Suburban Trains Begin Running Between Belarus And Russia
Suburban passenger trains have begun operating on the Smolensk-Orsha and Smolensk-Vitsyebsk routes, the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry…
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NATO Secretary General Mentions Belarus Alongside Iran And North Korea In Annual Report
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has published the alliance’s annual report for 2025, summarising NATO’s activities over the…
CIS Defence Ministers Discuss Eurasian Security And Air Defence
A meeting of the Council of Defence Ministers of CIS countries was held in Moscow. Participants discussed current…
Latushka Hands Council Of Europe Representatives Evidence Of Lukashenka Regime’s Aggression
Deputy head of the United Transitional Cabinet and head of the National Anti-Crisis Management Pavel Latushka held a…
Political Prisoner Mayorava’s Vision Has Severely Deteriorated In Prison Colony
Political prisoner Volha Mayorava is in poor condition. She can barely see and is receiving threats, a former…
Buses In Belarus To Be Required To Have Video Recording Systems
Belarus has approved new rules for road passenger and freight transport. Prime Minister Alyaksandr Turchyn signed the relevant resolution…
Latvian Military Intelligence Names Belarusian And Russian Officers Allegedly Conducting Espionage Against Latvia
The Latvian Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIDD) has published the names of six Russian GRU officers and…
Political Prisoner And Minskenergo Engineer Transferred To Prison Regime For Three Years
Artur Piadzko, a leading engineer at Minskenergo who was sentenced to nine years in prison on a protest-related…
Ryzhankou And Omani Foreign Minister Discuss Consequences Of War In The Region
On 2 April, Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhankou met with Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi…
Council Of The Republic Approves Law Introducing Administrative Liability For Propaganda Of Homosexual Relationships, Gender Transition, Childlessness And Paedophilia
The Council of the Republic today approved the draft law “On Amendments to Codes on Administrative Liability”. As…
Tax Authorities Catch Realtors Hiding Revenue
Tax authorities have uncovered a real estate agency that concealed revenue. The scheme was identified during an unscheduled…
Dollar Returns To Growth On BCSE
Trading on the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange ended with the dollar and Russian rouble gaining ground. The…
Information Ministry Suspends Certificate Of Technalohija Publishing House
The Information Ministry has suspended the certificate of the Technalohija scientific-production cooperative as a distributor of printed publications. “The…
5 Billion Roubles In Revenue And More Than 570 Million Roubles In Profit: Savushkin Product Reports 2025 Results
Belarus’s largest dairy company, Savushkin Product, has published its financial results for 2025. According to documents published on…
Belarusian Car Market Grew By 38% In March
The Belarusian car market accelerated sharply in March. A total of 5,700 vehicles were sold during the month,…
Reporters Without Borders Concerned About Fate Of Dzmitry Navazhylau
The international organisation Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern about the fate of imprisoned journalist Dzmitry Navazhylau. “After…
16-Year-Old Belarusian Chess Player Moves To Poland And Succeeds In Polish Championships
Belarusian chess player Anastasiya Obukhava moved to Poland with her parents in 2022, and in 2025 won the…
Belarusian And Russian Transport Ministries Create Working Group On High-Speed Railway
The transport ministries of Belarus and Russia will create a working group to consider the legal and technical…
Migrants Set New “Record” On Belarus-Lithuania Border
Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service on Wednesday prevented 35 migrants from crossing the border from Belarus. This is…
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Presents Award To German Belarus Researcher Ingo Petz
On 1 April, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya presented the United Transitional Cabinet medal “For Fruitful Work for the Benefit of…
Kuchynski Meets Coale, Smith, Baker And McLaughlin In Washington
Dzianis Kuchynski, diplomatic adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, held a series of meetings with White House and State Department…
Russian Citizen Fined In Smolensk Region Over SMS Sent To Belarusian Security Officer In 2020
A Russian citizen has been held liable for an SMS message sent to a Belarusian security officer in…
Nausėda Specifies Conditions For Dialogue With Minsk
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, in an interview with TV3, specified the conditions for starting a dialogue with Minsk.…
90 People In Lithuania Face Charges In Air Smuggling Cases
Lithuania is investigating 30 criminal cases involving the smuggling of cigarettes from Belarus using weather balloons. Courts have…
Russian Government Expands Ban On Petrol Exports
The Russian government has extended its ban on petrol exports to include direct producers of petroleum products. The…
Tsikhanouskaya: Unity Day Is A Façade Hiding The Slow Destruction Of Independence
The Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia is merely a façade behind which lies…
National Bank Issues 700 Million Roubles In Bonds
The National Bank of Belarus has issued bonds worth 700 million roubles. They have been included in the…
Interior Ministry Says Five People Detained Over Crimes Committed More Than 25 Years Ago
The Interior Ministry’s press service reported the detention of five people suspected of crimes committed at the turn…
Latvia Extends Ban On Imports Of Agricultural Products From Belarus And Russia By One Year
On 1 April, the Latvian Saeima adopted in the final reading a bill extending the ban on imports…
Belinvestbank To Pay More Than 49 Million Roubles In Dividends
Belinvestbank has decided to pay dividends. According to a document published on the Unified Portal of Financial Market…
NASA Sends Astronauts on Historic Flight Around the Moon
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on…
Wirtualna Polska Suggests Possible Trump–Lukashenka Deal Involving Oil from Venezuela and Azerbaijan
Wirtualna Polska journalist Zbigniew Parafianowicz, based on conversations with sources in Poland and countries of the region, outlined…
Operations of Gomel “Green” Store Suspended Over Expired Goods, Some Products Unsold Since Last Summer
The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade, during a selective inspection, identified violations at the “Green” store on…
Russian Ombudsperson Meets Russian Citizens Held in Minsk Pre-Trial Detention Center
Russian Commissioner for Human Rights Tatyana Moskalkova, as part of her country visit to Belarus, held a personal…
Tsikhanouskaya Calls for Issue of Transnational Repression to Be Raised at the UN Security Council and General Assembly
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took part in an international discussion in Berlin focused on countering transnational repression by authoritarian regimes.…
Book Market to Be Held in Warsaw in Support of Belarusian Publishers
On April 5, a book market will be held in Warsaw in support of independent Belarusian publishers, who…
Belarus and Russia Working on an Alternative to the European System for Monitoring Drivers’ Hours
Belarus and Russia are working on creating an alternative system for monitoring drivers’ work and rest regimes to…
“No One Can Be Safe In Belarus” — Ruginienė On Sentence Against Lithuanian Citizen
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė commented on the sentence handed down to Lithuanian citizen Miroslavas Trockis in Belarus and…
“Purges, Purges, Purges”: The Military And The Red Rocket Of Repression
Today Alyaksandr Lukashenka summed up the results of the comprehensive inspection of the Armed Forces that began on…
Dzianis Dzienisenka, Convicted In Absentia, Added To Belarusian “Terrorist List”
The Belarusian KGB has added Dzianis Dzienisenka, who was convicted in absentia, to its “terrorist list”. Two Iraqi…
Belarus To Create Unified System For Bus Ticket Sales
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed a decree on the creation of a unified state information system for the sale…
Lukashenka Appoints Two Deputy Heads Of State Forensic Committee
Alyaksandr Lukashenka on 1 April signed decrees appointing deputy chairmen of the State Forensic Examination Committee, his press…
Coordination Council Elections: 175 Candidates Compete For 80 Seats
The Coordination Council announced the completion of the document submission stage for participation in the elections to the…
Consolidated Container Train “Kalasok” Departs From Belarus To China
Belarus has sent the consolidated container train “Kalasok” with Belarusian products to China. The train departed from the…
Car Hits Two Female Cyclists In Lida District, One Dies
In Lida District, a driver hit two female cyclists, one of whom died. The tragedy occurred today at…
Organisations Designated In Belarus To Provide Non-Financial Support For Foreign Economic Activity
The Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the National Export Support Centre of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry…
Personal Responsibility Of Veterinary Service Managers For Effectiveness Introduced In Belarus
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed Decree No. 109 “On Increasing the Effectiveness of the State Veterinary Service”, which comprehensively…
Belarus Could Increase Troop Numbers To Half A Million — Lukashenka
The number of military personnel in Belarus currently stands at around 100,000, but in the event of war…
Khrenin Flies To Moscow
Belarusian Defence Minister Viktar Khrenin has departed on a working visit to Moscow. He will take part in…
Six Foreigners Accused Of Terrorism Go On Trial In Lithuania, Including A Belarusian Citizen
A closed trial has begun at the Šiauliai Regional Court against six foreigners accused of attempting to set…