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Internet Radio Station Radio Plato Designated “Extremist”

The Partizansky District Court of Minsk has designated the social media pages of Radio Plato as “extremist materials.” The Ministry…

26.11.2025
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Minsk Used-Car Reseller Accused Of Large-Scale Fraud

The Investigative Committee is examining a criminal case against a 31-year-old Minsk resident. The man is accused of large-scale fraud…

26.11.2025
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Foreign Trade Deficit Rises To USD 840.8 Million In September

The National Bank of Belarus has published data on foreign trade in goods and services for January–September. In September, the…

26.11.2025
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One Person Dies In Fire At Waste Paper Warehouse In Vitebsk

A waste paper warehouse caught fire this morning on Leningradskaya Street in Vitebsk. According to the Ministry for Emergency Situations,…

26.11.2025
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General Director Of Eurotorg Replaced

The operator of Belarus’s largest retail chain, Eurotorg LLC, has replaced its general director. According to a company notice published…

26.11.2025
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Brothers Fined For Selling Spots In Border Queues

The Economic Court of the Brest Region (Belarus) has fined two local residents 80 base units (3,360 roubles). In addition,…

26.11.2025
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Belarus And Algeria Prepare Science Cooperation Agreement

The Council of Ministers of Belarus, by Resolution No. 668 of 25 November, has approved a draft intergovernmental agreement with…

26.11.2025
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Belarusian Government Extends Accreditation Of “Rossiya Segodnya” And “NTV” Bureaus Until 2027

The Council of Ministers, by Resolution No. 670 of 26 November, has extended the validity of the accreditation certificates for…

26.11.2025
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Belarus And Myanmar To Sign Export Credit Agreement

Belarus and Myanmar will sign an export credit agreement. Today, Council of Ministers Resolution No. 667 of 25 November was…

26.11.2025
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Playwright And Director Mikita Ilyinchik Nominated For Prestigious Polish Paszporty Polityki Award

Playwright and director Mikita Ilyinchik, born in 1995 in the Belarusian city of Navahrudak, has been nominated for the Paszporty…

25.11.2025
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Lukashenka Approves Visa-Free Regime With Myanmar

On 25 November, Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed decrees approving three draft intergovernmental agreements between Belarus and Myanmar as the basis for…

25.11.2025
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Nauseda On Situation At The Border: A Technical Issue

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda believes that the situation on the Belarusian-Lithuanian border can be resolved by the border agencies of…

25.11.2025
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Lukashenka Fears Conflict Between the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly and a “Different President”

Alyaksandr Lukashenka, more than three years after changes to the Constitution that elevated the status of the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly…

25.11.2025
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Belarus Launches Automated System for Traffic-Light and Intersection Violations

Belarus has launched an automated system for recording violations at intersections. According to the Interior Ministry, this concerns offences related…

25.11.2025
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Belarusian Railway to Introduce New Train Schedule From 14 December

Belarusian Railway will switch to a new train timetable on 14 December. According to the company, the schedule provides for…

25.11.2025
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Belarus Government Reallocates Budget Funds for Five Ministries, Primarily for Salaries

The Council of Ministers has reallocated budget funds for five ministries under Resolution No. 656 of 21 November. The document…

25.11.2025
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Council of Ministers Removes More Than 875 Hectares From Radiation-Hazard Zones

Belarus’s Council of Ministers has removed land plots with a total area of just over 875 hectares from radiation-hazard zones…

25.11.2025
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Putin and Lukashenka to Hold Bilateral Talks in Bishkek

Vladimir Putin and Alyaksandr Lukashenka will hold a bilateral meeting in Kyrgyzstan on 26 November ahead of the CSTO summit.…

24.11.2025
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UTC Calls on US and EU to Hold Political Conference on Belarus

The United Transitional Cabinet has issued a statement regarding negotiations on a peace plan for Ukraine and is urging the…

24.11.2025
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Gold Bars and Coins Seized at Border From Lithuanian Citizen

A Lithuanian citizen attempted to bring 15 gold bars and coins worth around 260,000 roubles (about 71K euro) into Belarus…

24.11.2025
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Ruginienė Does Not Rule Out Renewed Border Closure With Belarus

Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė has not ruled out that Lithuania may again close its border with Belarus if the…

24.11.2025
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Lithuania Reports Several Dozen Smuggling Balloons

The head of the National Crisis Management Centre, Vilmantas Vitkauskas, said on LRT that the smugglers’ meteorological-balloon incursion was the…

24.11.2025
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Ryzhankou Travels to Moscow for Joint Foreign Ministry Board

Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhankou will visit Moscow on 24–25 November. The working trip is linked to a meeting of the…

24.11.2025
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CSTO Summit to Be Held in Kyrgyzstan on 27 November

The CSTO summit will take place in Kyrgyzstan on 27 November, the organization’s secretariat said. A joint meeting of the…

24.11.2025
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Minsk Utility Services Report on Snow Removal

Minsk utility services have reported on their snow-clearing efforts, which have been under way since early morning. According to the…

24.11.2025
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EDB Expects Faster GDP Growth in Belarus

Analysts at the Eurasian Development Bank expect Belarus’s GDP growth rate to accelerate by the end of the year. Last…

24.11.2025
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Vilnius Airport Closed Twice Due to Smuggling Balloons

Vilnius Airport was closed twice from Sunday to Monday because of smugglers’ balloons. The airport of the Lithuanian capital first…

24.11.2025
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Head of Homiel Regional Executive Committee Outlines Plans to Use Dnieper Water for Irrigation

A large irrigation project is being developed in the Homiel Region. The plan was described on CTV by the head…

24.11.2025
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Lithuanian Trucks Allowed to Leave Belarus

Lithuanian trucks have begun departing from parking areas in Belarus toward Lithuania through the Kamenny Loh–Medininkai and Benyakoni–Šalčininkai border crossings,…

23.11.2025
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Ukraine Confirms Return of 31 People From Belarusian Prisons

Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has confirmed the return of 31 people who had been…

22.11.2025
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Smugglers’ Weather Balloons Prevented Lithuanian Minister and EU Commissioner From Returning to Vilnius

Yesterday’s disruption at Vilnius Airport affected a flight carrying senior Lithuanian officials. The airport of the Lithuanian capital was closed…

21.11.2025
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Belneftekhim to Draft Amendments to Traffic Rules Related to Fuel Stations

Belneftekhim and the State Traffic Inspectorate held a working meeting focused on creating conditions to eliminate queues at fuel stations.…

21.11.2025
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In Russia Propose Allowing Child Support Transfers to Bank Accounts in Belarus

A draft law has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation that would allow transfers under enforcement…

21.11.2025
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President of Estonia Confirms Support for Democratic Forces and Europeans Choice of Belarusians

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya began a working visit to Tallinn, where she met with the president of Estonia, Alar Karis. According to…

20.11.2025
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Vilnius Airport Closed Again Due to Balloons

On 20 November at 19:38 Belarusian time, air traffic at Vilnius Airport was temporarily suspended, the airport’s press service said.…

20.11.2025
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Poland Demands That Belarus Extradite Suspects in Railway Sabotage

On 20 November, the chargé d’affaires of Belarus in Poland was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry. He was handed…

20.11.2025
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Lukashenka Plans Talks With the United States in December

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has said he expects talks with the United States this December, BelTA reported. “The end of the year…

20.11.2025
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Belarus Supreme Court Issues Another Verdict in Genocide Case

The Supreme Court has issued another verdict in a genocide case, its fifth such decision. According to the court’s press…

20.11.2025
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Catholic Priests Henrikh Okolotovich and Andzhey Yukhnevich Released

Two Catholic priests have been pardoned and released in Belarus. The decision was made by Alyaksandr Lukashenka, BelTA reported. The…

20.11.2025
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China Increases Imports of Belarusian Potash in October

China’s imports of Belarusian potash increased in value terms in October. Overall, the country’s potash imports also grew, with Russia…

20.11.2025
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Minsktrans Resumes Bus Services to Vilnius, Kaunas and Riga

Minsktrans has announced the resumption of bus services to Vilnius, Kaunas and Riga following the reopening of the Benyakoni–Shalčininkai and…

20.11.2025
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Laser Tested in Belarus for Countering Drones

Belarus is testing the “Shafran” laser system designed to counter unmanned aerial vehicles. It is being developed by the Scientific…

20.11.2025
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New Great Stone Resident to Work on Electric and Hydrogen Transport

A new resident has been registered in the Great Stone industrial park — Urban Engineering LLC, a company with Belarusian…

20.11.2025
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Border Checkpoints on the Lithuania–Belarus Border Officially Resume Operations

Three weeks later, the first vehicle entered the Benyakoni checkpoint, the press service of the State Border Committee of Belarus…

20.11.2025
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About 8,000 People in Belarus Declared Income at the Higher 25% Rate This Year

In 2025, about 8,000 people in Belarus declared their income for 2024 at the increased personal income tax rate of…

19.11.2025
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Lithuanian National Security Commission Recommended Government Consider Border Opening

The Lithuanian National Security Commission recommended that the government consider the issue of opening border crossing points on the Belarusian…

18.11.2025
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State Border Committee Reports On Beaten Cubans At Latvian Border

On November 17, border guards from the Polotsk Border Guard Detachment found two migrants, citizens of Cuba, at the Belarusian-Latvian…

18.11.2025
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Rail Transit And Air Traffic. Transport Ministries Of Belarus And China Held Talks

Rail transit to Europe and air traffic were the main topics of the working meeting between the Ministers of Transport…

18.11.2025
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MART Explains How Off-Season Vegetable Prices Were Set

Belarus has introduced maximum retail price caps for potatoes, effective from 15 November. The Minister of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade…

18.11.2025
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Belarus Seeks to Develop Humanitarian Initiatives With the Order of Malta

On 17 November, Belarus’s ambassador to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Yury Ambrazevich presented his credentials to the Grand…

17.11.2025