Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024
Jane's Defence Weekly: Belarus arming China for possible U.S. attack
MWTP continues to deliver wheeled tractors for Chinese missiles. read more 
Nearly $2m from USAID to develop farm tourism in Belarus
A project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been launched in Belarus. read more 
Ecuador rejects extradition request for Belarusian political refugee
A judge on Ecuador's highest court has rejected an extradition request from Belarus for a former police investigator who is wanted by Belarus authorities for alleged fraud and extortion. read more 
EUobserver: Belarus oligarch wins EU sanction case in Lithuania court
A court in Vilnius ruled on Tuesday (28 August) to allow a Belarus oligarch and weapons tycoon currently under EU sanctions to pay his lawyer's fees in Lithuania. read more 
Russia completes a long, strange trip to WTO
The world’s largest economy outside the World Trade Organization finally joined on Wednesday, finishing a 19-year quest to end its exclusion from the body under which most global commerce takes place. read more 
In Ecuador, Belarus' dissident fights extradition
In granting asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange last week, Ecuador's foreign minister described a generous national policy of accepting political refugees. But that generosity may have its limits. read more 
Russia Today: Moscow calms Minsk over EU’s election-monitoring 'monopoly'
Russia will assist Belarus in providing an "objective and unbiased" assessment on upcoming parliamentary elections. read more 
EUobserver: EU expected to recall Belarus ambassadors
EU countries' diplomats expect a special meeting on Friday (10 August) to end with a mass pull-out of EU ambassadors from Belarus. read more 
Open Skies observers to fly over Russia, Belarus
U.S. and British inspectors will fly above Russia and Belarus aboard a SAAB OS-100 observation jet under the Open Skies Treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry told Interfax-AVN. read more 
21st-Century torture: life under Europe's 'last dictator'
Opposition activists say two men executed for a bombing in Minsk in 2011 were forced to confess under duress. In a special report, John Sweeney, journalist of the Independent experiences the torture they may have endured. read more |
