Section: Belarus
Is Belarusian Government About to Close Down the Ukrainian Border?
Image: realbrest.by On 16 December, President Lukashenka requested that Belarusian security agencies not neglect the consequences which the situation in Ukraine created for Belarus. He referred to the recent case of a former Donbas war veteran detained with weapons and explosives at the railway station in Minsk. Meanwhile, the Belarusian State...
Fall of Electricity Pylon in Kherson Region Causes New Blackout in Crimea
The first reports about a new halt to the power supply from mainland Ukraine to Crimea appeared on Wednesday evening. …read more Source:...
Normandy Four Leaders Agreed on Necessity of Absolute Cease-fire in Donbas
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a phone conversation with the leaders of Germany, France and Russian Federation and informed on the escalation of the situation in Donbas over the past weeks. …read more Source:...
Top 10 Most Read Articles on Belarus Digest in 2015
In 2015 Belarus Digest published over 300 articles. Today we analysed statistics and selected the most read articles published this year. They cover a range of issues – from tourism, the role of Belarus in the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria to presidential elections and visa-free travel. Most of the popular articles in 2015 dealt with...
EDB: Economic activity in CIS stabilized in Q3 2015
The economic activity in the CIS countries stabilized in Q3 2015 as its decline slowed in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, reads the CIS Macromonitor published by the Analytical Unit of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB). …read more Source:...
Belarusian peace-loving policy credited with removal of sanctions
“Our stance can be welcomed because Belarus has always spoken in favor of peace,” noted the President. “We don’t welcome wars or any conflicts whether that be conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, Lebanon, Iran. We don’t accept such things. It is our stance.” …read more Source:...
Russia Does Not Want Donbas. It Wants Ukraine
It’s no secret that the Kremlin has one owner, but there are several towers whispering in his ear. …read more Source:...
Steinmeier Outlines Objectives for Minsk-2 Implementation in 2016
Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says he is concerned about the fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and names the tasks to be fulfilled in 2016 by all sides to the Donbas conflict. …read more Source:...
Belarus sets quotas for foreign transport operators for 2016
The number of truck passage permits will stay at the level of this year’s target for Ukraine (28,000 permits), Latvia (11,500), Poland (142,000), the UK (300). Jordan, Ireland, and Lebanon will be given 50 permits each. Cyprus will get 120. …read more Source:...
Procedure to remove restrictions in Belarus-Ukraine trade agreed
According to the source, the new arrangements will take care of the Ukrainian decision to introduce a special import duty as large as 39.2% against a number of Belarusian exports to Ukraine as from 20 January 2016. …read more Source:...
