovakia will continue to block the 20th package of sanctions against Russia until it receives guarantees on the…
Polish Prosecutors Launch Investigation After Belarusian Attacked on Nationality Grounds
The district prosecutor’s office in Hajnówka in Poland’s Podlasie region has launched an investigation into an attack on…
State Standardisation Committee to Confirm Union State Product Status in Belarus
Belgospishcheprom Says Chocolate Products Will Not Rise in Price
Chocolate products will not become more expensive in Belarus this year, Belgospishcheprom Chairman Aleh Zhydkou said at the…
Dollar Rises in Belarusian Currency Exchange Trading
Child Falls From Window in Cherven While Father Slept and Mother Went to Toilet
A child fell from a second-floor window in Cherven this morning. The boy is 1 year and 7…
Belarusian Detained in Poland on Suspicion of Fraud
Poland’s Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime has detained seven people suspected of internet fraud. One of those detained…
Former Lithuanian Prime Minister Stripped of Parliamentary Immunity
The Lithuanian Seimas has voted to strip former prime minister Saulius Skvernelis of his parliamentary immunity. Lithuania’s Prosecutor…
Belshina and Russian Peers Seek Protection From Chinese Tyres From EEC
Tyre manufacturers have asked the Eurasian Economic Commission to protect the market from growing imports, primarily from China.…
Criminal Case Opened Against Vitsyebsk Official Over Support for Farmer
A local official in Vitsyebsk Region supported a local farmer, but the case eventually led to criminal charges.…
Foreigner to Stand Trial in Homiel on Charges of Murder, Rape and Hostage-Taking
A foreign national born in 1989 has been charged under five articles of the Criminal Code, including murder…
MAZ Electric Buses Begin Operating on Streets of St Petersburg
New MAZ electric buses have entered service on the streets of St Petersburg in Russia. The 303E23 model…
Hi-Tech Park Adds 40 New Residents
Belarus’s Hi-Tech Park has admitted 40 new resident companies. The decision was made by the HTP supervisory board…
Retail Trade Turnover Rises 6% in First Quarter
Retail trade turnover in Belarus totalled 25.6 billion Belarusian roubles in January-March, up 6% from the same period…
Industrial Output Falls 3.4% in First Quarter
Industrial output in January-March totalled 51.7 billion Belarusian roubles. In comparable prices, it fell by 3.4% compared with…
Belarusian Detained in Russia for Transporting Animal Feed Without Documents
Industrial Inventories Declined in March
Industrial inventories declined at the end of March. According to Belstat, they stood at 11.866 billion Belarusian roubles…
Raiffeisen Bank Has No Links to Priorbank After Sale, RBI Press Office Says
Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) has no remaining ties to Priorbank following its sale. This was stated by…
Former Polish Prime Minister Creates New Political Grouping
Former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has created a new political grouping. The Development Plus association “is meant…