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Russian anti-aircraft missile troops arrive to Belarus to set up training center
Russian anti-aircraft missile troops have arrived in Belarus with a mission of establishing a training center in the city of Grodno near the border ... World News -
Belarus police target news agency in ongoing crackdown
Belarus police on Wednesday searched and detained employees of an independent news agency in an escalating crackdown on the media under President ... World News -
Belarusian guards cross into Lithuania with dozens of migrants
Border guards from Belarus entered Lithuania as they pushed dozens of migrants across the countries’ shared frontier, Vilnius’ interior minister said ... World News -
Germany’s Merkel condemns Belarus’ treatment of refugees
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday condemned the way Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko treats refugees, adding that Germany would ... World News -
Iraq repatriates 370 would-be migrants from Belarus border with Lithuania
Iraq has repatriated 370 of its nationals from the Belarus border with Lithuania, a government source said Wednesday, after accusations that Minsk has ... Middle East -
Belarus Olympic Committee calls US sanctions ‘baseless and absurd’
The Belarusian Olympic Committee (BOC) on Tuesday dismissed US sanctions, imposed against it for alleged facilitation of money laundering and evasion ... World News -
Belarus potash exporter says Western sanctions will increase global prices
Belarus Potash Company (BPC), the exporting arm of state potash producer Belaruskali, said on Tuesday that Western sanctions on Belaruskali would lead ... World News -
Britain tightens sanctions against Belarus over disputed vote
Britain on Monday broadened its sanctions on Belarus and President Alexander Lukashenko, a year after disputed elections that kept the strongman in ... World News -
Belarus president orders probe into 'murder' of Iraqi man near border with Lithuania
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the death of an Iraqi man who was allegedly found near Belarus’s ... World News -
Lithuania border guards to turn away migrants coming from Belarus
Lithuania has ordered its border guards to turn away, by force if needed, migrants attempting to enter the Baltic country as the rapidly growing ... World News -
Belarusian Olympics athlete taken to airport by force, plans to seek asylum in Europe
A Belarusian sprinter said she was taken to the airport against her wishes on Sunday (August 1) to board a flight back home after she complained about ... World News -
Blinken meets Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in show of support
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who urged greater pressure on the regime ... World News -
EU border agency to deploy guards to Lithuania-Belarus frontier from next week
European Union border agency Frontex will deploy 60 border guards to police Lithuania’s frontier with Belarus next week after a surge in migrants ... World News -
Belarusian police raid offices, homes of activists: Rights groups
Belarusian security police searched homes of lawyers and human rights activists on Wednesday in a new crackdown on opponents of President Alexander ... World News -
Lithuania’s foreign minister says Belarus using refugees as a weapon
The European Union should consider imposing more sanctions on Belarus because Minsk is flying in migrants from abroad to send them illegally into the ... World News -
Lithuania begins building barrier on border with Belarus to block migrants
Lithuania began building a barrier along its border with Belarus on Friday after accusing Belarusian authorities of flying in migrants from abroad to ... World News -
Belarus to cut diplomatic staff in Lithuania to minimum
Belarus told Lithuania it will cut its diplomatic presence in its European Union neighbor to a minimum until the latter scraps “unfriendly” ... World News -
Belarus opposition figure Babaryko sentenced to 14 years in jail
A court in Belarus on Tuesday sentenced one of Alexander Lukashenko’s leading critics to 14 years in prison on fraud charges. “Viktor Babaryko was ... World News -
Belarus moves opposition blogger Protasevich and girlfriend Sapega to house arrest
An opposition blogger who was arrested after his flight was forced to land in Belarus has been moved from a detention facility to house arrest, an ... World News -
Western powers hit Belarus with new sanctions over Ryanair forced landing
Western powers hit Belarus with a wave of new sanctions on Monday in a coordinated response to Minsk’s forced landing of a Ryanair plane last month to ... World News -
EU to blacklist 86 Belarusian officials, companies
The European Union will on Monday impose travel bans and asset freezes on 86 Belarusian individuals and companies, but will leave the decision on when ... World News -
Belarusian airspace ban is not long term solution after plane ‘piracy’: Ryanair chief
Ryanair’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said that he did not support a ban on Belarusian airspace in the long term and called on international ... Aviation & Transport -
At NATO summit, Lithuania says Russia trying to ‘swallow’ Belarus
Lithuania told a summit of NATO leaders on Monday that Russia was trying to “swallow” Belarus and that the Western military alliance needed to be ... World News -
EU bans overflight of its 27-nation airspace by Belarus airlines
The European Union has slapped a ban on the overflight of the 27-nation bloc’s airspace and the use of its airports by Belarus airlines, in the wake ... World News -
UK’s Raab condemns state TV interview with detained Belarus journalist Protasevich
Britain’s foreign minister Dominic Raab on Friday condemned an interview given by detained journalist Roman Protasevich on Belarusian state television ... World News -
Belarus to cut staff at US diplomatic mission over sanctions: Ministry
Belarus told the United States on Thursday it was reducing the permitted number of diplomatic and other staff at the US diplomatic mission to Minsk ... World News -
Wizz Air boss criticizes Belarus overflight bar by European governments
The chief executive of Wizz Air criticized European governments on Wednesday for barring flights over Belarus in response to the forced landing of a ... Economy -
Belarus journalist Burakov freed from prison: DW
Belarusian freelance journalist Alexander Burakov, who regularly reports for Germany’s Deutsche Welle, was freed Tuesday after 20 days in jail where ... World News -
Russia says will defend, help Belarus if EU imposes sanctions
Russia will defend Belarus and help it if the European Union imposes economic sanctions on Minsk over the grounding of a plane and arrest of a ... World News -
Belarusians in Ukraine protest repression in homeland
Belarusians distraught by the intensifying crackdown on political opposition in their homeland demonstrated Saturday against the country’s ... World News