Section: Belarus
Koltovich: Belarusian food products are popular in the CIS
“Foreign partners like Belarusian products. Russians, Ukrainians and Kazakhs know that the Belarusian quality is high, and our products are welcome on all the CIS markets. A great number of exhibitors and guests of Prodexpo shows that Belarusian goods are in great demand,” the minister stressed. …read more Source:...
Prodexpo 2016 in Minsk
About 220 exhibitors from ten countries: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Greece, Syria, Moldova, Georgia, and Italy are taking part in the 22nd international wholesale food industry exhibition Prodexpo. …read more Source:...
IOM welcomes Belarus’ effort to accommodate Ukrainians fleeing conflict
William Lacy Swing and Yuri Ambrazevich discussed a wide range of issues related to the cooperation between Belarus and IOM. The IOM Director General welcomed Belarus’ efforts to accommodate more than 160,000 Ukrainian nationals fleeing the conflict. …read more Source:...
Ukraine MFA hopes for constructive settlement of Belavia incident
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes this incident very seriously. Our competent authorities continue the investigation. We informed the Belarusian side about this on 31 October, Mariana Betsa said. …read more Source:...
Chances of Belavia getting compensation estimated as high
Belarus’ air authorities are confident that Ukraine will pay compensation for the forced return of the Belavia aircraft, Vladimir Kostin, director of the aviation department at Belarus’ Ministry of Transport and Communications, told reporters. …read more Source:...
Belavia passenger to file lawsuit against Ukraine over forced return to Zulyany
Сhairman of the Board of the International Public Organization “Civil Union” Armen Martirosyan is filing a lawsuit against the Ukrainian authorities as a result of their misconduct in the Belavia incident. …read more Source:...
Belarus struggles to control its borders
Swamp buggy Rosa 21 supplied to Belarusian border guards through an EU-funded project. Image:iom.by On 13 October Belarusian border guards received EU-funded special equipment worth €2.5m. This will help Minsk control the Ukrainian border. There is an element of irony in this: although it works to remove borders within the EU, Brussels is helping...
Transport Ministry: Belavia crew did right to return to Zhulyany Airport
According to all international instruments, the aircraft should comply with the instructions of ATC. More so, the plane was in the airspace of Ukraine. If they had not complied and fighter jets had been scrambled, that could have led to a bigger conflict. But, of course, the psychological stress on the crew was very big, Vladimir Kostin noted....
Belavia expects to reach settlement with Ukraine soon
We are working with Ukrainian colleagues to determine the size of compensation. This issue will be settled soon, Anatoly Gusarov said and noted that the Ukrainian side agreed to pay compensation. “Its size is the only issue remaining,” he noted. …read more Source:...
Ukraine government delegation to visit Belarus on 10 November
The delegation will come to Minsk to attend the 24th meeting of the Belarus-Ukraine joint intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation. …read more Source:...
