Section: Belarus
Ostrogorski Centre: Belarus becomes neutral to survive
Minsk talks on the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Image: russiancouncil.ru Ostrogorski Centre releases the first major publication on neutrality in Belarusian foreign and national security policy authored by Siarhei Bohdan and Gumer Isaev. This trend towards a real neutrality of Belarus increased in the past decade. For a long time it was...
Hossein Entezami: Belarus plays a bigger role in the region
“We can say for sure that Belarus has played a huge role in the regulation of the Ukrainian crisis and has significantly enhanced its authority on the international arena,” he said. “At present your country has a strong influence on global processes.” …read more Source:...
EU to consider removing all sanctions against Belarus
Anatoly Kalinin raised the issue of possible full withdrawal of the EU sanctions against Belarus. Johannes Hahn said he will discuss this with his fellow commissioners, the press service said. …read more Source:...
Belarus expects official apology from Ukraine for forced return of Belavia aircraft
On 22 October, Belarus’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Charge d’affaires of Ukraine to Belarus Valery Dzhigun. The head of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission was given a note of protest to the Ukrainian authorities over the forced return of the aircraft that was performing a regular flight V2-840 on the route Kiev-Minsk on 21...
Samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha
Partaking in the competitions were 370 dance couples from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania. …read more Source:...
Minsk to host ministerial consultations on cooperation of CIS with EU, NATO
The participants will discuss the trade and economic impact of the association agreements of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with the EU and of the comprehensive free trade area with the EU for the CIS FTA. …read more Source:...
Ukraine NOC: Belarus will be a good host of Second European Games
Minsk has a well-developed infrastructure with modern centers, a big number of top-notch hotels. Therefore, it will cost less to organize, for instance, the Second European Games in Belarus than in other countries,” Sergey Bubka noted. …read more Source:...
Belarus 77th in FIFA rankings
According to the FIFA rankings, Ukraine goes 29th, Uzbekistan is 48th, Russia – 53rd, Azerbaijan – 88th, Kazakhstan – 90th, Lithuania – 98th, Kyrgyzstan – 99th, Turkmenistan – 114th, Latvia – 116th, Estonia – 119th, Georgia – 122nd, Armenia – 125th, Tajikistan – 140th, Moldova – 173rd. …read more Source:...
MFA: Belarus welcomes any progress contributing to peaceful settlement in Ukraine
We welcome any progress that will help end the bloodshed and promote a peaceful settlement in the east of Ukraine. As emphasized by the participants of yesterday’s negotiations, the Minsk agreement remains the basis for this process, Dmitry Mironchik said. …read more Source:...
Belarusian army responds adequately to all threats, challenges
The official said: “Any army that fails to respond to events going on around it will certainly fail to carry out its mission. We are tracking the events going on in Ukraine and Syria and adequately respond to all the challenges and threats.” …read more Source:...
