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Lukashenko Said That He "got An Earful" From The Belarusians
1 The dictator again spoke of the shortage of potatoes in the country. On July 18, Alexander Lukashenko held a conference call on the harvesting campaign, which also touched upon potato production. - I am worried about potatoes, of course, what's...

In Belarus, Trains From Minsk To Gomel And Mozyr Were Canceled For Two Days
What happened? The planned repair of the railway bridge at the Telusha - Savichi crossing has made adjustments to the schedule of trains of interregional and regional lines on the section Zhlobin - Osipovichi, reported in BelZhD. July 23 business...

Belarus drone breach prompts diplomatic protest from Lithuania
On July 16, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodged a formal protest with Belarus, delivering a note to the country’s chargé d’affaires following an incursion into Lithuanian airspace by a drone the previous week, LRT.lt reported on July...

Belarusian Enterprises May Become Legitimate Targets
4 "Integral is helping to kill Ukrainians. The Ukrainian private intelligence company Dallas published on Thursday a package of documents that prove that the Belarusian authorities are not just complicit in the Russian war against Ukraine. The...

Belarusians Are Being Prepared For Drone Attacks
3 Collage: Charter97.org The authorities recognize that UAVs regularly fly into Belarus. Yelsk district newspaper Narodny Golas has published advice from local military commander Dmitry Rusetsky on what to do when a drone is spotted. "Unmanned...

Belarusian Industry Works For The Warehouse
2 Over the past five years, the stock of industrial products has more than doubled. At the end of the first half of 2025, the volume of stocks of industrial products in monetary terms amounted to 11 billion 593 million 417 thousand rubles - 2.1...
Events of the first day of the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus M.Ryzhenkov to Laos
17 July 2025 On July 17, 2025, on the first day of his visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, held negotiations with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Laos,...

Former Penguins defenseman Ty Smith signs with KHL's Dinamo Minsk
Former Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ty Smith has signed a one-year contract with Dinamo Minsk, a team based in Belarus that competes in Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). That team announced the transaction via Telegram, a popular social...

Prabowo visits Belarus, invites Lukashenko to Indonesia
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has expressed his willingness to accept Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's invitation to visit Indonesia, which was extended during their meeting near Minsk, the capital of Belarus....
Feature: Taiwan violinist finds new home in Harbin through music
HARBIN, July 17 (Xinhua) -- After traveling thousands of kilometers from Taiwan island, violinist Lee Tien-hsuan has spent six years in Harbin, northeast China, an area designated as a "Music City" by the United Nations. During this time, he has...

Shutdown of the second power unit of the Belarusian NPP due to cooling alarm
Reported by the Ministry of Energy of Belarus in a media statement to Reuters, which refers to Reuters At the Belarusian nuclear power plant located in the city of Ostrovets, the second power unit was disconnected from the electrical grid. This...

Lithuania Shot Down A Drone That Flew In From Belarus
1 Photo: VSAT The patrolmen used a UAV interceptor. Lithuanian border guards shot down a small drone that flew into the country's territory from Belarus. The State Border Guard Service of the country (VSAT) reported, LRT. Border guards in...

There Is An Influx Of Counterfeit Dollars In Minsk
7 What's going on? In Minsk, police detained a man suspected of distributing counterfeit dollars. The reason for the investigation was the appeals of several banks about the detection of counterfeit bills in currency exchange transactions, reports...

10th edition of the Children of the Commonwealth international cultural and educational forum was held in Minsk
On July 13, 2025, the 10th edition of the Children of the Commonwealth international cultural and educational forum was held in the National Children's Educational and Health Center "Zubrenok", in which a delegation from Turkmenistan took part....

“Children of the CIS” in Belarus: A Kaleidoscope of Central Asian Cultures
The Republic of Belarus is hosting the “Children of the Commonwealth of Independent States” forum, bringing together young delegates from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Organized by the...

‘We Don’t Care’: Russian Officials, Media React to Trump’s Ukraine War Ultimatum
Russian officials and state media appeared dismissive of Donald Trump’s threat to impose major economic sanctions on Russia unless it ends its war in Ukraine within 50 days, while President Vladimir Putin has yet to publicly respond to the...

This hard-to-find war movie classic is streaming on YouTube – for free
The streaming era has made untold thousands of movies available at our fingertips. The problem? The vast majority of those movies were made in only the last two decades or so. If you’re a burgeoning cinephile looking to continue your film...

BELARUS-VITEBSK-SLAVIANSKI BAZAAR-ART FESTIVAL
(250711) -- VITEBSK, July 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform during the 34th International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar" in Vitebsk, Belarus, July 10, 2025. The festival kicked off in Vitebsk of Belarus on Thursday, bring together...
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BELARUS: "God may be calling you to church, but prison officials decide"
Four of the political prisoners the regime suddenly freed on 21 June and deported to Lithuania have spoken since their release of restrictions on prisoners' exercise of freedom of religion or belief. "As a rule, political prisoners are never...