Section: BelTA (Belarus)
Ukraine’s Jamala wins Eurovision 2016
The country scored 534 points with its song 1944. Australia finished second with 511 points, while Russia was third with 491 points. …read more Source:...
IVAN fails to make Eurovision 2016 final
The 10 countries that qualified on Thursday are Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Poland, Israel, Lithuania and Belgium. …read more Source:...
Ecologists from Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine discussing biodiversity protection in Chisinau
Participants of the meeting will also discuss a draft conclusion on the sufficiency and compliance of the suggested Emerald Network candidate sites for the sake of protecting habitats and species. …read more Source:...
Belarus to continue granting subsidiary protection to Ukrainians fleeing conflict
“The Minsk agreements are being implemented, and the influx of Ukrainian citizens has subsided but not stopped. Today in Belarus there are around 47,000 Ukrainian nationals with temporary or permanent residence permits,” Sergei Kasinsky said. …read more Source:...
Belavia to increase passenger traffic by 15-20% in 2016
Charter operations are projected to decrease by somewhere 20%. But since we opened new flights and increased transit via Minsk National Airport, primarily from Russia and Ukraine and back, we are set to increase the volume of transportation. …read more Source:...
Belarus border committee: Demarcation of border with Ukraine proceeds as planned
Commenting on reports in some media that residents of Volyn Region have made attempts to interfere with the demarcation, Alexander Tishchenko said: “Yes, there were some attempts. But the demarcation will proceed as planned” …read more Source:...
Free Belarusian visas for foreign participants of caravan and camping festival
The international caravan and camping festival to be held in Krupki District, Minsk Oblast on 7-10 May, is expected to bring together more than 200 caravaneers from 10 countries: Belarus, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Estonia. …read more Source:...
Negotiations on Ukraine to resume in Minsk on 18 May
Asked why the sides have failed to agree on POW exchange, Martin Sajdik said: “Honestly speaking, I would love to explain it to you but I can’t. I can only do my best to make it happen. Unfortunately we cannot make miracles.” …read more Source:...
Contact group on Ukraine in Minsk calls for Easter truce
“Bearing the abovementioned in mind, the trilateral contact group would like to request the OSCE’s special monitoring mission to name those responsible for breaking the ceasefire if it happens,” the statement reads. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s working group on security reconvenes for talks in Minsk
The previous round of talks of the trilateral contact group was held in the Belarusian capital on 20 April. …read more Source:...
