Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Belarus’ authorities prompted to reduce social support
Housing and Utilities Minister Shorets announced the start of serious reforms in the housing sector. read more 
Russia will pay Belarus for ratifying Eurasian Economic Union treaty
Minsk has sustained its position and has ratified the Eurasian Economic Union founding treaty only after receiving assurance from Russia that she will enable Belarus to keep revenues from export duties and replenish Belarus’ oil refineries with Russian oil in 2015. read more 
Belarus and Ukraine football fans unite against Putin
On 9 October, during a Belarus-Ukraine qualifying match to Euro 2016, Ukrainian and Belarusian fans demonstrated an unprecedented level of solidarity. They shouted the national slogans of both countries and chanted an infamous anti-Putin song. read more
Lukashenka: If the Crimea is Russian, then Russia itself is Mongolian - Belarus video digest
According to Lukashenka, if the Crimea is an indigenously Russian territory then virtually all of Russia itself should be given back to Mongolia and Kazakhstan because it was ruled by Khan Batu. read more
Moldova sees Belarus buy up apples Russia banned
Moldova, which lost its largest market for apples when Russia placed an embargo on its fruit this summer, is finding a new buyer for its produce in Belarus. read more 
Minsk prods EU and US to speed up settling relations with Belarusian authorities
Belarus is unlikely to send her own peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. Firstly, Minsk is highly dependent on the Kremlin in terms of military cooperation; secondly, the sheer idea of Belarusians fighting in foreign conflicts is extremely unpopular among society. However, by showing their support for read more 
Do Belarusians need democracy to live longer and healthier?
Over the past two decades, the Belarusian population declined by nearly seven percent. By 2050, demographers are predicting an over 30% decline. read more 
Is Lukashenka trying to emancipate Belarus from Russian culture?
On 29 September, Alexander Lukashenka stated that schools should increase the number of Belarusian language lessons they teach. read more 
1939 in Belarus: national reunification or Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland?
On 16 September local authorities closed an exhibition entitled “West Belarusian Atlantis” in Zaslauye near Minsk. The author of the project, Ihar Melnikau, dedicated the exhibition to Belarusians in the Polish army in the 1939 Polish-German campaign and to everyday life in Polish-ruled Western read more 
Will Belarus oligarchs follow suit after Mikhalchanka's win over EU?
The lawyer explains his win in court battle against EU, while analyst Andrei Yeliseyeu shares his take on what the blacklisted oligarchs could do. read more 
Belarus smuggles EU food to Russia despite sanctions
On 19 September Russian Agricultural Control announced that Russia can restrict the imports of fish and dairy from a number of Belarusian companies. These companies allegedly violate the sanctions regime by re-exporting EU products under fake labels. read more 
Minsk counts on financial aid from West to reduce dependence on Kremlin
The Belarusian government aspires to expand cooperation with the EU and the United States in terms of receiving technical assistance to some economic sectors and increased international lending, in particular, obtaining a new IMF credit line. Belarus’ authorities seek aid from international read more |
