Section: BelTA (Belarus)
Belarus suspends pork imports from Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast
Belarus has introduced temporary restrictions on the import of pork from Sumy Oblast, Ukraine due to the ASF outbreak in the region. …read more Source:...
Belarus climb to 99th position in FIFA ranking
Belarus will continue its performance in the Euro 2016 qualifying tournament in Macedonia on 27 March 2015. The current standings in Group C are as follows: Slovakia – 12 points, Spain – 9, Ukraine – 9, Macedonia – 3, Belarus – 1, Luxemburg – 1. …read more Source:...
Lukashenko, Poroshenko to meet on 21 December
“Based on that conversation, I understood that the Ukrainian leadership, including the President of Ukraine, is absolutely not against the new round of talks in Minsk,” the Belarusian leader noted. …read more Source:...
Andreichenko: Belarus has always been in favor of peaceful resolution of Ukraine crisis
The crisis in Ukraine has become a major challenge to the entire international community. All this time we have anxiously followed the developments in the brotherly country. Belarusian MPs have voiced their position many times at different levels and venues, including the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Inter-Parliamentary Union,” said...
Living standards of Belarusians unchanged despite domestic, foreign problems
“On the whole, results of the year 2014 can be called positive because the two key tasks have been fulfilled. But we will face even more complicated tasks in 2015 taking into account the situation that it is impossible to forecast in Russia and Ukraine and taking into account the fact that there are quite many domestic issues in Belarus that have...
Belarus’ Yurkevich 3rd in 15K Individual at IBU Cup 3
The clean-shooting Belarusian finished in 47:22.9, 26.7 seconds behind the winner, Tina Bachmann of Germany (46:56.2; one penalty). Second came in Irina Varvynets of Ukraine, 7.9 seconds back with zero penalties. …read more Source:...
Putin: Minsk agreements are important for peaceful settlement in southeast Ukraine
According to Vladimir Putin, the Russian side believes that the crisis in the southeast of Ukraine will be settled by political methods. “There are no other means except for peaceful settlement,” he said. Vladimir Putin is convinced that Piotr Poroshenko is also in favor of the peaceful settlement of the conflict. However, not all political...
Belarus president in favor of using U.S. dollars, euros in Belarus-Russia trade
“I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints recently about the fall of the Russian ruble since Russia accounts for 40% of our export and we are losing money,” noted the head of state. “But hey, this is the kind of partner we have today and this is the kind of situation we see in Russia and Ukraine, which is our partner, too. But there is always...
Children from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine to gather in Gomel for New Year celebrations
Gomel Oblast has been traditionally holding international events to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve for many years. “This time we expect to welcome delegations from Russia’s Bryansk and Ukraine’s Chernigov Oblasts. …read more Source:...
Lebedev hopes that Ukraine will remain CIS member
“We are fully aware that not everything is going on smoothly here (in the Commonwealth – BelTA’s note). There are difficulties related to the developments in Ukraine, first of all. However, we really hope that in 2015 Ukraine will remain the CIS member despite the attempts of individual politicians in Kiev to terminate its membership,”...
