Poland has deployed 23,000 military personnel at the border. As many as 13 camps have been set up for them. Poland previously stated that the military personnel will be tasked with fighting illegal migration. It is still unclear why such a large numb...

Belarus will continue providing humanitarian aid to the refugees stranded on Belarus' border with Poland, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told reporters.

According to the defense minister, Poland has deployed 23,000 military personnel at the border. As many as 13 camps have been set up for them at the border. Bearing it in mind, the Belarusian army has deployed more reconnaissance units and stepped up...

The migrant crisis is another instrument to put pressure on Belarus, Russian and Ukrainian political analyst, historian, journalist Vladimir Kornilov said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel.

Everyone wants the speediest resolution of the migrant crisis but for the self-exiled Belarusian opposition, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

"The United Arab Emirates is among the countries willing to play a role here. The leadership of this country has extensive experience in working with refugees, they have already taken part in resolving such problems in the world and handled thousands...

Over the past 24 hours, the EU border checkpoints fulfilled the agreements only by 81%, letting through 2,779 out of 3,426 queuing trucks.

The parties discussed refugee issue and the situation at the border. The head of state made a proposal to resolve the situation.

“The main thing for us now is to protect our country and our people, to prevent clashes. I know that there have already been attempts to deliver weapons to the makeshift migrant camp. There have been provocations that can lead to a violent conflict...

The refugees who had left the camp near the Polish border the day before spent a cold night at the entrance to the Polish checkpoint of Kuznica. Many of them complained of bitter cold and the lack of food and water. There are many families with child...

The parties discussed the promising areas of cooperation between the BelCCI and the Embassy of Mongolia in Belarus, the current state and opportunities for expanding business ties.

"The parties considered the prospects for developing cooperation between South African companies and Belarusian manufacturers of high-tech equipment, enterprises of the machine-building sector, agriculture, food, chemical industry and the energy com...

A reminder, Aleksandr Lukashenko and Germany's acting Chancellor Angela Merkel had a telephone conversation in the evening of 15 November. The conversation lasted about 50 minutes. The parties discussed a number of problems, primarily the situation w...

On the morning of 16 November, another batch of humanitarian aid was delivered to the makeshift camp at the Polish checkpoint. The Red Cross volunteers distributed food first of all among children and women. The food was handed out in an orderly mann...

Europe has discredited itself within just a month, losing everything humanistic that it had, chief of the BALTNEWS news agency, political scientist Andrei Starikov told the Belarus 1 TV channel.

The Belarusian exposition featured the companies affiliated with the Belgospischeprom food industry concern: Kommunarka, Krasny Pischevik, Slodych and Spartak confectioneries, as well as Minsk Margarine Plant and the Babushkina Krynka dairy company.

“These people are going through these ordeals because they want a better life for themselves and their children. At the same time, strangely enough, these Kurds, Arabs, Afghans, people from Sub-Saharan Africa keep a lid on the frenzy of nationalism...

“It is very cold. It least it was not snowing. I slept for two hours at best. It is true, we have neither water nor food, but all we want is to get to Poland at last or go further to the EU,” one of the refugees said. He hopes that the situation ...

“The ways and prospects for solving the migrant problem were discussed at length in order to prevent the escalation of the situation at the border. “Another important aspect that the Belarusian president and Germany's acting chancellor talked ove...

The expedition members will have to work hard for months in order to expand the Belarusian Antarctic station Gora Vechernyaya and carry out scientific studies within the framework of a new Antarctic exploration program.

The executive said: “Today Belavia carries out five flights from Moscow to Minsk from two airports – Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo. I've checked everything: on all the flights from Moscow there are about ten people without Belarusian or Russian pas...

Buyers from Lithuania, Poland, and Estonia made six transactions, including one to the tune of $1.6 million. It was one of the largest transactions involving this kind of merchandise this year. BUCE analysts believe that there are no reasons to expec...

In order to keep warm, the refugees have set up tents on the grounds of the checkpoint right on the asphalt and concrete, make fires in its vicinity. Immigrants from the Middle East continue to be waiting for a humanitarian corridor for further trave...

The accusation by the EU against Belarus of engineering migrant flows are strange considering the obvious figures: since 1 August of this year, Belarus has denied entry to about 8,000 people, official representative of the Belarusian State Border Com...

“Obviously, it is aimed at humiliating people, creating tension and wreaking havoc. We again see double standards, attempts to blame Belarus, although it is not our fault. Western countries are creating a very tense situation with migrants at home,...

Aleksandr Sosnovsky went on saying: “It is unsightly of the European Union to try to make Lukashenko and Putin look like the main ‘monsters' of the present time. And the latest call for introducing sanctions against [the Russian air carrier] Aero...

A regular meeting of the WTO Informal Group of Acceding Governments was held in Geneva under the chairmanship of Permanent Representative of Belarus in Geneva Yury Ambrazevich.

On the second day of Dubai Airshow 2021 Minister of the State Authority for Military Industry (SAMI) Dmitry Pantus met with UAE Minister of State for Defense Affairs Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi. The sides discussed the current state of military technol...

The number of refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border is incomparable with what is happening in the English Channel, political analyst Vladimir Kornilov said on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

“We see the Western countries going to extraordinary lengths to make the most of the refugee factor for a hybrid attack on Belarus and Russia. The number of these refugees is very small. It is just a drop in the ocean. They could easily be assimila...

The rally started at the Brandenburg Gate with people marching towards the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany. About 500 people took part in the rally. They carried a banner reading “Open the Borders” and pictures of refugees on the Belarusia...

The official noted that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) had rescheduled the review of two Belarusian issues for January 2022. The review of the Ryanair FR4978 flight incident is one of them.

Nationals of Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan will not be allowed to board flights to Belarus from Dubai, BelTA has learned from the website of the Belarusian air carrier Belavia.

Refugees are setting up tents, putting sleeping bags right on the road and making fires, as they are camping down at a checkpoint at the Polish border.

“Belarus is ready for the toughest response to any sanctions imposed by our European partners. Sanctions are absolutely unacceptable. The politicians who are running the European Union member states should have realized it a long time ago,” the f...

So far, the only party that is helping refugees are Belarusian public associations and the government, political analyst Aleksandr Shpakovsky said.

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 629,271. A total of 609,243 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

The makeshift camp on the border with Poland near the Bruzgi checkpoint existed for a week. Belarus supplied the refugees with water and firewood, provided necessary help. Today thousands of people have gone towards the Polish border crossing point K...

At the stage of public discussion, everyone will have the opportunity to contribute their proposals and views regarding the amendments and they will be taken into account in the final version of the amendments.

The discount of €100 per 1 m2 equivalent to the amount in Belarusian rubles applies to certain apartments in the houses: Florence in the Southern Europe quarter, Kaliningrad in the Eurasia quarter, Marrakech in the Africa quarter, Stockholm and Osl...

Mikhael Orda stressed that Belarusians have always lent a helping hand and have never stayed aside from others' problems. “Our generation is the same. Today we follow the traditions of the older generation,” he said.

On the morning of Monday, 15 November, the refugees picked up warm clothes, tents and sleeping bags. By noon they gathered in a large column and began to move towards the Bruzgi checkpoint. The refugees emphasize their exclusively peaceful intentions...

Last weekend, 13-14 November, refugees continued to arrive in the makeshift camp on the Belarusian-Polish border near the Bruzgi checkpoint. About 2,100 foreign citizens are waiting for the crisis situation to resolve.

Some of the refugees from the camp set up on the Belarus-Poland border are now making their way towards the Kuznica checkpoint. Right now the column is 150m away from the Polish checkpoint. There are women and children in the group.

“This is a boiler where the atmosphere is charged. In no case should any tensions be created here. Nevertheless, the Constitution is one of the opportunities our self-exiled opposition is trying to use to once again destabilize the situation here. ...

Belarus does not want any conflict on the state border, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The official said: “We've repeatedly stated absolutely clearly at various levels: the national air carrier OAO Belavia has never transported, does not transport, and will not transport refugees or illegal migrants. It is easy to verify."

Belarus is ready to fly the refugees trapped at the border by a direct flight to Munich, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

One of the elders in the refugee camp said that refugees intended to go towards a Polish border crossing and ask to be let through peacefully. “Poland is responsible for what is going on. We await their decision,” he noted.

“We are ready to put them on planes, including the Belavia ones, and take them back home. These people do not want to go back however,” said the head of state.

According to the president, in recent months Belarus has denied entry to the country to several thousand illegal migrants, and this is easy to verify. “If the Germans or Americans want to check it, let them do it, the airport keeps track of every p...

“I have been dealing with this issue the whole weekend. All the instructions I gave have been fulfilled. We feed children and pregnant women. We deliver firewood and everything they need,” the president said.

“I think it is also necessary to conduct a large-scale opinion poll on this topic covering various regions and population groups, like we did in the run-up to the Belarusian People's Congress,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.

The goal of today's meeting is to bring together all the suggestions, to create the final shape of the updated Basic Law. We need to ensure its provisions constitute a single and coherent system,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is set to meet with the working group that is drafting a new version of the Constitution of Belarus to review its activity on 15 November.

The parties discussed areas of bilateral cooperation, reaffirmed their commitment to previously reached agreements and worked out an algorithm of further interaction on a number of promising projects.

Units and even entire hospitals in Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Minsk, Mogilev oblasts and Minsk are being cleaned and returned to their usual mode of operation.

During the interview, Vladimir Putin expressed hope that Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko and acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel would hold a conversation in the near future.

“Belarus confirmed its readiness for an equal and mutually respectful dialogue with the European Union. The futility of sanctions and counterproductivity of such approaches to the development of relations between Belarus and the EU was emphasized,�...

Among the possible powers of the Belarusian People's Congress are the issues related to declaring war and peace, impeachment, sending the military out of Belarus, and the formation of the Central Election Commission.

Refugees seeking to enter the EU have been on the Belarusian-Polish border for seven days already. There are more than 3,000 of them, including about 500 children, at the camp.

Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that the Belarusian army has good and high-precision weapons. But it is necessary to continue equipping the troops with new hardware thanks to Russian partners.

During a government conference on 11 November the head of state suggested transporting children of the refugees to sanatoriums and gave instructions to prepare everything necessary for it. But the refugees did not want to part with their children and...

Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “We have absolutely no issues in defense and security. I just cannot tell you everything. We've staged, stage, and will stage such operations to protect our security that no West, no the European Union can even imagine. W...

Igor Korotchenko called Aleksandr Lukashenko a patriarch of European politics. “You know what these people, these politicians are worth… What is going on in the West, a degradation of political elites? When are they going to calm down? Will they ...

"I will say this: we have always been ready. We are ready now and we will be tomorrow. It was not us who destroyed this dialogue," Natalya Eismont said.

A year has passed since then. We are now into the second year. Why can't we give these events an unambiguous assessment… Because new aspects, new facts emerge, Aleksandr Lukashenko said,

"Of course, they will not forgive me for that. They failed to overthrow some Lukashenko and to destroy Belarus," the president believes.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko predicted economic difficulties for Western countries due to the unprecedented money printing volumes .

Belarusian defense companies will participate in the expo via a joint stand of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus and via a business visit. Products and services of a number of Belarusian defense companies will be demonstrated at th...

According to the source, the European Union's policy destroys the present and the future of millions of people, deprives them of their personal rights, and infringes on their dignities and freedoms.

Scheduled for 8-12 November, the exercise was supposed to improve practical skills of commanding officers as they prepared a peacemaking operation and managed troops of the CSTO collective peacekeeping forces during missions.

The speaker recalled that senators, members of the Council of the Republic, representatives of the women's union of the upper house of parliament visited the border and provided humanitarian assistance to refugees.

"The European states need to show goodwill and assist them and let through some of them, which, of course, is very problematic," he said.

On 12 November, the leaders of the major confessions of the Republic of Belarus adopted an address to the politicians of European states and believers in connection with the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border.

The situation on the Belarusian-Polish border is a flagrant violation of human rights and nonfulfillment of international obligations by Poland, Lithuania and the EU countries in relation to refugees.

“Key efforts to achieve the goals are specified by the government's action program. In particular, fixed-capital investments are supposed to exceed Br200 million over the course of five years. It is an ambitious task. But we have to set such goals ...

"We're not going back. For us, there is simply no other way but to get to Europe. I gave everything I had for this opportunity," one of the refugees said. According to him, in order to get to the EU borders, he had to sell all the property he had.

According to the decree, Igor Fisenko will continue performing the functions of the permanent representative of Belarus to UNESCO.

“The Catholic Church is closely watching the current situation with the refugees on the Belarusian-Polish border. Thousands of people are fleeing various countries of the Middle East and neighboring states in search of a better life, away from the ...

The Svitanok sports and recuperation center is getting ready to accommodate refugee children in case it is designated for this purpose, Grodno Oblast Deputy Governor Viktor Pranyuk told BelTA.

Brest Oblast Days will kick off at the Belarusian pavilion on 24 January. The program includes presentations of the region's tourism and export potential and investment projects of the region's leading enterprises.

A large group of refugees heading to the Belarusian-Polish border was spotted near the Bruzgi checkpoint on 8 November. Foreigners, mostly Iraqi Kurds, did not manage to get into Poland. They set up a camp on the borderline.

The official said: “During yesterday's government conference the commander-in-chief of Belarus' Armed Forces gave instructions to monitor the situation along the country's borders. In a bid to fulfill the instructions, we closely monitor the situat...

“Good preparation of all the documents submitted to the CIS Heads of Government Council contributed to a very constructive and businesslike meeting,” said Sergei Lebedev.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus has commented on the U.N. Security Council closed consultations to discuss the migrant crisis at Belarus' border with the EU.

Finishing the work on the agreement on free trade in services was one of the topics discussed during the videoconference session. According to Sergei Lebedev, it is a very important document and its content is complicated. Free trade in services cont...

An aerial assault of Belarusian and Russian paratroopers was arranged in the exercise area Gozhsky on 12 November. The battalion-sized tactical group includes units of the Special Operations Forces of the Belarusian army and units of the Airborne For...

“The CIS and other integration associations should pay special attention to finding safeguards and footholds to promote growth in our region and to boost the further integration,” Roman Golovchenko said.

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The sides summed up the fulfillment of joint tasks in the area of communications and determined directions for developing the joint communications system of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

Belarus has always been an advocate of the CIS and regional integration, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a web-based meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government.

“The pandemic was a serious test for our states and the whole world and caused a decline in business activity. However, the economies of the CIS member states are gradually recovering,” the Russian prime minister said.

As of the morning on 12 November refugees, including women and children, still remain in front of the Polish fence at the Belarusian-Polish border. The situation remains tense. New groups of people come periodically to the refugee camp.

“At the moment, six vehicles carrying humanitarian aid from the Belarusian Red Cross Society are on their way to the border. The aid includes blankets, warm clothes and shoes, food and hygiene products, water,” Secretary General of the Belarusian...

The CIS needs a system of internal climate regulation, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a web-based meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government.

According to the source, the Polish Defense Ministry publishes videos accompanied by knowingly false information. In reality a group of refugees from the spontaneous camp, including women and children, came up to the Polish fence in the Polish territ...