Minsk Metro To Introduce New Trains On Avtozavodskaya Line In December
The Minsk Metro will put new “Minsk 2024” trainsets from the Russian manufacturer Metrovagonmash into service on the…
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Number of Employed in Belarusian Economy Rises in October
In October, 4.1566 million people were employed in the Belarusian economy — an increase of 5.6 thousand compared…
Tsikhanouskaya To Launch “For Democratic Belarus” Group In Bundestag
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is visiting Germany, where she will take part in the launch of the parliamentary group “For…
Viktar Lukashenka Hopes For Support From IOC President On Athletes’ Participation
NOC head Viktar Lukashenka has held his first talks with the new president of the International Olympic Committee,…
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.”…
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…
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…
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…
General Director Of Eurotorg Replaced
The operator of Belarus’s largest retail chain, Eurotorg LLC, has replaced its general director. According to a company…
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).…
Belarus And Algeria Prepare Science Cooperation Agreement
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…
Belarus And Myanmar To Sign Export Credit Agreement
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Belarus Government Reallocates Budget Funds for Five Ministries, Primarily for Salaries
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In Russia Propose Allowing Child Support Transfers to Bank Accounts in Belarus
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…