The Belarusian side provided the refugees with hot meals both in the logistics center and in heated tents in the camp near the border.

On 16 November Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed Grodno Oblast Governor Vladimir Karanik and President's Aide – Inspector for Grodno Oblast Yuri Karayev to open a temporary refugee accommodation center in the transport and logistics...

About 80 journalists from 30 countries are covering the refugee crisis on the Belarusian side of the border, while there are no reporters on the Polish side, Olga Shpilevskaya, Director of the Belarusian office of the Mir TV channel, said.

The official said: “Some refugees suffer from chemical burns of their eyes due to the tear irritant component the water cannons contained. Even some reporters were doused with it and said mucous membranes and eyes had been affected by the mixture i...

According to the source, automatic devices disconnected the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant from the power grid at 10:33 on 17 November. Specialists are carrying out diagnostics and analyzing the operation of technological systems.

In the afternoon of 16 November, the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border became tense. Some of the refugees from the makeshift camp tried to get into Poland. In response, the Polish side used force, water cannons, flash grenades, tear gas.

The humanitarian aid is provided not only by the authorities, but also companies, public associations and the general public.

Salaries accounted for 65.2% of the total money income, revenues from doing business and other gainful activities – for 7.7%, transfers to the population (pensions, welfare benefits, scholarships, and other kinds) – for 22.5%, and property incom...

Last night, four people, including one child, turned to a emergency medical assistance team which is on standby in the logistics center.

"People finally got a chance to sleep in more comfortable conditions, under a roof. Food delivery is also organized," Yuri Karayev said. For example, volunteers have brought grocery packages in the morning. The military are preparing hot meals for br...

The busiest directions are Lithuania and Poland with 980 and 820 trucks waiting to enter the EU respectively. The neighboring checkpoints on the border with the EU showed only 76% capacity.

At least what is happening at the border does not do any credit to Poland, the European Union and others involved in this chain of events, the Russian envoy pointed out.

The meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will be held in person with the participation of heads of government of the Eurasian Economic Union, the EAEU observer states Cuba and Uzbekistan, and the chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Eco...

“Given the increasing inflow of foreigners to Belarus, the police ensure public order in Minsk and across the whole Belarus. There have been no problems with the presence of foreign nationals in our country so far,” said Ivan Kubrakov.

Some 1,000 refugees agreed to move to the logistics hub. Many of them were families with children. The refugees were given mattresses, dry and warm clothes and hot meals.

Civilians are stuck on the border today, the MP said.

On 16 November, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed to organize overnight accommodation for refugees staying at the border.

he parties discussed the situation at the Belarus-EU border.

The official said: “Firing stun grenades at unarmed people on the Belarusian side represents a blatant violation of international norms, including the rights of asylum-seeking migrants. The incident may be interpreted as an attempt at direct aggres...

After examining the site of the incident the team recorded and collected traces indicating tear gas had been used using gas grenades. Traces of a chemical substance used together with water cannons were also found. Five citizens with the relevant bod...

Polish law enforcement personnel used ammunition containing toxic irritants. The indiscriminate use of such chemicals can result in permanent damage to human health, damage to breathing organs and eyes. The chemicals represent the greatest danger for...

A meeting with Kostanay Oblast Governor Arkhimed Mukhambetov was arranged as part of the visit. The sides discussed future cooperation in mechanical engineering, in particular, the realization of a project to make driver's cabs for tractors and other...

State-run enterprises produced Br18.6 billion worth of products or 96.2% as against the same period of last year in comparable prices.

The delegation from Bishkek went on a tour of MAZ premises. Members of the delegation examined the lineup of vehicles MAZ makes, including truck tractors, dump trucks, buses, and electric buses. The guests appreciated the looks and the ergonomics of ...

Over the past three days activists of Grodno, Minsk and Minsk Oblast organizations have collected over 7,000 food packages and over 3,000 items of clothes.

Aleksei Lyakhovich also met with State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Dmitry Zverev.

"What is happening now is a disgrace to the entire European Union. This destroys the idea of their democracy, humanism. They show humanism towards some minorities and absolutely ignore these people. They are deploying troops against them," Mikhail M...

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus lost to Greece's world number 6 Maria Sakkari, 6-7 (1-7), 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, the Chichen Itza group at the 2021 Akrona WTA Finals Guadalajara, Mexico.

A nearby logistics hub is being prepared to welcome and warm up the freezing people. The refugees will be fed and will get warm over there.

“When flash bangs and water cannons were used by the neighboring country, the victims were also in the territory of the Republic of Belarus,” the Investigative Committee of Belarus said.

Gitanas Nauseda said on the air of the BBC Radio: “I think there are opportunities for resolving the crisis by also addressing Mr Aleksandr Lukashenko the way Angela Merkel has just done.”

The nationwide coronavirus tally now stands at 631,025. A total of 611,204 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered in Belarus.

People look exhausted and tired. Most of them have been here for 7-8 days. One of the refugees said that today was one of the most terrible days in her life.

The Youth Parliament of the National Assembly of Belarus calls on the West to stop using refugees for their political purposes, Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee on Information Policy, Technology and Public Relations of the Youth Parliament Ilona Il...

Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz said: “The Polish side is directly provoking border incidents. They use special gear in Belarus' territory. Defenseless people are being choked with gas and deafened with st...

"Another ambulance vehicle has just left to the border. Standby medical team is promptly providing medical assistance to all refugees and journalists hit with tear gas and hosed with water cannons, but the number of victims is growing," the press ser...

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is calling for urgent de-escalation of the situation at the border of Belarus and Poland and ensuring humanitarian access to migrants to prevent the further loss of life, rea...

"Following the use of an unknown chemical liquid by Poland, many of the media representatives suffered tearing, coughing, suffocation and had to seek medical help. Photo and video equipment was damaged when water cannons were unleashed," the ministr...

The humanitarian aid includes canned meat and fish, water, juices, baby food, bakery products, personal hygiene products, and also warm footwear and clothes.

Anna Michalska said: “All the units carry lethal weapons while on duty. We are a law enforcement agency. We get trained to use these weapons if necessary. I can assure you that personnel of the border guard will not hesitate to use these weapons if...

Maksim Bandarevich claimed silver in the 59kg event.

In order to drive away the migrants, the Polish side employed tear gas. The gas infuriated the refugees, who started chucking stones, sticks, and anything else they could get their hands on at the Polish law enforcement personnel. In response the Pol...

The actions of Polish border guards against migrants at the border are unacceptable and violate all norms of international humanitarian law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

Some refugees are packing their belongings and leaving the checkpoint at the Belarusian-Polish border, BelTA has learned.

Despite the certain stabilization of the border situation Polish law enforcement personnel periodically use water cannons against refugees at the border checkpoint and the nearby area. The refugees are trying to distance themselves, cover kids, and d...

The expert stressed that the problem at the border is no longer the issue between the Polish police and the refugees only. The issue is being addressed at the international level - between such countries as Germany, Belarus and Russia.

“Of course, it hurts us, border guards, to see children and women spending the night on the ground. Little children ... It is disturbing to see it,” said Anatoly Lappo.

During the conversation, the leaders of the two countries discussed the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border and joint actions to defend the borders of the Union State.

Grocery packages consist of canned meat, cereals, baby food, dairy products, bakery products and fruits. Humanitarian aid will be delivered to the border tonight.

In addition to using water cannons and throwing grenades at refugees along the border line Polish law enforcement personnel use special gear. Loud bangs can be heard. The refugees are covered by a thick smoke cloud. The people are choking, children a...

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.

“We should protect our country and people, 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. We should not allow this to...

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 ...

“Another important aspect that the Belarusian president and Germany's acting chancellor talked over was the humanitarian support for refugees through the provision of humanitarian aid to them," the press service said.

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. ...