Section: Belarus
Next round of talks on Ukraine in Minsk on 1 June
Martin Sajdik said that some positive results were achieved by the talks on 18 May. “I am pleased to tell you that the sides have agreed to support all efforts meant to improve living standards of orphan children and other children, who have been separated from their parents.” …read more Source:...
Considerable decrease in ceasefire violations in Ukraine’s conflict zone
Martin Sajdik said: “Since the statement about the full cessation of hostilities was made on 29 April, we have seen at least a considerable decrease in ceasefire violations.” …read more Source:...
Belarus’ Tsurkin 5th in European Swimming Championships in London
The Belarusian clocked 23.67 seconds in the final. Andriy Govorov of Ukraine claimed gold in 22.92. Silver went to Cseh Laszlo of Hungary (23.31), with Ben Proud of the UK taking bronze in 23.67. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s trilateral contact group in session in Minsk
The previous meeting of the representatives of OSCE, Ukraine and Russia took place in the Belarusian capital on 29 April. …read more Source:...
Lavrov: Minsk agreement on Ukraine must be implemented in full
The Minister stressed that the Minsk agreement must be implemented in full, without any exemptions and attempts to rewrite it. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Jamala wins Eurovision 2016
The country scored 534 points with its song 1944. Australia finished second with 511 points, while Russia was third with 491 points. …read more Source:...
IVAN fails to make Eurovision 2016 final
The 10 countries that qualified on Thursday are Latvia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Poland, Israel, Lithuania and Belgium. …read more Source:...
Ecologists from Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine discussing biodiversity protection in Chisinau
Participants of the meeting will also discuss a draft conclusion on the sufficiency and compliance of the suggested Emerald Network candidate sites for the sake of protecting habitats and species. …read more Source:...
Belarus to continue granting subsidiary protection to Ukrainians fleeing conflict
“The Minsk agreements are being implemented, and the influx of Ukrainian citizens has subsided but not stopped. Today in Belarus there are around 47,000 Ukrainian nationals with temporary or permanent residence permits,” Sergei Kasinsky said. …read more Source:...
Belavia to increase passenger traffic by 15-20% in 2016
Charter operations are projected to decrease by somewhere 20%. But since we opened new flights and increased transit via Minsk National Airport, primarily from Russia and Ukraine and back, we are set to increase the volume of transportation. …read more Source:...
