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Belarus Introduces New Rules For Importing Cars And Limits On Bank Cards
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1 Important changes will come starting in August. In August, Belarusians are expected to face changes: among them, the rules of importing cars will be adjusted and limits on some cards will come into effect. In addition, updates on ERIP and...
‘Children like me had to carry bodies’: Hiroshima survivors urge world not to forget 80 years on
The Independent
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August 5, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
"Everything Is Sewn With White Threads": Belarusians Reacted To The UAV Crash In Minsk
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14 No one believes the authorities' version. In Minsk's Dombrovka neighborhood a drone crashed. On the night of July 29, it crashed into an apartment building but did not explode, although the Investigative Committee claims it was equipped with a...
Political Analyst On UAVs In Minsk: Stirlitz Has Never Been So Close To Failure
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4 Anatoly Kotov The least likely thing that happened was a Ukrainian drone carrying TNT. In the Minsk neighborhood of Dombrovka a drone crashed. On the night of July 29, it crashed into an apartment building but did not explode, although the...
Belarusian Banks Introduce Credit Innovations
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They affect car loans, among others. Some banks have introduced innovations on loans. They concern, including loans for transport. "Bank BelVEB" from July 24 increased the loan term up to 5 years inclusive for "Consumer loan without references and...
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...
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"....
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...
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...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 5, 2025
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Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Ukraine's offensive in Kursk Oblast. Click here to...
"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...
Belarus conducts exercise of radio technical troops
Xinhua News Agency
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MINSK, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Belarus is hosting a large-scale exercise involving its radio technical troops, with the aim of enhancing the readiness and operational capabilities of its air defense forces, the Belarusian defense ministry said Friday....
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...
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...
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...
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...