Section: Belarus
CIS young Olympic Games connoisseurs to gather in Dushanbe 24-29 August
Partaking in the contest will be over 70 representatives of Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine. The list of participants includes winners of similar contests, supervisors of the educational programs of the National Olympic Committees, and representatives of the National Olympic...
Lukashenko: Belarus needs stronger southern borders
“Nevertheless, we don’t hide the fact that we have to strengthen the southern borders. Not because we fear Ukrainians or an assault by anyone. We would like to prevent all kinds of things that Belarus doesn’t need and particularly weapons from reaching the country due to Ukrainian events. This concern should always be in our minds. It...
Kamyanitsa 2015 to gather musicians from Poland, Estonia, Ukraine
“The festival preserves its democratic touch, and its program is getting more diverse. Different countries, traditions and approaches to folk music will meet on one stage. This is going to be a great pleasure both for the audience and the musicians themselves,” Oleg Khomenko, a member of the organizing committee of the festival, believes....
Lviv residents don’t want to see Lukashenka
People in Lviv are angry at the invitation made by mayor Andriy Sadovyi to the Belarusian dictator. …read more Source:...
Polish President introduces new format of peace talks on situation in Donbas
Polish President Andrzej Duda has introduced a new format of talks on restoring peace in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...
Savchenko’s defense releases evidence of her innocence
On Sunday, Aug. 16, Mark Feigin, a lawyer of the people’s deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian pilot Nadiia Savchenko illegally held in Russia, issued a video chronicle of the events back in June 17, 2014. …read more Source:...
Interstate court may be set up to investigate MH17 crash
Malaysia will consider the option of establishing an interstate court to bring to justice those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over Donbas in July, 2014. …read more Source:...
Lukashenka’s 2015 Election Strategy
On 4 August, Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka met with journalists of non-government media to discuss a wide range of topics. In particular he focused on the preelection campaign and the conflict in Ukraine, stressing that Russia will not go to war with Belarus and no Russian planes operate on Belarusian territory. This paper examines...
German Foreign Minister: Situation in Donbas «explosive»
Germany’s Minister of foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the situation in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation “explosive” and urged the parties to the conflict to meet for talks as soon as possible. …read more Source:...
Belarus eager to ship more cargoes via Ukraine’s southern ports
The Belarus president has given instructions to diversify export. Export diversification is related to the diversification of transport and logistics infrastructure. In 2014 the share of Belarusian cargoes in the total transshipment via Ukraine’s southern ports exceeded 12%. Prospects of raising the figure were discussed during Vladimir...
