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Authorities offering fake jobs to unemployed
13 August 2016, 21:52 | English / Society

The number of vacancies in Belarus has increased in comparison with the previous year by as much as one third. This statement in early August was made by the Ministry of Labour. Earlier, however, the National Statistical Committee, pointed out that the unemployment rate had been decreasing for the read more

Belarusians attempt to smuggle 50K cigarette packs to Poland
11 August 2016, 15:51 | English / Society

Polish customs officers found the illegal goods of the Hrodna production in sacks with barbeque charcoal during X-ray scan. The incident happened at the Kuznitsy border crossing. The lorry was driven by a 34-year-old Belarusian man. read more

Minsk teenagers help police detain bully armed with knife
11 August 2016, 15:48 | English / Society

Five teenagers were walking in one of Minsk residential areas when two men went out of a local shop and came closer to them. One of them, who was very drunk and aggressive, started to threaten bodily harm. Seeing that the boys were not responding to threats, he took out a knife and began to swing read more

Reports: Belarusbank top managers arrested
11 August 2016, 15:29 | Main story / Society

A number of Belarusbank top managers have been detained, mass media refer to unofficial sources. Chief executive officer Anatol Bahovik is among the detained read more

FBI experts working on Sheremet case left Ukraine
09 August 2016, 10:10 | English / Society

So far, the investigation has not discovered the identities of those who planted the bomb under the journalist’s car. read more

Belarusian programmer wins Google competition for third time
09 August 2016, 10:00 | Main story / Society

Henadz Karatkevich from Homiel has won the first place in the Google Code Jam sports programming competition. The final tour was held on August 5th in New York. Henadz scored 170 points out of 200 possible. read more

Kiryyenka who called Belarusian 'a dead tongue' to bear flag in Rio
03 August 2016, 18:59 | English / Society

Vasil Kiryyenka made a notorious statement about the Belarusian language in the spring of 2016. He called it ‘a dead language’. read more

“Investigator told me they could hack anything but iPhone”
03 August 2016, 18:58 | English / Society

The Yapryntsaus are standing trial in Minsk Central District Court. Father and son Uladzimir and Kazbek Yaprynstau and Alyaksandr Arabyan are accused of fraud. read more

Russian nuclear energy company ready to replace accident-hit reactor pressure vessel
03 August 2016, 18:56 | English / Society

Russia's Nuclear Energy State Corporation (Rosatom) is ready to replace an accident-hit reactor pressure vessel for the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant with a new one if such a request is made, Aleksandr Lokshin, first deputy chairman of Rosatom, said in a statement posted on its website on Monday. read more

IAEA experts visit Belarus
29 July 2016, 17:47 | English / Society

Belarus applied for the assessment of Astravets NPP by the IAEA (SEED mission), deputy chief engineer of the Belarusian NPP Uladzimir Horyn told Belarusian and Lithuanian journalists in April. read more


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