Section: Belarus
Talks on Ukraine resume in Minsk with meeting of working group coordinators
The previous meeting of the trilateral contact group took place in the Belarusian capital on 26 August. Back then, OSCE special representative Martin Sajdik called for ceasing fire in the conflict zone in the country’s east due to the start of the new academic year. …read more Source:...
Minsk Independence Avenue to be nominated for World Heritage Site status
The main thoroughfare of the Belarusian capital together with the key streets of Moscow, Kiev, Kharkov, Berlin and Warsaw will bid for the UNESCO World Heritage List status in the single nomination entitled Socialist Postwar Architecture in Central and Eastern Europe …read more Source:...
Civil engineering expo Budpragres 2016 opens in Minsk
Exhibits are on display indoors and outdoors to showcase new construction products, modern technologies and equipment. Over 200 top construction companies from Belarus, Belgium, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Czechia, Iran, and Ukraine have put their latest products on display. …read more Source:...
Negotiations in progress to rescind Ukrainian special import duty on Belarusian goods
During the session of the Belarusian-Ukrainian high-level working group on mutual trade representatives of Belarus and Ukraine discussed a large number of matters. Among other things the sides discussed the annulment of a special Ukrainian import duty on a number of Belarusian products. …read more Source:...
Central and Eastern European dimension of Belarusian diplomacy – Belarus Foreign Policy Digest
Alena Kupchyna and Witold Waszczykowski – Photo Michał Jasiulewicz/MFA Poland In July and August, Belarusian diplomats kept busy reinforcing ties with the country’s partners in Central and Eastern Europe. These relationships may prove to be instrumental in bolstering Belarus’s foreign policy …read more Source: Belarus...
Defence Industry, Academic Autonomy, Parliament Recognition – Ostrogorski Centre Digest
Vice-speaker of the Polish Sejm Ryszard Terlecki in the Belarusian parliament. Photo: belsat.eu Over the past month, analysts at the Ostrogorski Centre have discussed the rise of the Belarusian defence industry, the increase in dialogue between European and Belarusian parliamentarians, and prospects of real student self-government in Belarusian...
Working group to discuss access to markets, Belarus’ accession to WTO in Kiev
Plans have been made to discuss mutual trade, access to markets, and Belarus’ accession to the WTO, said the Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Experts of interested government agencies of Belarus and Ukraine will meet for consultations prior to the session. …read more Source:...
Belarus’s New Military Doctrine: What’s the Message?
Оn 20 July 2016 Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka approved the final version of the new Military Doctrine of Belarus. The previous version had been adopted in 2002 and has obviously outlived its usefulness in light of the dramatic changes in the global and regional security architecture. The Russia-Ukraine hybrid conflict and a new “Cold...
Belarus new military doctrine: what’s the message?
Оn 20 July 2016 Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenka approved the final version of the new Military Doctrine of Belarus. The previous version had been adopted in 2002 and has obviously outlived its usefulness in light of the dramatic changes in the global and regional security architecture. The Russia-Ukraine hybrid conflict and a new “Cold...
Belarus will Participate in International Fair of Traditional Crafts in Etur Architectural and Ethnographic Complex
The foreign artisans include craftsmen from Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, Macedonia, Russia, Algeria, and Sudan, Etur Director Svetla Dimitrova said. …read more Source:...
