Two Rear Wheels Fell Off The BATE Bus In Minsk

1 One of them rolled into the oncoming traffic. The wheel, which flew off the bus of BATE soccer club, caused an accident on Independence Avenue in Minsk, reported the traffic police. The accident occurred in the evening on September 17. The...

Belarus: After five years of arbitrary detention, freedom for Marfa Rabkova now

On 17 September 2020, Viasna member and human rights defender Marfa Rabkova was arbitrarily detained for her legitimate human rights work. On the fifth anniversary of her detention, 30 human rights organisations within the framework of the...

Belarus and Poland Share Military Information Despite Worsening Political Relations

Executive Summary: On September 10, Poland shot down at least 19 Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that had violated its airspace. Afterward, Poland invoked Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) founding treaty....

‘Media playing a vital role in international cooperation’

Kunming: The Editor-in-Chief of the People’s Daily Newspaper, Chen Jianwen, reaffirmed that the media plays a key role in international cooperation and enhancement of understanding among different civilizations and cultures. He said that the Belt...

Belarusian Foreign Minister Lashes Out At Poland

19 Maxim Ryzhenkov Maxim Ryzhenkov accused the Polish authorities of "imperial ambitions". "Individual Polish politicians" are trying to realize "Polish, imperial ambitions" through measures of "economic and political pressure." Such a statement...

Belarus: After five years of arbitrary detention, Marfa Rabkova must be immediately released

On 17 September 2020, Viasna member woman human rights defender Marfa Rabkova was arbitrarily detained for her legitimate human rights work. As the fifth anniversary of her detention approaches, 30 human rights organisations, including the...

Newcastle v Barcelona Live TV – Global channel listings on Thursday

Around the world, here are the channels you can watch Newcastle v Barcelona Live TV. The global TV listings are featured below for local (to you) coverage on Thursday (8pm (UK) kick-off). The Newcastle United players looking to follow up...

Belarus: BAJ helps freed journalists resettle after ‘forced exile’ in Lithuania

The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) is helping 10 journalists and media workers resettle abroad after their release in Lithuania on 11 September, in a deal brokered by the United States. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)...

"Statkevich Clearly Told The Border Guards That He Refused To Leave Belarus"

2 Maxim Viniarski told about the meeting with the leader of the Belarusian opposition. Belarusian opposition leader Nikola Statkevich refused to leave Belarus during the forced deportation of political prisoners to Lithuania. On September 11, at...

Poland deports Ukrainian for flying drone over central Warsaw, imposes 5-year entry ban, media reports

A 21-year-old Ukrainian has been deported from Poland and banned from entering the Schengen area for five years after flying a drone without authorization over central Warsaw, Polish outlet RMF FM reported on Sept. 17. The drone, whose model was...

The EP Delegation For Relations With Belarus Calls For The Immediate Release Of Mikalai Statkevich

1 He has been missing for six days. “After his recent release from prison, Mr Statkevich was forcibly taken to the border with Lithuania, where he refused deportation and chose to remain in his homeland. Since then, his whereabouts remain unknown....

The Art of the Prisoner Deal

One night in August 2024, the two of us stood on a runway at Joint Base Andrews in the balmy Maryland moonlight, watching the sky for an unmarked CIA jet that would deliver three Americans who had been imprisoned by Russian President Vladimir...

Sport services highlighted at 2025 CIFTIS

Visitors play a virtual-reality dodgeball game, the first of its kind in the world, at the 2025 China International Fair for Trade in Services, Sept. 11, 2025. (Photo/Tang Ke) The Sports Services exhibition area emerged as a standout among nine...

India joins Belarus-Russia war games ami...

MOSCOW, Sept 17: Indian troops joined Russia’s Zapad-2025 military drills this week, underscoring Moscow’s continuing defense ties with New Delhi despite recent trade frictions with Washington, Al Jazeera reported. According to the Russian state...

Putin Boasts 100,000 Troops Are Participating In Belarus-Russia Drills

Russia's President Putin on Tuesday boasted that some 100,000 military personnel are taking part in the major joint Russia-Belarus war games called "Zapad-2025" - which has deeply alarmed Poland and other so-called NATO eastern flank countries....

Drone Over The Residence Of The President Of Poland: Belarusian Woman Passes As A Witness

The UAV launch was not an assignment by foreign intelligence services. A 17-year-old Belarusian woman detained in Warsaw is likely to be a witness in the case of a drone launch over government buildings and the Polish president's residence, writes...

Yuri Felshtinsky: This Is A Book About Modern Belarus

The American writer told why he decided to show the history of our country through the life of Natalia Radina. A new book by the famous American historian Yuri Felshtinsky "Natalia Radina's Belarus: journalist versus dictator" has been published....

Russians leave Belarusian training ground after joint exercises – Ukraine's State Border Guard Service

Andrii Demchenko. Photo: Dmytro Slyvnyi, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Russian troops are beginning to leave the training grounds in Belarus where the joint Zapad-2025 (West-2025) exercises, held from 12 to 16 September, took place....

Billionaire Fraudster Fleeing Through Minsk Works For The FSB

3 Jan Marsalek He frequently visits Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories. The former chief operating officer of the financial company Wirecard, billionaire fraudster Jan Marsalek, who fled to Russia via Belarus five years ago, lives in Moscow,...

Malfunctioning missile fired from F-16 fell on Polish house during Russian drone incursion, Polish media report

A house in Poland that was damaged during a Russian drone incursion was hit not by drone debris, but by an air-to-air missile fired from an F-16 fighter jet, according to the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, which cited “state agencies responsible...