Belarus Population Declines By 53,200 Over The Year
Belarus’s population stood at 9,056,080 as of January 1, 2026, according to Belstat. Compared with January 1, 2025,…
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Halouchanka Says Belarusian Ruble Remains Stable
Chairman of the National Bank of Belarus Raman Halouchanka said the Belarusian ruble remains stable and no major…
Belarus To Open Embassy In Pyongyang And Work On Visa-Free Travel
Belarus will open an embassy in North Korea and work on a visa-free travel agreement, following instructions from…
Ruginienė Allows For Deputy-Level Lithuania–Belarus Talks, But Sets Conditions
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė said that a meeting between Lithuania and Belarus at the level of deputy…
Turchyn Highlights Use Of Robots At Savushkin Product
Prime Minister Alyaksandr Turchyn said that Belarus’s largest dairy company is introducing robots into production, speaking at the…
Eismant: We Will Always Be Glad To Welcome Kim Jong Un To Belarus
Natallia Eismant, press secretary to Alyaksandr Lukashenka, said that Belarus would be glad to welcome North Korean leader…
Possible Lukashenka–Trump Meeting Under Consideration — Eismant
The possibility of a meeting between Alyaksandr Lukashenka and US President Donald Trump is being considered, Lukashenka’s press…
Housing Waiting List In Belarus Shrinks By 16,800 Over A Year
In 2025, 21,900 families in Belarus who were registered as needing improved housing conditions received new housing, according…
Ukrainian Citizen Caught Smuggling Codeine Pills Through Belarus To Simferopol
An attempt to import more than 6,300 tablets containing codeine was stopped at the Brest checkpoint, the State…
Kabanchuk And Other Kalinouski Regiment Members Added To “Extremist List”
The Interior Ministry has updated its list of individuals allegedly involved in extremist activity. Another 24 names have…
Minsk Airport To Serve 34 Destinations In Summer Schedule
Minsk National Airport will switch to its summer schedule starting March 29, which will remain in effect until…
Rescuers Retrieve 300-Kilogram Pig From Cellar In Kopyl District
Rescuers in the Kopyl District assisted residents of the village of Mazoli. According to the Emergencies Ministry, a…
Belarusian Companies Yet To Apply For EEC Support For Industrial Cooperation Projects
Belarusian companies have not yet applied to the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) for support of industrial cooperation projects…
Andrushkevich To Continue Picket Outside US Embassy In Vilnius Over Latypau Case
Aliaksandr Andrushkevich intends to continue picketing the US Embassy in Vilnius today, calling on the US administration to…
Turchyn Warns Of Rising Internal Competition Within EAEU
Prime Minister Alyaksandr Turchyn has called on the Eurasian Economic Commission to stimulate the creation of cooperative production…
Coale Urges Lithuania To Engage Belarus In Deputy-Level Talks
US presidential envoy John Coale, in an interview with LRT, said he hopes for the start of dialogue…
Belarus Sets University Places For Russian Applicants On State-Funded Programs In 2026
Belarus’s Ministry of Education has approved a list of university specialties and the number of places available for…
Riot Suppression And Hostage Rescue Drills Held In Pinsk
Command-staff exercises of Belarus’s Interior Ministry continued in Pinsk, where security forces practiced three scenarios of escalating situations…
78 People Recognized As Former Political Prisoners In Belarus
Another 78 people have been granted the status of “former political prisoner,” the human rights center Viasna reports.…
US Officially Removes Belaruskali From Sanctions Lists
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has officially lifted all sanctions on…
Tsikhanouskaya Adviser: Inhumane Treatment Of Political Prisoners In Belarus Is A Systemic Policy
Leanid Marozau, legal adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, said that the third suicide attempt by political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau…
Belarus And North Korea Plan Student Exchange
Belarus and North Korea have agreed to cooperate in the field of education. The agreement was signed during…
Kubrakou Says Only One-Third Of Resources Used In 2020, Vows Full Deployment If Needed
Detainees In “Publishers Case” Released From KGB Detention Center
Aleś Jaŭdacha and Vacłaŭ Bahdanovič, detained in the so-called “publishers case,” have been released from the KGB pre-trial…
German Foreign Ministry Representative Visits Belarus
The German Embassy in Belarus yesterday published a humorous video on its social media featuring German diplomat Benjamin…
Founder Of Rental Platforms Recognized As Political Prisoner In Belarus
In Belarus, 12 more people have been recognized as political prisoners, the human rights center Viasna reports. Among…
Tsapkala Urges EU To Impose Sanctions On Raiffeisen Bank
Valery Tsapkala presented a petition at a European Parliament hearing on behalf of the Belarusian Democratic Forum, calling…
Tsikhanouskaya On Latypau Suicide Attempt: This Cruelty Must End
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has commented on reports of a third suicide attempt by political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau and called…
Viasna: Political Prisoner Stsiapan Latypau Attempts Suicide For Third Time
Political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau has attempted suicide for the third time, the human rights center Viasna reports. According…
Drone From Belarus Intercepted In Lithuania
On the night of March 24–25, Lithuanian border guards intercepted a drone that had entered from Belarus in…
Russian Loses Car At Belarus Border Over 13 Liters Of Wine
A Russian citizen lost his car after attempting to smuggle 13 liters of wine across the Belarusian border.…
Lukashenka Promotes Belarusian Small Arms To Kim Jong Un
Alyaksandr Lukashenka showcased Belarusian small arms to Kim Jong Un, with one of the weapons presented to the…
Belarus Seeks To Increase Share Of Domestic Goods In Retail To 58%
Belarus’s Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade aims to increase the share of domestically produced goods in retail…
Details Emerge Of Teen Detention In Vilnius Over “Vilnia Is Ours” Graffiti
Lithuanian broadcaster LRT has revealed details of the detention of a teenager over the inscription “Vilnia nasha” (“Vilnia…
Dollar Returns To Growth On Belarusian Currency Exchange
Trading on the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange ended with an increase in the US dollar and yuan…
Two Auto Business Owners Charged Over “Business Splitting” Scheme
The State Control Committee has opened a criminal case against two entrepreneurs who owned truck service stations and…
Weather Balloon Carrying Cigarettes Lands In Lithuanian Yard
A weather balloon carrying cigarettes landed overnight Thursday in the yard of a resident in the town of…
Interior Ministry Holds Command-Staff Exercise In Brest Region
Belarus’s Interior Ministry is conducting command-staff exercises in the Brest Region. According to the ministry’s press service, Interior…
Drone Falls In Village Near Loyew — Flagstok
In recent days, a drone fell into a resident’s garden in a village south of Loyew, near the…
Belavia Flights To Israel Suspended Until April 16
Belavia has extended the suspension of flights from Minsk to Tel Aviv (Israel). The decision is связано with…
EU Court Upholds Sanctions Against Mazepin And Four Other Businessmen
The Court of the European Union has dismissed appeals by five Russian billionaires seeking to overturn a previous…
Cigarette Smuggling Hidden In Pellets Intercepted At Polish Border
Polish customs officers discovered Belarusian cigarettes in a freight train in Terespol. They had been hidden in wagons…
Kabanchuk: Belarus Must Be Brought Back Into European Security Architecture
Bringing Belarus back into the pan-European security architecture would be cheaper than leaving neighboring countries to deal alone…
Migrants Attempted To Use Camouflage While Crossing Lithuanian Border
Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service reported that on Wednesday it prevented 29 migrants from illegally crossing the border…
Ukraine Withdraws From 23 Agreements With Belarus
On March 25, the Ukrainian government terminated 116 international agreements that Ukraine had concluded at various times with…
Number Of Employed In Belarusian Economy Rises By 8,400 In February
Belstat reports that 4,171,200 people were employed in the Belarusian economy in February 2026. In February, employment in…
Russia Bans Import Of Deer Antlers From Belarus
Russia has blocked the import of around 800 kilograms of deer and elk antlers transported from Belarus, the…