“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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kuchynski Meets Assistant Secretary Smith
Dzianis Kuchynski, diplomatic adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, met in Washington with Deputy Assistant
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Belarus Starts Purchasing Apples From Dagestan
Belarus has started purchasing apples from Dagestan, according to a regional Russian media outlet.
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Belarusian and Vietnamese Security Agencies Create Joint Working Group
Belarusian and Vietnamese security agencies are creating a joint working group. State Secretary of the
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Finance Ministry Says It Is Not Considering an Increase in VAT
The Belarusian Finance Ministry is not considering raising VAT following the examples of Russia and Kazakhstan
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Lawmakers Ratify Security-Information Agreement With Zimbabwe
The House of Representatives has ratified several international agreements, including an intergovernmental
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Prosecutor General’s Office Details Sentences for Verameichyk and Hrachykha
The Prosecutor General’s Office has released a statement outlining the sentences handed down to former
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House of Representatives Approves National Budget for 2026
The House of Representatives has adopted the draft national budget for 2026 in the second reading.
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Lawmakers Lower Income Tax Rate for High Earners in Second Reading of Tax Code Amendments
Members of the House of Representatives have adopted amendments to the Tax Code in the second reading.
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Government Approves First State Program for 2026–2030
The Council of Ministers has approved the first state program for 2026–2030. The National Register of
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