Section: Belarus
Belarusian diplomacy in 2016 – Annual foreign policy digest
Alexander Lukashenka, his son Mikalaj and Pope Francis. Photo: president.gov.by In 2016, Belarusian diplomats succeeded in getting rid of most Western sanctions, improving the international legitimacy of the national parliament, regularising dialogue with Europe, and converting Poland from a strong critic …read more Source: Belarus...
Lukashenko calls to join efforts to solve difficult tasks in economy
“We did not have to pay much for independence: all nations fought, our brotherly Ukraine is fighting today. We will not be dragged into fighting. Belarus is a peace-loving nation. Maybe, God set these difficult tasks for us to understand what independence is. Only by joint efforts we can prevail. Thank God, the economy is the main field of our...
BSU Digital Library tops CEE libraries on Ranking Web of Repositories
BSU Digital Library outperformed the repositories of the famous universities in Russia, Poland and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Belarus chooses entry for 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
Naviband will represent Belarus at Eurovision 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine. Artyom Lukyanenko and Ksenia Zhuk performed Story of My Life in the Belarusian language posting the highest total score thanks to the 12 points from the professional jury. …read more Source:...
Belarus, Ukraine explore opportunities for cooperation in energy efficiency
Igor Sokol and Sergiy Savchuk discussed the prospects for the cooperation between Belarus and Ukraine in energy efficiency, alternative energy, and the use of local fuels. …read more Source:...
Lavrov: Russia has no intention of rewriting Minsk accords on Ukraine
The Minsk accords were approved by the unanimously adopted resolution of the United Nations Security Council. I have not heard France or Germany, who are members of the Normandy Four, Donetsk or Lugansk, members of the contact group, suggest rewriting these agreements, Sergei Lavrov noted. …read more Source:...
Shelling in Ukraine’s conflict zone now less frequent
The OSCE special representative spoke with regret about the shelling of the warmup station recently opened by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Stanitsa Luganskaya. The fact represents a violation of international humanitarian law. …read more Source:...
Water, power supply restored in Ukraine’s Lugansk Oblast
The previous session of the trilateral contact group took place on 21 December. “Since then some positive events have happened in the peace process. In particular, I would like to note that water delivery of and power supply were resumed in several areas of Lugansk Oblast at the beginning of the year,” said Martin Sajdik. …read more Source:...
New OSCE chairperson-in-office to visit Kiev, Moscow
According to the source, a new OSCE chairperson-in-office was appointed on 1 January. Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz now holds the position. He already visited the conflict zone in Ukraine’s east in early January. He is primarily interested in humanitarian problems. …read more Source:...
UNHCR reports decline in number of Syrians, Ukrainians seeking asylum in Belarus
If we compare 2016 and 2015, the number of asylum applicants in Belarus is decreasing. This is primarily a result of the decline in the number of Ukrainian nationals applying for protection, Jean-Yves Bouchardy said. …read more Source:...
