Belarusian Foreign Ministry Warns Against Travel to Venezuela Following Earthquakes
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has warned citizens about the state of emergency declared in Venezuela. A series of…
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No Reports of Belarusian Citizens Affected by Venezuela Earthquakes, Foreign Ministry Says
The Belarusian Embassy has received no information about Belarusian citizens affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela, the Belarusian…
Two Minsk Residents to Stand Trial Over Sham Job Placements for Graduates
Two men will stand trial on charges of aiding the infliction of property damage without elements of theft.…
Death Toll From Venezuela Earthquake Rises to 164
Bus Catches Fire in Minsk
A bus caught fire in Minsk on the evening of June 24. A video of the incident appeared…
Oil Depot in Russia’s Krasnodar Region Catches Fire After Drone Attack
A fire broke out at an oil depot in the village of Poltavskaya in Russia’s Krasnoarmeysky district of…
Child on Bicycle Hit by Car in Mahilyow
A BMW struck a six-year-old boy riding a bicycle in Mahilyow, the Mahilyow Regional Executive Committee’s Internal Affairs…
Bus Runs Red Light and Collides With Two Vehicles in Minsk District
A MAZ bus ran a red light and collided with two vehicles in the Minsk District, the Minsk…
Orthodox Church Catches Fire in Orsha
The Orthodox Chapel of St. Spyridon of Trimythous the Wonderworker caught fire in Orsha. Emergency services received a…
Two Belarusian Women Cause Disturbance on Warsaw-Chania Flight, Smoke on Board and Assault Police Officer
Two Belarusian women aged 45 and 47 smoked on an aircraft, shouted and refused to cooperate with the…
Company Tried to Conceal Fertiliser Leak; Seven Criminal Cases Opened
Belarusian Detained Near ATM in Warsaw and Charged With Fraud
A 35-year-old Belarusian citizen and a 21-year-old Ukrainian citizen have been charged with fraud in Warsaw. They were…
Homiel Customs Again Leaves Entrepreneurs Without Goods From Russia
Homiel Customs continues its campaign against the import of goods from Russia. In recent days, customs officers prevented…
Man to Stand Trial for Murder of Two Elderly Women After Previously Serving Sentence for Theft From One of Them
The Prosecutor General’s Office has referred to court a criminal case against a 43-year-old man. He is accused…
Foreigner’s Attempt to Cross Belarusian Border With $159,000 Ends in Pre-Trial Detention
The Brest Transport Prosecutor has authorised the pre-trial detention of a 57-year-old foreign national who was detained at…
Grenades and Explosives Seized From Mahiliou Resident
Police officers have seized a small arsenal from a 52-year-old resident of Mahiliou. A criminal case has been…
Belarusian Customs Seize 14 Motorcycles From Carrier
Belarusian customs officers at the Kazlovichy border crossing uncovered a violation involving a Polish carrier. Suspicions arose during…
Mahiliou Woman Dies After Attempting to Light Cigarette From Gas Stove
An attempt by a woman from Mahiliou to light a cigarette from a gas stove ended in tragedy.…
Teenager Drowns in Svyatoye Lake in Mahiliou
A teenager born in 2011 drowned in Svyatoye Lake in Mahiliou on the afternoon of June 23, the…
Belarusian Worker Killed at Construction Site in Azerbaijan
Chemical Substance Leaks From Container at Railway Station Near Minsk
(updated) Toluene diisocyanate leaked from drums stored inside a container on a railway flatcar at a station in…
Child Falls From Fifth-Floor Window in Maryina Horka
A child aged one year and four months fell from a fifth-floor window in Maryina Horka after his…
Belarusian Customs Seize Undeclared Goods Worth More Than 1 Million Rubles
Belarusian customs officers have uncovered a large shipment of undeclared goods worth more than 1 million Belarusian rubles…
Forestry Worker Killed in Cherykau District
A 59-year-old employee of the Babichy Forestry Unit of the Chechersk Special Forestry Enterprise was killed in the…
Old Revolver Found During Restoration of Sapieha Palace in Ruzhany
A rusted revolver was discovered during restoration work at the Sapieha Palace complex in Ruzhany. According to the…
Teenager Drowns in the Prypiats River
The Investigative Committee is conducting an inquiry into the death of a 15-year-old teenager in the Pinsk district.…
Emergency Ministry Summarizes Impact of Thunderstorm Front
Belarus’ Ministry of Emergency Situations has summarized the impact of severe weather that swept across the country on…
Fallen Trees Damage Five Vehicles in Dziarzhynsk
Fallen trees damaged five vehicles in Dziarzhynsk, the Emergency Situations Ministry reported. According to preliminary information, no injuries…
Strong Winds Damage Power Line in Brahin
Cement Tanker Overturns Near Minsk
A tanker carrying 26 tonnes of cement overturned near the agrotown of Shchomyslitsa in the Minsk District. The…
Lithuania Intercepts Three-Meter Smuggling Drone Equipped With a Parachute
Lithuanian border guards intercepted a fixed-wing drone that had crossed into the country from Belarus, the State Border…
36 Children Evacuated From Kindergarten in Hrodna After Fire
A total of 54 people, including 36 children, were evacuated from a kindergarten in Hrodna following a fire…
Belarusian Woman Tried to Bring Cultural Valuables Worth €3,000 from Poland
A Belarusian citizen was carrying clocks and display cases from Poland and chose the green corridor at customs.…
Health Ministry Reports on Condition of Victims Injured in Bryansk Region Incident
All children injured in the attack on a bus in Russia’s Bryansk Region are currently receiving treatment at…
16-Year-Old Teenager Drowns Near Klimavichy
A group of teenagers was swimming in a body of water near the village of Klimavichy when they…
Rescuers Help Teenager Down From Bridge Over the Dnipro in Orsha
Rescuers in Orsha assisted a teenager on Sunday after he became stranded on a bridge over the Dnipro…
Drone Carrying Explosives Found in Estonia
A drone carrying a 5-kilogram explosive device was discovered in Estonia on June 10. The information became public…
Minsk Resident to Stand Trial Over Comments About Lukashenka Posted Five Years Ago
Polish Border Guards Record Five Attempts to Cross Border From Belarus
Polish border guards recorded five attempts by migrants to cross the border from Belarus between Friday and Sunday.…
Wagon Collision Reportedly Concealed at Lida Station
The Belarusian railway workers’ community has reported a rolling stock collision that occurred at Lida station during the…
Cocaine Hidden in Wrapper Featuring Al Pacino as Drug Lord Seized at Belarus Border
Customs officers at the Brest border crossing detained a 31-year-old passenger on a regular bus for attempting to…
Man Drowns in Minsk’s Kamsamolskaye Lake
A man drowned in Kamsamolskaye Lake on Arlouskaya Street in Minsk, the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry said. Rescue services…
Monitoring Service Detects Fire Near Mazyr Oil Pipeline Station
The FIRMS wildfire monitoring service detected a fire on June 20 in the area of the Mazyr Line…
Motorcyclist From Liozna Loses Licence for Riding on One Wheel and Reaching 217 km/h
Officers from the inter-district traffic police department of the Vitsyebsk Regional Internal Affairs Directorate used the national public…
Kid Goat Falls Into Abandoned Well in Zaslaue
In Zaslaue, Minsk District, emergency workers rescued a kid goat that had fallen into an abandoned, unused well.…
Man in Minsk Faces Criminal Charges After Lifting Parking Barrier by Hand
A man in Minsk damaged a parking barrier after failing to wait for it to open, the Minsk…
Two Illegal Moonshine Operations Shut Down in Minsk Region
Two illegal moonshine production sites have been dismantled in Minsk Region, the Belarusian Interior Ministry’s press service reported.…
Minsk Resident Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Stealing Funds From Foreigners’ Bank Cards
The Partizanski District Court of Minsk has sentenced a 56-year-old man to eight years in prison and a…
GPS Tracker Found in Freight Railcar That Traveled to Belarus and Ukraine
A device resembling a GPS tracker was found in a freight railcar in Poznań. It was discovered by…
Bank Branch Catches Fire in Minsk
A bank branch caught fire on Zhukouskaha Street in Minsk on the afternoon of June 19. The ceiling…