“What can I say about them? Aggressiveness cannot be justified,” the Belarusian MP said.

Lithuania does not only cynically manipulate defenseless refugees but also misinforms international organizations, the Belarusian State Border Committee told BelTA.

The official said: “In this case due to one incorrect signal automatic failsafes kicked in and the first unit was disconnected from the power grid. Judging by results of the diagnostics all the technological systems and equipment are operational. T...

At present, there are about 2,000 people in the temporary accommodation facility in the logistics center. They are provided with hot meals, drinking water, bedding. A mobile shop is open there at daytime. There is round-the-clock medical support.

Roman Golovchenko said: “The pandemic situation has demonstrated that it is necessary to primarily rely on domestic resources and reserves of the Eurasian Economic Union in matters concerning the provision of EAEU member states with medications and...

Roman Golovchenko said: “I am convinced that the gradual reduction and equalization of duty-free merchandise import limits will be a key factor in shaping favorable trends in the development of online trade in the Eurasian Economic Union and the pr...

“The developments in Belarus exposed the dark side of European democracy. You saw with your own eyes what happened at the border over the past few days,” Vladimir Makei said.

“Unfortunately, we can see the efforts of individual figures to split the Belarusian diaspora, set the Belarusians abroad against the state, against each other. This approach is unacceptable to us,” the minister stressed.

"In an exclusive interview with CNN Vladimir Makei dismissed the accusations against Belarus of engineering the situation on the Belarusian-Polish border put forward by some politicians as absurd. He also spoke about Belarus' proposals to resolve the...

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) can replace a significant share of imports from third countries by tapping the potential of the intra-EAEU trade, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Cou...

As many as 65 people have been recognized as victims of a crime against security of humankind, Chairman of the Investigative Committee Dmitry Gora told reporters on 19 November

"Despite the difficult epidemiological situation, we aim to develop new solutions to support initiatives and joint activities with the Belarusians abroad," the minister stressed.

Today is the 12th day as several thousand refugees have been staying at the Belarusian-Polish border. About 2,000 people spent the night at the temporary accommodation point set up at the nearby logistics center. For some of them it was the first war...

The Belarusian prime minister also mentioned cooperation between the two countries in agriculture, the construction of dairy complexes, the development of livestock and industrial cooperation, and also cooperation in the machine-building industry.

“Since ancient times people working on soil have been respectable members of the society. And today agrarians play a huge role in ensuring Belarus' food security,” the head of state said in a message of greetings addressed to agrarians from Mogil...

The parties talked over in detail the situation with mutual trade and focused on the ways to increase it.

Some 8 tonnes of food are delivered to the people stuck at the border with Poland.

The head of state remarked that 2021 is a special year for Belarus and Monaco as the two countries celebrate the fifth anniversary of diplomatic relations keeping in mind that the history of interaction between them has deep roots.

On 18 November all the refugees left their makeshift camps at the Polish border and moved to a temporary accommodation facility set up in the logistics center nearby. It was opened after the events of 16 November when Polish law enforcers used water ...

The Belarusian leader expressed confidence that the goodwill, rich life and professional experience of the Egyptian president will contribute to strengthening friendly relations between the two countries.

“During the talks he agreed that Belarus is neither the source nor the cause of the flows of migrants transiting through Belarus to the European countries,” said the Belarusian diplomat.

Belarus continues doing its best to provide the people, stuck on the Belarusian-Polish border, with everything they need.

On 18 November all the refugees left their makeshift camps at the Polish border and moved to a temporary accommodation facility set up in the logistics center nearby.

Roman Golovchenko said: “Kyrgyzstan is a friendly country for us. We are glad to resume full-fledged cooperation taking into account economic capabilities and the potential of our countries. I am glad that there will be a dialogue not only between ...

“Meals are organized on a regular basis. Every day 8 tonnes of food is handed out to the refugees,” the senator said. He stressed that the Belarusian side will continue providing aid to the refugees.

On 18 November all the refugees went from makeshift camps at the Polish border to a temporary accommodation facility in a nearby transportation and logistics hub. They are provided with food, water, and warm clothes.

According to the source, as of 18:00 on 18 November all the refugees had voluntarily moved to the transportation and logistics hub due to rapidly worsening weather conditions and the resulting threat to their lives, particularly kids'.

On 16 November various objects and samples were collected at the site of the incident: a section of the Belarusian-Polish border near the border checkpoint Bruzgi in Belarus' territory. After examining the samples Belarusian forensic experts identifi...

The second mobile shop and currency exchange office will open near the transport and logistics center on the Belarusian-Polish border where refugees have been temporarily accommodated.

Matters concerning cooperation in the sphere of power engineering within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union were discussed. In particular, economic aspects of parallel operation of the Belarusian an...

The Belarusian diplomat expressed her gratitude to the UNHCR and IOM for their active cooperation with the country to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees and migrants stranded on the border between Belarus and Poland.

Most of the citizens of Iraq, Syria and other countries who were relocated to the logistics center and the Svitanok sanatorium (Porechie agro-town), have vaccination certificates. However, several dozen refugees have asked to get a vaccine.

Among the organizers are the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the CIS Executive Committee with the support of the CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation.

For the first time Belarusian products will be showcased at the Middle East Organic and Natural Product Expo Dubai (MENOPE) that will be held on 6-8 December.

The refugees have left their makeshift camps near the Bruzgi border checkpoint and at the very line of the Polish border. They have moved to a temporary accommodation center set up at the border transportation and logistics center.

“How can you treat people who in November, when it is rather chilly outside, and people have to sleep on the ground, douse them with water cannons? How can it be treated at all?,” said Russian journalist, historian and writer Armen Gasparyan.

“It is obvious that Western countries are using the migrant crisis at the Belarusian-Polish border as a new pretext to create tension in the region close to us, to put pressure on Minsk. At the same time they forget about their own commitments in t...

Belarus does not impose any restrictions on journalists covering the developments on the Belarus-Poland border, political consultant from Ukraine Mikhail Chaplyga said on the air of Belarus 1.

The official said: “Up till now Polish officials have been blatantly violating the requirements of international law that determine the main civil and political rights of refugees as well as Belarus citizens. Attempts are being made and the inviola...

The awards for contribution to the development of athletics went to Viktor Myasnikov and Yuri Kovalchuk. Vera Epimashko was awarded in the Women's Leadership category. Tatyana Nareiko, personal coach of Maksim Nedasekau, who won bronze at the Tokyo G...

According to the source, Gomeltransneft Druzhba restored standard oil pumping in the Gomel-Mozyr-Adamowo section of the transcontinental oil pipeline Druzhba at 12:13 on 18 November.

The man lives in Altai region, Russia. After learning about the crisis and the problems of refugees stuck at the border, he set off on a journey from Barnaul to Belarus. He has delivered a truck of food and other essentials to the place of their acc...

Cold nights and rough conditions affected the state of the people, who remained at the border. They gradually moved to the nearby logistics hub. Both outdoor camps were vacated on 18 November. Only huts, remnants of tents, abandoned clothes, and ashe...

The agenda of the meeting features the items of fundamental importance for the development of integration in the EAEU.

The aircraft with refugees on board has left Minsk National Airport to head for Iraq.

"After the presidents of our countries approved the package of Union State programs, we developed a toolkit to monitor their implementation. Almost all action plans to the Union State programs have been signed," Roman Golovchenko said.

"There are about 7,000 refugees in the territory of Belarus. About 2,000 of them are in the makeshift camp at the border. According to available information, from 200 to 500 refugees are scattered across various sections of the border,” Natalya Eis...

The official said: “Belarus hopes that the relevant UNHCR branches will clearly record the human rights violations committed by our partners, who interfere with legal attempts of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers to get the refugee status in t...

The hospital has already stopped receiving new COVID-19 patients, while the number of beds in the red-zone is gradually reducing.

Belarus has communicated its position on the migrant crisis to the leadership of international organizations, Permanent Representative of Belarus in Geneva Yuri Ambrazevich told the media on 18 November.

“The leadership of the secretariat of international organizations does not accuse Belarus of violating any norms of international law and our national legislation,” Yury Ambrazevich said.

The officer said: “At present our electronic intelligence and radar intelligence equipment sees a constant increase in the intensity of flights of reconnaissance and combat aviation of NATO member states along the state border of the Republic of Be...

In his words, the scientists also found capsaicin in the samples that had been provided. “It is an extract of red pepper with a bitter burning quality. The samples also contained its isomer – dihydrocapsaicin. And camphor is the third in this gro...

The official said that this year's grain harvest totaled 9 million tonnes. The government contract on buying grains, cereals, rapeseed, and malting barley has been fulfilled. State-run agricultural enterprises gathered in virtually 1 million tonnes o...

The developments on the Belarus-Poland border became a real human tragedy, Belarus' Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky told reporters.

The official said: “If the current dynamics stays in place, then food export is projected to exceed $6 billion. Let me remind you that Belarus exported $5.8 billion worth of food last year. We intend to approach $7 billion in 2025."

According to analyst at the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research Aleksei Avdonin, the current Polish leadership is actively trying to garner the support of the world's power players, in particular the United States and NATO.

The refugees who were stuck on the Belarusian-Polish border applied for vaccinations themselves.

“A pop-up vaccination clinic will be set up to vaccinate refugees. The clinic will use the Chinese vaccine. The logistics center reported one COVID-19 case. The refugee was taken to Grodno University Clinic,” he said.

The official said: “We've cleared space on the second floor for those, who have agreed to move here from the camp at the border. About 350m2. And there is another reserve site on the first floor for the same purpose. About 100 people will be able t...

The plane is currently on its way to Belarus to evacuate the Iraqi citizens. The Iraqi Airways aircraft is expected to land in Belarus at 12:45pm. It will leave for Iraq at 1:45pm.

Over the past 24 hours, 37 refugees applied for medical help There are plans to send a shop on wheels to the camp and set up an exchange office so that people could buy essential goods. Today we will embark on administering COVID-19 vaccines in refug...

The flight will take the route Minsk-Erbil-Baghdad.

Suffering from cold and the long wait for the European Union's decision to open a humanitarian corridor, most of the refugees from the field camp have decided to move to the warehouse.

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

“Of course, these are small steps towards a resolution of the crisis. Europe preferred to ignore this problem for a very long time. Indeed, migrants did not emerge in Belarus yesterday,” said Sergei Klishevich.

More than 400 migrants currently stranded on the Polish-Belarusian border are ready to leave Belarus for their homeland, spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Sahhaf informed.

Most locals here are Christians who still speak Aramaic. The place is notable for its ancient architecture and the most important shrines of the Christian world.

Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ trademark) has showcased its products at the 17th edition of the International Trade & Industry Fair (ITIF Asia 2021) taking place in the city of Karachi, Pakistan, on 16-18 November

“As part of regular contacts, the parties discussed the bilateral agenda and issues of regional policy in the Middle East,” the ministry said.

Merkel's call might be a sign that the EU is beginning to recover some common sense, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh told BelTA.

It is breakfast time in the temporary refugee accommodation center, which was set up on the instructions of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko

The parties discussed the state of bilateral military cooperation and outlined ways to intensify it in areas of mutual interest.

One of the refugees said that everyone is waiting for Germany's decision to take them in. "I'm from Iraq. This camp is very good. We appreciate what Belarus is doing for us. But still we hope to reach Germany. We don't intend to go home."

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to the people of Latvia as the country celebrates the 103rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia.

The military is distributing hot water, hot tea. One of the refugees said that the night went well, and everyone is waiting for their situation to resolve.

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko will take part in an in-person meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Yerevan on 18-19 November.

According to the head of state, Belarus is committed to the development of constructive relations with Oman, which has a significant potential and is a bearer of the unique cultural legacy.

It is certainly not Belarus' fault that refugees are now trying to settle in Europe, Tamara Shatlikova, a member of the Council of the Republic, the upper house of the Belarusian Parliament, told BelTA

Aleksandr Lukashenko wished good health and successes in fulfilling a responsible state mission to Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra, and peace and prosperity to the Nicaraguan people.

One of the refugees complained that night was very cold. People froze.

The refugees enthusiastically welcomed the news about the talks between Lukashenko and Merkel. "We hope that our situation will be resolved soon," one of them said.

Some are singing national songs to cheer up, drying clothes. People are hopeful that their situation will be resolved soon.

Previously Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets stated that Aleksandr Lukashenko had identified his recognition as the president of Belarus and the lifting of sanctions as conditions for terminating the migration crisis at the Europ...

The senator said: “The situation with refugees at the Belarusian-Polish border is just another tool for influencing our country. The sanctions that have been introduced do not affect politicians but common people."

Passenger turnover totaled 17,091 million passenger-kilometers or 111.1% as against January-October 2020. As many as 1,285.2 million people used passenger transportation services or 95.4% as against January-October 2020.

Eduard Severin said: “The current situation contradicts all norms of international law. The right to asylum is stipulated [by many documents] starting with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and ending with some of the latest documents.”

The 35th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships will take place in Baku on 18-21 November. The Belarusian national team have already left for the capital of Azerbaijan.

The time has come for the European Union to deal with the migrant crisis on the border with Belarus through dialogue, member of the Council of the Republic Vladimir Kotovich told BelTA.

Production increased by 2% in the mining industry and 6.8% in the processing industry.

The decision to move people to warm and comfortable conditions was made after the Polish side used special gear and ammunition, including water cannons and gas, during an escalation of the situation at the border on 16 November.

Retail trade outlets accounted for 92.6% of retail trade. In January-October 2021, they reported Br45.2 billion in retail trade, up 1.8% over the same period last year in comparable prices.

One of refugees from Iraq living in a makeshift camp at the checkpoint on the Belarus-Poland border said that refugees will keep trying to get to Germany through Poland no matter what.

According to initial estimates, the GDP volume in current prices totaled Br143.3 billion, 102.4% as against January-October 2020 in comparable prices. In January-October 2021 the GDP deflator index equaled 115.6% as against the same period of 2020.

"Hundreds of concerned Belarusians have helped the people trapped on the border. We are grateful to everyone who did not stay away from their plight and who helped them with clothes, food, water," the Belarusian Red Cross said.

“As of the morning, there were six refugees in Grodno hospitals. One of the refugees, however, was not from this camp, but was brought from Shchuchin District. He is on mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit right now. As for the rest, m...

The Belarusian president and Germany's acting chancellor agreed that the problem will be addressed at the level of Belarus and the EU, and that the two sides will designate officials who will immediately enter into negotiations in order to resolve th...