Belarus and Norway have agreed to negotiate visa facilitation for the citizens of the two countries. The political consultations between the delegations of the Belarusian and Norwegian Foreign Ministries took place on 28 January in Oslo. read more

The participants of the December 2019 peaceful rallies against integration with Russia on 27 January stood fresh trials in Minsk and the Belarusian regions. read more

On 8 January, Belarus and the European Union signed a visa facilitation agreement and a readmission agreement. read more

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is planned to pay a visit Minsk in early February to discuss alternative supplies of oil and natural gas to Belarus via Lithuanian ports, reports interfax.by. read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 15, in an address to the federal assembly, announced plans to rewrite the Russian Constitution through a referendum. read more

Oil companies of Russian oligarch Mikhail Gutseriyev have started supplying oil to Belarus, TASS reports with reference to own sources. read more

Courts in different regions of the country fined and arrested the activists, who took part in protests for independence and sovereignty of Belarus last December. read more

Belarus has started planned maintenance on the Druzhba oil pipeline, the main transit route for Russian oil exports to Europe, from 14 to 17 January. read more

Despite Belarus signed the much sought-after agreements on visa facilitation and readmission with the EU, Belarusians wishing to get a Schengen visa to travel to the Schengen area states will have to pay a fee of €80, instead of €60 as they did up to now. read more

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has postponed his upcoming travels to Ukraine, Belarus, and two Central Asian nations due to rising tensions in Iraq and the Middle East. read more