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01/08/2017 - 15:01

Society

Lukashenka invites Chinese defense firms to Big Stone industrial park near Minsk

Lukashenka meets with Chinese businesses in Minsk; stresses China is Belarus' strategic partner.

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01/08/2017 - 13:54

Sports

Ice hockey: Canadian forward Fontaine joins Bisons in Minsk

KHL side Dynamo Minsk sign free Canadian agent Justin Fontaine for one season.

Photo: Reuters

01/08/2017 - 10:03

Politics

Lithuanian president: Russia may use Belarus NPP ‘as a weapon’

Lithuanian leader Dalia Grybauskaitė explains a new Russian threat to US Vice President Mike Pence.

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31/07/2017 - 14:39

Society

Reports: Students made to pick berries for ‘plonk’

Students from Orsa and Viciebsk are picking gooseberries and red currant for Talacyn canning factory.

Photo: Belavia

31/07/2017 - 13:13

Society

Belavia to repaint World of Tanks jet next year

Belavia will return the Boeing to the leaser in September 2018.

Photo: BELTA

30/07/2017 - 17:58

Society

Twin festival in Brest - in pictures

Twins and triplets paraded the center of Brest on July's last Sunday.

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30/07/2017 - 17:37

Economy

Belarus to get $193mn loan from China

The loan will be spent on the construction of a heavy-duty vehicles factory in Kalodziscy near Minsk.

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29/07/2017 - 17:24

Economy

Experts expect coffee price growth in Belarus

The price of coffee in Belarus may grow 5-20%. Sellers may get in the red as consumers are unlikely to match their income.

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29/07/2017 - 16:44

Sports

Muay Thai: Hurkou gets revenge over Portugal's Calado for home defeat last May

Belarus' Vital Hurkou defeats Portugal's Diogo Calado at the 10th World Games in the Polish city of Wroclaw.

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenka at West 2015. Photo: president.gov.by

28/07/2017 - 15:17

Politics

Lukashenka reassures West about Zapad 2017 military drills

The Belarus president reiterates many foreign experts will observe the military exercise in western Belarus in September.

Nadiya Savchenko. Photo: Glavkom.

28/07/2017 - 14:28

Politics

Savchenko to run for presidency to solve ‘Ukraine-Belarus problems'

Nadiya Savchenko claims Belarus ended up with 100 m of Ukrainian soil after the border demarcation.

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27/07/2017 - 14:02

Politics

First ‘illegal’ Independence Day in Belarus (video)

Lukashenka moved the Independence Day from July 27 to July 3 in 1996 but the opposition gathered on July 27 a year later.

Photo: Euroradio

27/07/2017 - 13:41

Music

Krambambula concert in Minsk - in pictures

The band performed the first solo concert in nine years.

Photo: LiveJournal

27/07/2017 - 12:50

Society

Poll reveals 60% of 'urban' Belarusians never eat out

Around 20% of Belarus' urban population go out to eat only once per month or less.

Aliaksandra Herasimenia. Photo: by.tribuna.com

27/07/2017 - 11:37

Sports

Swimming: Belarus' Herasimenia qualifies for 50 back final in Budapest

Aliaksandra Herasimenia finished 7th in a 50m back semi-final to qualify at 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest.

Independence Day in 1990s. Photo: charter97.org

27/07/2017 - 11:05

Politics

Belarus voted to break away from Soviet Union 27 years ago

Belarus marked Independence Day on 27 July until 1996 when President Lukashenka initiated the shift to 3 July.

Photo: www1.wdr.de

26/07/2017 - 15:33

Culture

Depeche Mode reschedule Minsk show for 13 February 2018

The British band Depeche Mode says they have managed to reschedule the 17 July cancelled show in Minsk for 13 February 2018.

Photo: baj.by

26/07/2017 - 15:16

Society

Investigation Committee refuse inquiry into Brest journalist's beating

"CCTV cameras at Leninski District Police Department did not capture my beating,” Dzyanis Maruk says.

Photo: Vasil Syamashka: tut.by

26/07/2017 - 13:31

Economy

Rosatom schedules Belarusian NPP launch for summer 2020

Russian nuclear power contractor Rosatom says it sticks to the promised target of having the station launched in Belarus by 2020.

Nicolas Cage and Aiman Musakhodzhaeva. Photo: www.mk.ru

25/07/2017 - 15:36

Culture

Cage in Kazakh folk costume: Hollywood stars’ ‘post-Soviet' photos

Nicolas Cage is not the only Hollywood star who became a meme after contacting 'post-Soviet reality' - this time in Kazakhstan.