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Moscow-Led Eurasian Bloc Holds Landmark Economic Summit in Minsk
The Epoch Times
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June 29, 2025
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Laureano Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's envoy for relations with Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Russia's...
Belarus-China youth forum kicks off in Minsk
Xinhua News Agency
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MINSK, June 24 (Xinhua) -- A youth forum organized by Belarusian and Chinese universities kicked off Tuesday at the National Children's Technopark in Minsk. The forum is organized by the Belarusian State University (BSU) and the Peking University...
Singing from the meadow, bass from the city: How Swada is reinventing traditional Slavic music
Euronews
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Published on 29/06/2025 - 9:34 GMT+2 On a Podlasie meadow at sunrise, a project that merges the seemingly uncombinable worlds of Slavic folk and electronic dance music. Combining a micro-language of the Podlasie region of Eastern Poland with...
Unexpectedly, A 17-year-old Hockey Player Was Selected First Among Belarusians At The NHL Draft
Charter 97
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Arseniy Radkov Hockey club "Montreal" has formalized the rights to goalie Arseniy Radkov. 17-year-old goaltender Arseni Radkov became the first Belarusian hockey player selected at the 2025 US National Hockey League draft, wrote the telegram...
Fishing Is Banned On Many Water Bodies Of Belarus
Charter 97
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2 A list appeared. A ban on recreational fishing is set on many Belarusian water bodies at certain times, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources. The corresponding resolution published on the National Legal Internet Portal. The majority of...
Introduced New Requirements For Polish Visa Application In Belarus
Charter 97
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4 Signing up has become more difficult. From June 26, 2025, in order to register on the VFS website for a Polish visa, one must upload not only a photo of the face and a spread of the document, but also a snapshot of its cover. In addition, the...
Lukashenko Was Humiliated Right In Minsk
Charter 97
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2 Putin showed who "is the master in the house". Political observer Valeriy Karbalevich at Radiyo Svaboda spoke about the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union, which was held in Minsk. Valeri Karbalevich drew attention to the fact that bilateral...
Heads of State movie review: Mindless but stirring action comedy
Mid Day Mumbai
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June 29, 2025
Heads of State has some really big action set pieces and sequences. This is not a no-nonsense action film. It’s a really funny action comedy Still from Heads of State This third feature film by director Ilya Naishuller, is a typical star powered...
Belarusian Hockey Players Won The Analog Of The Stanley Cup
Charter 97
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5 Danila Klimovich scored the puck in the final game. The Abbotsford Canucks defeated the Charlotte Checkers 3-2 on the road in game six of their final AHL (Calder Cup) playoff series to win the series, 4-2. Canadian hockey club won the Calder Cup...
Ordinary Packaging Of Belarusian Oil Under UV Light Revealed Hidden Secrets
Charter 97
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11 "Focus" caused a furor on social media. Belarusian TikTok was blown up by another household discovery. One of the users discovered that the producers of Brest-Litovsk oil are very serious about protecting their products from fakes. On the...
Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky freed after US-brokered pardon
BNE Intellinews
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Belarusian opposition activist Sergey Tikhanovsky (Siarhei Tsikhanovsky) was released from prison on June 21 following a pardon mediated by US envoy Keith Kellogg, who recently met with President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk. “I can't believe it....
Belarus: Siarhei Tsikhanouski released after five years – now free them all
ARTICLE 19
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The unexpected release of Siarhei Tsikhanouski – one of Belarus’s leading activists and the husband of opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – alongside 13 other prisoners, is a promising development. It reminds us that we must not lose...
AFU Operation In Belarus: The Scenario With The Entrance To Minsk Is Voiced
Charter 97
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37 "That would be very interesting." Military and political observer of the group "Information Resistance" Alexander Kovalenko commented on the question whether we should expect surprises from the AFU on the territory of Russia or Belarus. "Quite...
Four Nepalis Were Expelled From Belarus In A Showy Manner
Charter 97
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5 They worked for the Santa Bremore. Four citizens of Nepal, working for "Santa Bremore," were deported from Belarus in an exemplary manner. According to the Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Regional Executive Committee, about 100 citizens...
A Pitiful Sight: Lukashenko And Putin Were Shown In Minsk Without Makeup
Charter 97
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8 The dictators look decrepit. After the EAEU summit in Minsk, footage showing the real state of dictators Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin - without filters and special photo processing - has appeared on the Web. The two elderly dictators...
Belarus, Russia to sign over 100 contracts at regional forum in Nizhny Novgorod
Azertag
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June 23, 2025
Baku, June 23, AZERTAC Plans are in place to sign more than 100 contracts at the 12th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia in Nizhny Novgorod, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova told...
A Minsk Woman Paid 24 Thousand Rubles For Dental Services And Was Dissatisfied
Charter 97
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illustrative photo It ended up in court. Four years ago, a woman from Minsk was provided with low-quality dentures in a dental clinic. The woman appealed to the court. The press service of Minsk City Court told how the dispute ended. Minchanka...
Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka dance at Centre Court and post about it on social media
NBC Sports
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June 27, 2025
LONDON — Just in case anyone might have wondered whether there was any lingering animosity between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka after their French Open final, the two tennis stars offered proof that all is well by dancing together at Wimbledon...
Nick Kyrgios Heavily Criticises Wimbledon Over Major Technical Glitch That Could Have Ended WTA Star’s Dream
Essentially Sports
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July 7, 2025
Wimbledon has always been about tradition. But this year, a major one was left behind. The All England Club swapped out its 300 sharply dressed line judges for a system of up to 18 HawkEye-powered cameras on each court. In came the Electronic Line...
A Real Tornado Was Spotted In The South Of Belarus
Charter 97
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illustrative photo The element hunters showed the video. A tornado was recorded in Zhytkovichi district of Homiel region. The meteoroid on July 27 was spotted and filmed by storm hunters. According to the telegram channel "Meteoweib", the tornado...