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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
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Belarus Is Home to 24% of the World’s European Bison Population

Belarus is home to 24% of the world’s European bison population. According to the National Park Belavezhskaya Pushcha, a new…

17.11.2025
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Belarusian Defense Ministry to Summarize Territorial Defense Activities

The Ministry of Defense is holding a gathering of territorial defense command officials in Lida on 17–19 November. “Training sessions…

17.11.2025
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EADB Notes Easing Inflationary Pressure in Belarus

The Eurasian Development Bank says in its weekly review of the economies of EADB member states that inflationary pressure in…

17.11.2025
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Shuleika Reports Grain Surplus in Belarus

Belarus will produce more grain this year than it consumes. Deputy Prime Minister Yury Shuleika said this in an interview…

17.11.2025
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Poland Opens Two Border Crossings With Belarus

As previously announced, at midnight today (or 2 a.m. Belarus time) Poland opened the Kuznica-Bialostocka and Bobrowniki checkpoints. The first…

17.11.2025
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In Belarus, Lithuanian Trucks Arriving From Russia Are Being Detained

Lithuanian trucks entering Belarus from the Russian side are also being sent to designated sites. A total of 230 such…

16.11.2025
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Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Vladimir Putin Discuss Border Situation by Phone

On Saturday evening, the press service of Alyaksandr Lukashenka reported a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The discussion…

16.11.2025
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Former Employees of Russian-Occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Now Work at BelAES — RFE/RL

Specialists who previously worked at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, seized by Russian forces in 2022, are now employed at…

15.11.2025
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Pavel Shurmei Steps Down as Commander of the Kalinouski Regiment

Pavel Shurmei (call sign “Dziadka”) has stepped down as commander of the Kalinouski Regiment, a post he had held since…

15.11.2025
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Another Chilean Judge Suspected of Taking Bribes From Lawyers for a BelAZ Subsidiary

The Chilean Supreme Court has opened an investigation into Justice Diego Simpértigue after it emerged that he went on a…

15.11.2025
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Turchyn and Valfovich Hold Meeting on Border Situation: “The Beginning of a Path Toward Restoring Contacts”

A meeting on the situation at the border with EU member states was held today under the leadership of Prime…

15.11.2025
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Major Exits From Minsk Planned to Be Built in Concrete

Major exits from Minsk are planned to be built in concrete, with the Zaslavl direction scheduled for next year. This…

15.11.2025
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Photos of a Destroyed 1863 Uprising Monument in the Village of Slabodka Appear Online

In the village of Slabodka in the Astravets District, near the approach to the Katlouka–Lavoryshki border checkpoint on the Belarus–Lithuania…

15.11.2025
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Belarusian Arms Producers Seek to Strengthen Military-Technical Cooperation With Venezuela

A Belarusian delegation led by First Deputy Chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee of Belarus Aleh Mishchanka has arrived in…

15.11.2025
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Belarusian Customs Says It Is Fully Prepared to Resume Traffic at “Bruzgi” and “Bierastavitsa”

Belarusian customs authorities say they are fully prepared to resume traffic at the Belarusian border crossings of Bruzgi and Bierastavitsa,…

15.11.2025
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Belarus MFA to Coordinate Honorary Consuls With KGB

The Foreign Ministry has approved a revised Regulation on the Procedure for the Appointment, Functions and Tasks, Organization and Termination…

15.11.2025
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Turkish Journalist Favoured by Propaganda Detained and Deported From Belarus

Turkish journalist Okay Deprem, who had visited Belarus several times and praised the country for cleanliness and safety, calling it…

15.11.2025
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Radio Svaboda: Report of Patient’s Death in Poland Due to Belarusian and Ukrainian Doctors Proven Fake

Polish media on Friday reported a tragic incident in Wrocław. They claimed that a patient had died in a private…

14.11.2025
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Belarusian Carriers Propose Joint Effort With Lithuanian Hauliers to Resolve Crisis

The Belarusian Association of International Road Carriers (BAMAP) has approached the leadership of the Lithuanian hauliers’ association Linava with a…

14.11.2025
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One Minsk Burger King Temporarily Closed Over Unsanitary Conditions

A Burger King outlet in Uručča has been temporarily closed following a TikTok video. The author of the video showed…

14.11.2025