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Fugitive Moldovan Oligarch Plahotniuc Secretly Flew To Minsk
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3 Vlad Plahotniuk On a fake passport. Moldovan billionaire Vlad Plahotniuc, who was recently detained in Greece, has been frequenting Moscow and Minsk in recent years under documents in a false name and negotiating with top Kremlin officials. This...
‘UK e-bike adoption ranks second worst in Europe’
BikeBiz
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August 12, 2025
With cycling-as-transport continuing to struggle in the UK, it will likely come as little surprise that the UK “sold just 2.1 e-bikes per 1,000 people in 2024 – ahead of only Belarus.” The analysis from bicycle retailer Paul’s Cycles compared...
Lukashenko Has Made Minsk A Target
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20 The drone on Matusiewicz may not be the last. A few observations and conclusions on the hot tracks. 1. This is what happened - a drone fell in Minsk, in a residential neighborhood, near a kindergarten. Until now, uninvited guests most often...
Aerial Scout Blasted The Authorities' Version Of The "Ukrainian Drone" In Minsk
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The imagery from SC is an obvious throw-in. A Belarusian volunteer aerial scout with the call sign "Mole" helped "Euroradio" to analyze photos of the wreckage of a drone that fell in Minsk the other day. The propeller is from one drone, the wing...
What Changes Await Belarusians In August?
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1 Many of them will affect our wallets. Some people will have their payments increased, while others will have to pay extra. Meanwhile, the admission campaign will end in educational institutions. These and other changes - in the review "Belsat"....
He can’t go home: a Belarusian author on lost roots and life in Switzerland
Swissinfo
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July 30, 2025
A stroll through Basel: Elena Servettaz talks to Belarusian writer Sasha Filipenko SWI swissinfo.ch Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with...
In Minsk, The Elements Stopped Transportation
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1 Fifty streets were flooded. The work of public transport on 86 routes was disrupted late in the evening on July 29 in Minsk due to another downpour, according to the "Pozirkam" analysis of emergency messages of the enterprise "Minsktrans." The...
"They Have Problems": In Lithuania Commented On The Fall Of A Drone In Minsk
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Why was the drone shot down only near Minsk? The Lithuanian Defense Ministry commented on the fall of a drone in the courtyard of an apartment building and near a kindergarten in Minsk on the night of July 29. It happened during a discussion of...
Mother tongue preserved among Vietnamese people in Belarus
Vietnam Pictorial
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July 30, 2025
Mother tongue preserved among Vietnamese people in Belarus Participants in the 4th Vietnamese Language Summer Camp (Photo: VNA) The Vietnamese Embassy in Belarus, in coordination with the association of Vietnamese people there, has recently...
IC: The Drone That Fell In Minsk Was Filled With TNT
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17 The drone went down near an apartment building. The Investigative Committee of Belarus claims that the drone that fell in Minsk was filled with TNT and a large number of destructive elements in the form of metal balls. On Tuesday night, the...
Media: Armenian PM signs MoU with US to control Zangezur corridor
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The Spanish publication Periodista Digital has claimed that it has obtained a secret memorandum on the Zangezur corridor and that this document was approved by Armenia and the United States, APA reports. The publication calls the Zangezur Corridor...
The deal that wasn’t: Armenia and Azerbaijan didn’t actually sign a peace agreement at the
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Meduza Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s meeting in Washington on August 8 set off a wave of celebration. The White House called it historic, and Western media was quick to report that thanks to U.S....
Foreign Intelligence Service: Belarus is Increasing Defense Production for Russia’s Needs
Militarnyi
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Belarus is accelerating the deployment of electronics and components used in Russian cruise missiles and drones. The Foreign Intelligence Service shared this with Militarnyi. After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the demand for...
Lithuanian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief On Incidents With Drones: I Would Like To Shoot Them Down Over Belarus
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2 Raimundas Vaikschnoras Lithuania will strengthen drone detection and identification capabilities. Lithuanian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Raimundas Vaiksznoras would like to shoot down wandering drones still over Belarus. But it does not have...
As Trump sets the table for dictatorship, where is the resistance? Eric Foster
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 13, 2025
Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi both ran for the presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2009. They lost the election to the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who reportedly won in a landslide. Karroubi and Mousavi disputed the election...
The North Shore's In-Town Gallery Presents Nature in Glass: The Art of Inna Beker
Chattanooga Pulse - Tennessee
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July 29, 2025
Light dances in Inna Beker’s August show, Nature in Glass, as she expresses her delight in the world around her. Using the medium of kiln-fired fusible glass, she creates art that is luminous and joyful. “I am fascinated by how glass changes its...
Belarusian MAZ Complains About The Chinese And Russians
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3 They allegedly "compete unfairly." Minsk Automobile Plant is under serious pressure in the Russian market due to "tough and unfair competition." This was stated by Deputy General Director of MAZ Alexander Ignatiuk on air of STV TV channel....
Ukraine's SVR: Belarus Expands Production Capacity Of Components For Russian Drones And Missiles
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9 Ukrainian intelligence listed the factories that increased production for the needs of the Russian Federation. Following the imposition of Western sanctions against Russia, demand for products of the Belarusian military-industrial complex has...
Buryatia Residents Began To Take Away Refrigerators For The Needs Of The Russian Army
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140 (Updated) The drone exploded. A drone crashed in the courtyard of the house at 72, Matusevicha Street, in Minsk at night on July 29. This "Zerkalo" was reported by an eyewitness. Later, the information was confirmed by the Defense Ministry of...
Lithuania moves air defence unit closer to Belarusian border
Ukrainska Pravda
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A Lithuanian flag. Photo: Getty Images In Lithuania, a special air defence unit has been redeployed closer to the border with Belarus due to the drone threat. Source: Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Raimundas Vaikšnoras, cited by...